1906 Protests in Mosul ended
against Ottoman census that included counting women
1927 1st successful
oil well started at Baba Gargur field in Kirkuk
1960 Islamic Party complained to Gen Qasim that his govt
neglected religion while accepted
Communists Asked Qasim to ban
Communists and their media while releasing any cleric arrested since 1958 coup
1973 Syrian-Jordanian-Iraqi offensive in southern Syria failed
to achieve results
1980 Iraq Foreign Minister Hamadi presented Iraq’s case to
UN claiming it acted in
self-defense
in Iran-Iraq War
1980 Iran launched large counter attack against Iraqi forces
around Andimeshk
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The
Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq
War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The
Iran-Iraq War)
1984 Iraq and Turkey made deal to fight PKK Allowed each
country to enter 3 miles into others
territory to combat group
1994 Iraq withdrew troops from Kuwait border after Russian
diplomacy and UN Res 949 that
demanded withdrawal UN Res 949
demanded Iraq’s full cooperation with UN inspectors
1995 Saddam won referendum for 7 more years as president with
99.9% of vote Was meant to show
public was behind Saddam after
Hussein Kamal defected to Jordan
1997 Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr gave sermon saying No!
Yes is just for God mocking Yes
to Saddam slogan
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Univ of Haifa’s Prof Baram on legacy of
Ayatollah Sadiq al-Sadr)
1997 Turkey’s Op Dawn ended against PKK in Kurdistan
2000 Iran announced it was returning to 1975 Algiers Treaty
Meant rapprochment with Iraq but also
Iraq gained nothing from Iran-Iraq
War
2001 CIA report from Rome said that Italian intel said Iraq
tried to buy uranium from Niger but
didn’t see much merit in it
2001 CIA DIA Energy Dept thought Iraq-Niger uranium deal was
possible State Dept thought story
suspect
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2001 White House spokesman said no connection between Iraq
and anthrax letters sent to Wash DC
2002 Rumsfeld wrote list of 29 things that could go wrong
with Iraq War Including finding no
WMD ethnosectarian conflict List
was to point out possible problems so war could be successful
2002 Italy’s SISMI intel agency told CIA of Iraq-Niger
uranium deal documents
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 Under Sec of Def Feith briefed NSC on plan for
governing postwar Iraq with 3-star general in
charge of military and civilian
administrator
2003 Powell said that his claims about Iraq’s WMD program
had been proven
2003 Rice said CPA’s schedule for Iraq wouldn’t work and new
one had to be created
2003 Sadr followers failed to take over Karbala shrines
2004 US put Zarqawi on its terrorist list
2004 Cheney said Iraq could have given WMD to terrorists
2005 Referendum on new Iraqi constitution held
(Musings
On Iraq interview with constitutional scholar Zaid al-Ali on Iraq’s
constitution)
2006 Reconciliation conference indefinitely postponed due to
weekend violence Setback for PM
Maliki’s
reconciliation plans
2006 Mujahedeen Shura Council again announced ISI and
Islamic State in Baghdad Anbar Diyala
Kirkuk Salahaddin Ninewa Babil Said
its goal was to govern
2006 Report auditors found ¼ of US funded water projects had
broken down since being turned over
to Iraqis
2006 2 days Shiite gunmen killed 47 Sunnis in Balad in retaliation
for 26 dead Shiites being found
in Dhuluiya
2006 6 car bombs in Kirkuk killed 10 and wounded dozens 52
killed in attacks in Baghdad
2006 500 Sunni sheikhs held meeting condemning federalism
plan by SIIC objected to breaking
up Iraq
2006 Islamic Party accused Interior Min of Oct 9 murder of
VP Hashemi’s brother
2015 Immediately after Baiji refinery liberated Hashd began
looting facility and selling
off
equipment to Iraqi and Iranian businesses
2017 Hashd burned PUK office in Tuz Kharmato after fighting
stopped there
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