1909 Mosul representatives to new Ottoman Assembly left for
Istanbul Was part
of Young
Turks’ reforms
1920 Kufa fell to British during 1920 Revolt Led to
surrender of Najaf next day Tribal
siege of
Diwaniya also ended
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1973 Saddam said govt and KDP were far apart on autonomy
talks for Kurds
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
1980 UN Security Council discussed Iran-Iraq War Addressed
by Iran PM and Iraq Foreign Minister
Iran For Min told UN Iraq was
aggressor Saddam wanted to overthrow Iranian govt Iraq backed by superpowers and
Arab countries Iraq For Min said Iran violated treaties attacked border towns
never replied to letters calling for negotiations UN Security Council backed
Secretary General’s attempts to negotiate a ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War
(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)
1987 Iraq held national census
1994 Iraqi defector Saadi claimed he went to Jordan with
Mukhabarat to buy nuke material from
Russians for a bomb
2001 NY Times article reported Iraqi defector saw Iraq
training terrorists at Salman Pak to take
airliners Said INC claimed Iraq
diplomat met bin Laden in 98 and offered him safe haven Reported Czech Inter
Min said 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraqi intel officer in Prague
2003 Iraqi prisoner photographed stripped and handcuffed to
cell door by US jailers at Abu Ghraib
2003 Gunfight outside Sadr office in Karbala killed 3 US
soldiers and 7 Iraqis
2004 Zarqawi pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden and Al
Qaeda Tawhid wal Jihad became Al
Qaeda in Iraq
2004 Heavy fighting in east and south Fallujah between US
forces and insurgents
2006 NSC started review of Iraq strategy to come up with new
one
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2016 Mosul campaign started with joint operations between
Iraqi forces and Peshmerga
(Musings On Iraq Interview
with Ret. Col Witty on the Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Horizon Client Access’ Alex Mello on Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Amnesty International’s Donatella Rovera on Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with International Center for Study of Radicalization’s Charlie Winter on how
IS media dealt with its defeat in Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with BBC’s Quentin Sommerville on the Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Niqash’s Mustafa Habib on Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Reuters’ Stephen Kalin on Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with AFP’s Ahmad Mousa on Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with journalist Florian Neuhof on Battle of Mosul)
2017 Kurds withdrew from 1 district in northeast Diyala and
5 in western Ninewa that they
occupied in 2014
2017 Peshmerga clashed with Hashd at Mosul Dam before
handing over facility to govt forces
(Musings
On Iraq article on Kurds withdrawal from disputed areas)
2017 5 Turkish soldiers killed by IEDs laid by PKK 1st
time in years Turkish soldiers killed by PKK
in Iraq Would start escalation of
conflict
2017 By end of 2017 318 PKK fighters and 23 Turkish soldiers
killed along with 23 Turks wounded
in fighting
(Musings On Iraq interview
with journalist Frederike Geerdink on escalating conflict between PKK and Turks
in Iraq)
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