1920 Najaf surrendered to
British in 1920 Revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1928 Shiite sheikhs issued statement about conscription
saying only the Shiites would be
drafted as Kurds and western tribes
would never allow it meaning Shiites would make all the sacrifices
1940 Ger Amb to Turkey told Fin
Min Shawkat Germany supported Arabs but gave no specific
promises or
support
(Musings
On Iraq book review Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The Nationalist Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Persian
Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Role
of the Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
1980 Pres Carter called on Iraq
to withdraw from Iran Carter was trying to get
US
hostages held by Tehran released
1980 Iraqi forces attempted to
attack Abadan from behind but failed Iranian counterattack
in
Andimeshk forced Iraqi retreat
1984 Iranian Op Al Fajr 7 began
to recapture Mehran Iran Discovered by Iraqi intelligence
(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)
1997 PUK and KDP agreed to US brokered ceasefire in civil
war Clashes continued
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
2001 2nd CIA report on story that Iraq tried to
buy uranium from Niger Said Iraq didn’t have
facilities to process uranium
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2001 Wall St Journal OpEd by ex-CIA Dir Woolsey said Iraq
behind 9/11
2002 Sec of Def Rumsfeld told Under Sec of Def Feith to
create postwar planning office for Iraq
Cancelled few days later Cancellation
came from White House that didn’t want postwar planning because could derail
invasion
2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq held march in Ramadi to declare its
Islamic state and mark its transformation
to ISI
2017 KRG Election Comm said it stopped preparations for
presidential and parliamentary elections
because no candidates
2017 UN warned Election Comm that choosing electronic voting
system would undermine trust in
voting
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