1982 Saddam ordered increase in attacks upon Iranian cities
3 SCUD missiles fired at Dezful
(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 restored diplomatic relations with US which ended
in Oct 1967
1992 Report before Gulf War Bush admin approved sale of
computers and software to Iraq that were
used on missile and supergun
programs
1992 Opposition meeting in Salahaddin, Kurdistan called for
democratic and federal Iraq Made INC
umbrella organization with
ethnosectarian quotas
(Musings
On Iraq article on 1992 Salahaddin meeting)
(Musings
On Iraq article on 1992 Salahaddin conference)
1992 PUK KDP PKK signed ceasefire after PUK and KDP helped
Turks attack PKK
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
2002 US intel complained to press Pentagon using own intel on
Iraq and relying upon INC too
much
2003 Bremer returned to DC to discuss his long term plan for
Iraq which White House had turned
against
2003 Rumsfeld told Bremer of plan to return Iraq sovereignty
by Apr 04 Bremer said needed new
Iraqi govt and constitution 1st
2003 Bush at NSC meeting said US had to stay the course in
Iraq Gen Abizaid said US had to bring
back ex-Iraqi soldiers to rebuild
army Bremer said too risky Natl Sec Adv Rice Iraq insurgency desperate and not
going to succeed
2003 Zarqawi bombed Red Cross HQ and 4 police stations in
Baghdad Sixth attack foiled 35 dead
and 244 injured at start of Ramadan
2003 Saddam called on insurgents to attack Iraqi security
forces rather than U.S. led coalition
2003 U.S. military blamed foreign fighters for spate of
Baghdad bombings Day before denied foreign
fighters important in capital Said
insurgents were paying 10 times as much for people to carry out attacks against
US forces
2003 UnderSecDef Feith provided evidence of Iraq-Al Qaeda
ties his office had collected to Senate
Intel Comm Feith told comm Iraqi
govt knew Zarqawi entered Iraq in 2002
2003 Bush told press that violence in Iraq desperate act and
sign that US was making progress
2004 Report number of IEDs being planted in Iraq went from
500 per months in May and June 04 to
1,000 by Oct 04
2005 Baghdad insurgent leader told Guardian he supported
voting on Constitution and opposed Al
Qaeda in Iraq
2011 Salahaddin council voted to start process to become a
federal region Maliki blocked move
2015 60 members of State of Law sent letter to Abadi
demanding answers about his reforms
organized by Maliki
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