1941 Nuri al-Said became premier
3rd time Went after supporters of former PM
Gaylani
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Historian Phebe Marr comparing PM Said with PM
Maliki)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The Nationalist Moement in Irq 1939-1941 on Said govt)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of ‘Independent
Iraq’ The Monarchy & British Influence, 1941-1958 on Said govt)
1969 Baath announced language and cultural concessions to
Kurds as part of talks with
Mullah Mustafa
Barzani
1970 Tikriti removed as VP under Pres Bakr and retired from
army Made Amb to Spain to
get him out of country Orchestrated
by Saddam Tikriti refused ambassadorship and flew back to Baghdad to confront
Saddam Was arrested at airport and sent into exile in Algeria
1990 Bush said willing to give sanctions chance but would
not allow Iraq to annex Kuwait
2001 Iraq’s UN Amb Duri said Iraq had sent individual
message of condolences after 9/11
but not to
US govt because of its bombings and sanctions on Iraq
2002 Bush told CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Franks he was not happy with
Iraq war plan
2002 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate Intel Comm Iraq would only
use WMD if regime
was threatened
2002 Italian reporter gave US Embassy in Rome copies of
documents on alleged Iraq-Niger
uranium deal Were found to be fakes
CIA Station Chief in Rome misplaced documents and were never sent to CIA HQ
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 Ex-CIA agents complained to press that Bush admin used
slanted intel to make
case
against Iraq
2002 Energy Dept official told Guardian he didn’t believe
aluminum tubes Iraq tried to buy
were for nuclear program Former UN
inspector Albright said CIA pushing aluminum tubes story while nuclear experts
disagreed with it Said Lawrence Livermore Lab was told not to public voice its
doubts about aluminum tubes
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2003 Bush speech said Iraq doing better than most Americans
thought and world better
off without
Saddam
2003 Bush gave NatSecAdv Rice oversight of reconstruction
program Congress then
barred Rice
from that duty
2003 US forces raided Sadr office in Baghdad Got into
gunfight with Mahdi Army
2003 Zarqawi hit Sadr City police station with suicide car
bomb killing 10
2003 Spanish diplomat in Iraq assassinated
2006 Ruling parties agreed to have equal number of Sunni and
Shiite ISF at Baghdad
checkpoints
to try to stop sectarian attacks Part of PM Maliki’s security plan
2006 Accordance Front demanded investigation into sectarian
violence in Baquba Accused
ISF of
sectarian arrests looting homes Said Shiite parties were promoting attacks
2006 Police killed brother of VP Tariq Hashemi in his home
2006 Interior Min Bolani announced new uniforms to be issued
to police Said couldn’t be
copied Meant to distinguish police
from death squads dressed as police Wouldn’t stop police in death squads
2006 US raid into Diwaniya to arrest militiaman led to gun battle
with Mahdi Army 30
militiamen
killed
2008 Maliki said he would disband any Tribal Support Council
working with a political
party after
SIIC criticized groups Were created to support Maliki before elections
(Musings
On Iraq article on Tribal Support Councils)
2008 Sadrist MP Auqaeili killed by IED in Baghdad Sadrists
first blamed ISF and US
leading to nighttime clash between
Mahdi Army and ISF and US Part of wave of assassinations of Sadrist officials
(Musings
On Iraq article on Auqaeili’s assassination)
2008 2 days 75 Christian families fled Mosul after 5 killed
(Musings
On Iraq article on Christians in Mosul)
2015 Protests in Baghdad Babil Karbala Najaf Qadisiyah
Muthanna Dhi Qar Maysan
Wasit Basra
Diyala for reform
View the Iraq History Timelines
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