1986 Iraq air strike on Larak Island oil facilities Longest
air raid of war Used Saudi air base
for refueling Iran transferred
loading tankers there after Kharg and Sirri Islands hit by Iraq Hit 5 tankers
(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 KDP broke own ceasefire by
attacking PUK positions
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
2002 UN Res 1443 extended Oil for Food program
2002 US Navy report claimed uranium from Niger was in a
warehouse in Benin heading for Iraq
Report later found to be false
(Musings
On Iraq article on Niger uranium story)
2002 Head weapons inspector Blix told Security Council
inspections would begin in Iraq on 11/27/02
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2002 US intel took pictures of trucks carrying materials
from suspected WMD facility in Amiriya
Used in Powell’s Feb 03 speech
Analysts did not think pictures showed anything unusual
2004 Defense Science Board report Iraq invasion gave
jihadists around the world a cause and
supported their narrative
2006 ISI attacked Albu Soda tribe in Sufiya outside Ramadi
for being neutral Tribe called US for
help and fought off insurgents Sheikh
Suwadawi of Abu Soda tribe joined Anbar Awakening afterward
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Confronting
Al Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Marines Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Illusions
of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2006 1st Inf Div Cmdr Gen Ham in charge of US
training mission in Iraq said previous effort was
“hit and miss” US did poor job
picking soldiers for mission No standardized training program for Iraqis Lacked
support
2007 Natl Sec Adv Rubaie suggested banning sahwa south of
Baghdad except in Hillah over fears of
US recruiting Shiites
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