1914 British forces in Fao launched reconnaissance in force
near Salhan, Basra
1927 Kurdish MP Rowanduzi said Shiites and Kurds both
opposed govt conscription for army
1963 Baath founder Aflaq went to Iraq to solve internal
Baath dispute
1968 68 coup member Nasir al-Hani special adv to Pres Bakr
assassinated
1991 Govt and Kurds agreed to ceasefire Iraq would end
blockade of Kurdistan and Peshmerga
would withdraw to Irbil
1997 Iraq expelled 6 US weapons inspectors claiming they
were spies Almost entire inspection staff
withdrawn as a result
1997 UN Resolution 1137 demanded Iraq allow full and
unhindered weapons inspections
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
1997 Wall St Journal op ed by David Wurmser called for US
supporting INC and revolt in Iraq
1998 Iraq Amb to UN told military strike impending if did
not agree to work with weapons
inspectors again
2001 INC presented Iraqi defector Lami who claimed Iraq
training terrorists at Salman Pak and had
anthrax
2002 CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Franks said if US didn't act on Iraq
it could acquire and use a nuclear
weapon
2002 Attny Gen Lord Goldsmith told Foreign Sec Straw that he
wasn’t sure UN Resolution 1441
would give legal basis for war with
Iraq Straw told Goldsmith he thought 1441 meant Iraq had to comply or else
2002 NYTimes article claimed Iraq bought anti-WMD drugs as
sign that it had WMD and was going
to use it
2003 Zarqawi bombed Italian police in Nasiriyah killing 19
Italians 15 civilians and wounding
around 100
2003 Bush decided US should turn over sovereignty to Iraq
early against CPA plan
2004 Marines attacked southern Fallujah 2nd
Battle of Fallujah
2004 Sec of State Powell told Bush and Blair weren’t enough
ground forces in Iraq to secure country
2005 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey told Rumsfeld Iraq might take
9-13 yrs
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 AP estimated avg of 45 killed per day in Baghdad UN
estimated 100 violent deaths per day in
Iraq
2006 120 Albu Alwan tribesmen following Sheikh Raad Sabah
al-Alwani volunteered for Anbar
police
(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)
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