1914 Arab tribes told British forces Ottomans had abandoned
Basra British forces set out to
take city
1920 US complained 3rd time to UK about San Remo
agreement that divided up Iraqi oil between
France and England
1920 British worked out ceasefire with Hachcham tribe last one
fighting in 1920 Revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1922 Abd Sadoun became Iraq’s 2nd PM His orders
were to organize elections for an assembly to
write constitution
1922 Lausanne conference convened to end WWI with Ottomans
and decide whether British to
Turks got Mosul vilyat
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
1963 Tahir Yahya became premier, held office 2 times
1973 KDP and Communists agreed to end hostilities between
the two KDP had been attacking
Communists for its alliance with
Bakr govt
(Musings
On Iraq book review Red Star
Over Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings On Iraq Interview
with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
1982 Tariq Aziz accused US and Soviet Union of allowing
weapons to be sent to Iran during Iran-
Iraq War
1997 Russia brokered deal to allow US members of UN
inspectors back into Iraq In return
inspections would be completed
quickly and UN would begin talks over ending sanctions
1998 UN inspectors asked for 12 documents were told some
documents never existed and would
only turn over edited version of
others
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2001 US Embassy in Niger reported that Niger official said
no way it could produce enough uranium
reports claimed Iraq bought from it
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2001 Wall St Journal OpEd by Eliot Cohen said Iraq helped Al
Qaeda and had WMD so should be
attacked
2003 Suicide truck bomb hit PUK office in Kirkuk killing 5
2003 US army team with dogs arrived at Abu Ghraib prison
which were used to abuse prisoners
2005 Report on how US relied upon Iraqi defector CURVEBALL
for intel on Iraq’s WMD when
they were warned he was unreliable
2006 Joint Chiefs told to prepare plan for surge in troops
in Iraq
2006 Pentagon claimed US carried out Marshall Plan in Iraq
and accomplished minor miracle
rebuilding country
2006 Report Sec Def Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs were resistant
to acknowledge insurgency in Iraq
when it
started
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