1914 British troops entered
Basra after Ottomans abandoned city
1926 Jaffar al-Askari became PM of Iraq for 2nd
time
1927 King Faisal asked for full Iraqi independence and
ending roll of British High Commissioner in
negotiations over new Anglo-Iraq
Treaty
1946 PM Umari forced to resign in aftermath of Kirkuk
Massacre where oil strikers killed
1946 Nuri al-Said became premier 4th time
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Historian Phebe Marr comparing PM Said with
PM Maliki)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of ‘Independent
Iraq’ The Monarchy & British Influence, 1941-1958)
1983 Iran’s Op Wa al-Fajr 4 ended Took 180 sq mi of land in
Iranian and Iraqi Kurdistan Iran lost
5000 dead 15,000 wounded Iraq lost
2800 dead
(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 UN weapons inspectors returned to Iraq
1998 Adviser to UN chief said could never 100% prove WMD
disarmament and at some
point
inspections became political and impossible to prove negative
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2001 Bush told Natl Sec Adv Rice he wanted Def Sec Rumsfeld
to start planning for Iraq
2001 Bush told Def Sec Rumsfeld to update war plans for Iraq
Wanted it done secretly Was first
official step in Iraq invasion
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
2002 NATO summit Bush was talking about war with Iraq and
using new U.N. inspections as
catalyst for action
2003 UN turned over Oil for Food program to CPA
2003 UK intel report Badr Brigade maintained close ties to
Iran that armed and funded it
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran using Badr in post-Saddam Iraq)
2004 Iraq Election Commission announced vote for
transitional assembly to draft constitution would
happen 1/30/05 along with
provincial vote
2006 Iraq and Syria announced renewal of diplomatic
relations which were broken during Iran-Iraq
War
2006 UN reported 3,709 civilians killed in Oct 06 was
highest since 2003 invasion
2006 Report US training mission for Iraqi forces full of
problems Officers leading teams poorly
picked Many hadn’t seen combat
Didn’t understand mission and weren’t prepared Didn’t have standardized
guidelines for mission Didn’t get support from US military Didn’t get supplies
and enough interpreters Didn’ get full teams
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