1915 Start of Battle of Salman Pak Ottomans called on Indian
troops to rise up against
British commanders 20th
Punjabi Batt removed after an Indian killed a British soldier
1923 PM Sadoun resigned over differences with Shiite leaders
and King Faisal
1923 Jafar Pasha al-Askari became 3rd PM of Iraq,
would hold office 2 times Shiites got Finance and
Education ministries in Askari govt
Shiite leaders gave pledge of allegiance to King as a result
1952 Baghdad protests against Regent Started 1952 Intifada Communists
one of main organizers
Clashes with police led to 1 dead
52 wounded Led to PM Umari resigning
(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)
1997 UN inspectors talked out of visit to Special Republican
Guard base by US that did not want
another confrontation that would
allow Saddam to blame inspectors
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2001 Saudi intel chief Prince Turksi said that bin Laden
considered Saddam an apostate
2002 France told US that it did not believe Iraq tried to
buy uranium from Niger
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 Russia’s Putin warned U.S. not to unilaterally act
against Iraq
2003 US transport plane hit by missile at Baghdad
International Airport
2005 Wall St Journal OpEd claimed 9/11 hijacker Atta might
have met Iraqi intel agent in Prague in
2001 Story disproved in 2002
2006 Commander of US forces in Iraq Gen Casey told Joint
Chiefs troop surge would not work
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 UN said over 100,000 Iraqis leaving country each month
mostly going for Syria and Jordan
Many were professionals Sia death
squads and militias operating within police Police accused of kidnappings
torture murder bribery theft extortion
View the Iraq History Timelines
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