1918 British troops took Mosul city from Ottomans after WW1
armistice
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
1920 UK Foreign Office official suggested US Standard Oil be
allowed oil rights in Iraq to not allow
Turkish Petroleum Company a
monopoly and faster development
1920 Gertrude Bell said Shiites were complaining about not
being represented in cabinet but
dismissed them as being mostly
Persians
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Gertrude
Bell And Iraq)
1932 Naj Shawkat became premier of Iraq
1955 Pakistan joined Iraq, Turkey, England, Iran security
agreement that became anti-communist
Baghdad Pact Egypt’s Nasser opposed
Baghdad Pact Started cold war between Nasser and PM Said
1997 Iraq blocked UN inspection at al-Samoud missile range
because included Americans
1997 Iraq asked inspectors to suspend two days of U2
overflights claiming they were supplying intel
for planned US air strikes
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2002 Observer reported INC’s Chalabi met with oil companies
to discuss contracts in post-Saddam
Iraq
2005 Human Rights Report on systematic abuse of prisoners by
82n Airborne Div in Anbar
2005 Report Jan 03 Italian intel agency SISMI told US
Iraq-Niger docs were fakes
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2006 Vanity Fair talked with neocon supporters of Iraq who
know said war was a failure Richard
Perle formerly of Defense Policy
Board said he was shocked by violence in Iraq Said that Bush made wrong
decisions because opponents of war within admin Said neocons made no bad
decisions because had no authority over Iraq Said Bush ultimately responsible
for problems in Iraq Bush speechwriter David Frum said US failing at protecting
Iraqis Kenneth Adleman also of Defense Policy Board said Bush national security
team incompetent and dysfunctional
2010 KRG issued demonstration law saying protesters had to
registers 48 hours before any event
2017 Qaim district in Anbar freed Leaves only small border
region under IS control
View the Iraq History Timelines
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