1922 Sir Herbert Samuel proposed UK create Arab state of
Iraq Hijaz Palestine Trans-Jordan
maybe Najd Samuel believed Arab
state would contain pan-Arabism and contain fears of increased Jewish presence
in Palestine
1932 Shiite leaders told Yasin
Hashemi they would back him for PM if they got majority of cabinet
posts
1973 Govt offered new autonomy plan for Kurds but rejected
by Mustafa Barzani and KDP
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
1981 Iranian Op Matla al-Fajar attacked Qasr e-Shirin area
in center across from Diyala Took Geilan
Zarb and Sar e-Pol e-Zahab
1983 Iraq fired missiles at 6 Iranian cities killing 24 and
wounding 283
(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)
1983 Dawa members including Abu Muhandis working for Iran
set off 5 bombs at US and French
embassies and other targets in
Kuwait killing 6 wounding 80 Was retaliation for US and French air attacks in
Lebanon
1996 Uday Hussein seriously injured in assassination attempt
in Baghdad by Nahdah opposition
group
2001 Gen Franks briefed Rumsfeld on invasion preparations
and estimated costs with start time in
spring 2002
2003 US Special Forces captured Mohammed Musslit who led
them to Saddam
2003 CPA adv Diamond told Natl Sec Adv Rice that US should
include UN in CPA’s plans to create
new Iraqi
govt Could alleviate Sistani’s demands for elections
2003 Pentagon audit found Halliburton overcharged $61 mil
for delivering fuel to Iraq
2003 US guards at Abu Ghraib prison took pictures of themselves
abusing Iraqi prisoners
2005 DIA report Insurgents recruiting networking training in
Iraqi prisons Could be more dangerous
after release
2005 Rumsfeld told US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey and US Iraq Amb
Khalizad insurgents networking in
Iraqi jails
2005 Report early 05 Islamist insurgents met with Al Qaeda
in Iraq asking for a joint command Al
Qaeda in Iraq said no wanting
control
2005 2nd meeting of Anbar Gov Mamoun sheikhs and
US Focused upon how to secure province
Decided creating police would be
foundation of effort
2005 Anbar security council met with Gen Casey and Def Min
Dulaimi Council rejected Al
Qaeda in Iraq agreed to work with
Baghdad and US Agreed to recruiting tribesmen into ISF
(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)
2006 Report US pushing for new ruling coalition that would
exclude Sadr Would include Kurds
Accordance Front SIIC Maliki was
standoffish because Sadr put him in office and was afraid new coalition would
replace him as PM
2006 Bush told NSC he was not going to announce Surge until
Jan 07 Wanted new DefSec Gates in
office
2006 American Enterprise Institute released report on war by
Frederick Kagan, Kenneth Pollack,
Gen. Keane Called for troop surge
2006 Out going US ground forces cmdr Gen Chiarelli said Iraq
couldn’t be won militarily Was
frustrated that was only thing US
focusing upon Said Iraqi police infiltrated more by militias then he thought
and would take longer to remove them Said bringing down unemployment in Iraq
should have been a US priority
2006 Car bomb in central Iraq targeted day laborers killed
71 and wounded 236
2009 Iraq held second auction for international oil
companies to bid on its oil fields
2009 Blair said he would still have removed Saddam without
WMD and that Saddam was a threat to
world no matter what
2009 Maliki questioned by parliament over Baghdad bombings
starting in August MPs complained
about lack of coordination by ISF
2012 Diyala council voted to hold a referendum on turning
province into a region
2013 Iraq signed $1.1 bil deal to buy 24 FA-50 light fighter
jets from South Korea
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