1916 New British offensive launched up Tigris River to
retake Kut from Ottomans
1920 Churchill argued at cabinet meeting that British should
withdraw to Basra
province to
save money in Mesopotamia
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia/Iraq)
1994 KDP and PUK went back to war ending shortlived ceasefire
over argument over tax collection
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
1998 Head UN inspector Butler went over draft of his report
to UN to White House so that it could
be revised Clinton wanted report
harsher on Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
1998 Clinton went over strike plans for Operation Desert Fox
with Natl Sec Adv Berger
(Musings
On Iraq article on Op Desert Fox)
2002 UK intel report said U.S. invasion and occupation of
Iraq could help motivate Islamists for
next 5 years
2002 Bush said military would
have small pox vaccinations Was actually protection against possible
Iraq WMD attack
during invasion
2003 U.S. forces captured Saddam outside Tikrit in Adwar
2003 Fmr Iraqi intelligence officer denied he met 9/11
hijacker Atta in Vienna in 2001
2003 RPGs fired at US forces during protest in Fallujah US
fired into crowd 3 Iraqis killed
2004 PM Allawi blamed CPA disbanding military for rise in
violence in Iraq
2004 Allawi govt claimed 9/11 hijacker Atta was trained by
Abu Nidal in Baghdad in
2001 Proved
false
2005 NSC drafted 10 guidelines for putting together new
permanent Iraqi govt Included competent
ministers not connected to Iran or
Syria
2005 Border police seized Iranian tanker truck full of fake
ballots for Dec election Driver claimed
other trucks had come across from
Iran with ballots
2005 US negotiated ceasefire started with insurgents before
Dec 15 parliamentary elections
2006 Bush met with Joint Chiefs Said Iraq War not going well
Join Chiefs objected to surge idea
saying troops needed for other
threats like NKorea Bush told Joint Chiefs he was going to have a troop surge
despite their objections
2006 Report Saudi King Abdullah told VP Cheney at end of Nov
06 that Saudis would back Sunnis
vs Shiites
if US withdrew
2006 Speaker Mashadani responded to PM Maliki’s plan to have
Iraqi forces take over security of
Baghdad Said it would only give
militias control of city
View the Iraq History Timelines
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