1922 UK Lord of the Admiralty told Iraq commission Iraq oil
would be important in case of
war in Far East
1925 League of Nations set Turkey-Iraq border with Mosul
province going to Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Creation of
Iraq 1914-1921)
1962 43 day long student strike started in secondary schools
that spread to colleges demanding
political rights
1981 Iranian Op Matla al-Fajar reached outside Hamid in
center and stopped
1985 Saddam visited Moscow Gorbachev said USSR couldn’t sell
to Iraq on credit anymore because
of financial problems Also Moscow
would not give Saddam full backing now that he had relations with US Said USSR
would still sell weapons and promised 54 Su-25 planes and 300 SCUD missiles
(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)
1991 KDP announced plans for elections for Kurdish
parliament Iraq agreed Kurdish MPs not to
swear allegiance to Baath
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The
Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of
Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
1995 King Hussein offered to sponsor talks amongst Iraqi
opposition parties
1998 UN inspectors left Iraq again over non-cooperation
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
1998 US and UK started Operation Desert Fox after Iraq broke
off cooperation with UN weapons
inspectors Considered failure at
time Hit empty buildings Actually ended Iraq’s
plans to revive WMD programs
(Musings
On Iraq article on Op Desert Fox)
1998 Assessment by International Atomic Energy Agency Iraq
had not produced a nuclear bomb
before Gulf War Iraq only produced
a few grams of weapons grade nuclear material before Gulf War Iraq didn’t have
capability to produce nuclear material because of inspections
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2003 Blair said it would take time to find Iraq’s WMD
2003 France and Germany agreed to US request to forgive part
of $120 bil debt Iraq owed them
2004 Major Shiite parties agreed to United Iraqi Alliance
for 2005 elections
2004 US Iraq cmdr Gen Casey US needed to train Iraqi forces
and create effective Iraqi intelligence
services
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2007 Iraq took control of Basra province from British
2011 Iraqiya meeting at VP Hashemi’s residence Declared list
would boycott parliament until PM
Maliki included them in decision
making shared power stopped arbitrary arrests
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraqiya’s boycott)
2013 Maliki appointed Parliamentary Affairs Minister Safi
from State of Law as acting Finance
Minister
View the Iraq History Timelines
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