1940 PM Said resigned over growing problems with pan-Arabist
Golden Square officers Said
wanted Gaylani to become PM and he
would become Foreign Minister to maintain pro-British policies Golden Square
objected to Gaylani govt because it would include Said and Gen Hashemi Went to
Regent calling for their exclusion from new govt Regent disagreed with Golden
Square officers over new govt and made Gen Umari Mosul garrison commander
retire as a result
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Role of the
Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
1984 UN negotiated deal for Iran and Iraq to stop attacking
civilian areas Didn’t last
1986 Iraqi high command finally accepted Fao main goal of
Iranian offensive after falling for Tehran’s
deception and believing it wasn’t
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper 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)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1991 Tariq Aziz went to Moscow and accepted Soviets
unconditional withdrawal plan from Kuwait Then
demanded end to all UN sanctions
and resolutions
1999 Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr assassinated by Saddam
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Univ of Haifa’s Prof Baram on legacy of Ayatollah
Sadiq al-Sadr)
1999 Fmr CIA counterterrorism officer Cannistraro said
Iraqis met bin Laden in Dec 98 False story
2002 US Embassy in Niger said new details on Iraq-Niger
uranium deal meant a new look into story was
needed
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bombers hit Shiite pilgrims in
Kadhimiya
2007 Blair announced plants to cut British troop strength in
Iraq from 7000 to 4000
2007 US forces began campaign to clear Ramadi block by block
of insurgents
(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)
2007 1st living standards study since 03 Found
1/3 of Iraqis living below poverty level 40% lacked good
sanitation 50% lacked adequate
water supplies Said free market reforms that cut subsides were lowering living
standards for middle and working class families Said service projects should
take precedent over reforms
2007 Report ISI targeting US helicopters Shot down 7 in 3
weeks Set up ambushes for US troops looking
to rescue crews
2009 Pres Talabani met with PUK officials like Kosrat Rasul
and Barham Salah who wanted reforms
within party or were threatening to
leave
(Musings
On Iraq article on splits within PUK)
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