1939 King Ghazi summoned army chief of staff Fawzi and
ordered invasion of Kuwait PM Said
reversed order
1949 PM Said said Jews had been mistreated in Iraq and
warned that things could get worse for them due
to Israel
1963 New Arif govt started talks with Mustafa Barzani and
KDP to end Kurdish rebellion
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1986 Iraq counterattack to retake Fao Peninsula called off
1986 US condemned Iraq’s use of chemical weapons against
Iran in Fao Peninsula in Basra
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1987 Iranian Rev Guard broke through Iraqi defenses Now 5
miles from Basra city
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of
the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Vanguard of the
Imam, Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)
1987 NSC official said US attempted to assist Iraq in
Iran-Iraq War without providing it with arms
(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)
1990 Saddam demanded that US warships leave the Persian Gulf
1991 US 1st Cav division launched probing attack
into Kuwait to foll Iraq about where real offensive would
begin
1995 Saddam representatives met with bin Laden in Sudan who
asked for broadcast of jihadist lectured and
asked for joint ops against Saudis
Meeting confirmed in Iraqi intel report Only confirmed meeting between two
sides
1996 Saddam’s son-in-law Hussein Kamal sent letter to Iraq
asking about returning to country after
defected to Jordan
1998 Blair said UN weapons inspections had to continue or
action would be taken against Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
1998 Comm for Peace and Security in the Gulf publishes
letter to Clinton saying US should overthrow
Saddam
1998 Report Al Qaeda operative was to travel to Iraq to talk
with govt False story
1999 Followers of Ayatollah Sadr met in Saddam City after
his assassination by govt Fired upon by army
80 killed Led to more protests
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Univ of Haifa’s Prof Baram on legacy of Ayatollah
Sadiq al-Sadr)
2002 CIA met with fmr Amb Joseph Wilson to ask if he would
go to Niger to investigate alleged Iraq
yellowcake deal
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 ORHA head Garner briefed Natl Sec Adv Rice to use Iraqi
army and police to help rebuilding Iraq
after war
2004 UN endorsed CPA’s timetable for transferring power back
to Iraqis in June 2004
2004 CPA had to abandon idea of unelected caucuses choosing
interim govt to write new Iraq constitution
2007 VP Hashemi told Al Jazeera militia leaders told about
Surge plan beforehand so they could avoid it
2007 2 suicide car bombs hit Awakening head Sheikh Abu
Risha’s compound Ramadi district
2009 Provincial Election results announced PM Maliki’s State
of Law won in 9 of 14 provinces
(Musings
On Iraq article on 09 provincial election results)
2011 Sulaymaniya protesters went to KDP headquarters to
protest shooting of demonstrators on Feb 17
(Musings
On Iraq interview with journalist Wladimir Van Wilgenburg on 2011 KRG
protests)
2017 Attack on West Mosul began by Iraqi forces
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