1970 Iraq went to UN over Shah placing troops on border
after coup he backed vs Pres Bakr
failed
1987 Iran Op Karbala 5 withdrew from bridgehead on Iraqi
Fish Lake defensive line in Basra
(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 Iran-Iraq
War Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
(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)
2002 William Kristol told Senate invading Iraq would
transform Middle East
2003 Powell and his deputy Armitage went to CIA to go
through Iraq intel to use in his UN speech
Powell decided to use 3 intercepts
of Iraqi officers perhaps talking about hiding WMD and intel on Zarqawi in
Kurdistan CIA Dir Tenet told Powell no intel Saddam directly involved with Zarqawi
Powell decided to claim Iraq giving sanctuary to Zarqawi
2004 Powell told WashPost if he knew Iraq had no WMD his
decision on Iraq invasion would have
been different
2004 Rumsfeld claimed Iraq Study Group head Kay’s Senate
testimony Iraq had no WMD stocks
proved White House case
2005 Assyrians in Ninewa Plains accused Kurds of stopping
them from voting in Jan 30 election
2005 Bush said US in Iraq to create a democracy that could
defend itself and was not a threat to its
neighbors
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2007 US Natl Intel Estimate ISF lacked training equipment
skills to replace US forces If US withdrew in
12-18 months violence would
increase in Iraq
2008 Bombing 2 markets in Baghdad killed 99 wounded 145
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices
From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2008 Accountability and Justice law passed to replace
deBaathification legislation
(Musings
On Iraq article on passing Accountability and Justice law)
2014 Al Qaeda publicly renounced ties with ISIS
2018 Pentagon Inspector General reported 9 Abrams tanks sold
to Iraqi army ended up with Pro-Iran
Hashd groups Some captured from IS
others not
(Musings
On Iraq article on Abrams tanks with pro-Iran Hashd factions)
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