1922 UK Sec of War Evans wrote cabinet Iraqi army weak
British military presence small Iraq
vulnerable to Turkey tribal unrest
so UK should withdraw from Mosul
1963 Baath-military coup against
Gen Qasim Started with assassination of Air Force chief Radio station at
Abu Ghraib
seized
1963 Defense Ministry where
Qasim was bombed during coup Communists took to streets and fought army
in Baghdad
1963 National Council of the Revolutionary Command created
to run new govt
1963 CIA allegedly supported 1963 coup because Qasim’s Communist
support Gave Baath lists of
Communists to eliminate
(Musings
On Iraq book review Red Star
Over Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings On Iraq Interview
with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party)
1980 Saddam proposed pan-Arab charter of non-aligned Arab
states to oppose superpowers in region and to
unite against Iran
1992 Report Bush authorized $30 mil CIA program to overthrow
Saddam
2003 Bush said Iraq tried to buy equipment for WMD Saddam
authorized his commanders to use chemical
weapons
2003 Iraq turned over new documents about its WMD programs
to UN inspectors that was called
substantial
2003 UN inspectors went to site CURVEBALL defector claimed
was secret WMD facility and found
nothing
(Musings
On Iraq article on how CURVEBALL influenced US intel on Iraq’s WMD)
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2004 After Iraq Survey Group said it found no stockpiles of
WMD Bush said they could still be found and
Saddam was still dangerous
2004 Report British intel spied on UN Security Council in 2003
during deliberations on 2nd resolution to
authorize force vs Iraq
2004 Japanese troops arrived in Iraq for first overseas
deployment since WWII
2006 Senate Foreign Relations Comm told oil electricity
water sewage all below pre-war levels in Iraq
2007 ISI told new Baiji refinery director general that only Sunnis
were to be hired at the facility
2007 US-Iraqi raid arrested Dep Health Min Zamili Accused of
hiring Mahdi Army members into Health
Ministry Embezzled money from
ministry Used ministry for kidnappings and murders Used ambulances to ferry
weapons and militiamen across Baghdad
2007 Report US soldiers unsure of ISF units they worked with
in Baghdad during Surge Iraqi officers sold
their soldiers uniforms ISF beat
suspects at checkpoints Took bribes from suspects to be released Executed
suspects
2007 Report CPA financial adv Adm Oliver said he didn’t know
if the $8.8 bil given to Iraqi ministries in
03-04 was spent or not Said he
didn’t care Said it was Iraqi money
2008 Sahwa in Diyala went on strike demanding provincial
police chief be replaced accused of running
death squads and torturing
prisoners
2011 Parliament human rights comm opened investigation of
Camp Honor secret prison in Baghdad run by
Maliki Nothing came of it
(Musings
On Iraq article on Camp Honor prison)
2014 ISIS joined Fallujah Military Council and agreed to
cooperate with other militant factions
2015 Peshmerga destroyed villages in 5 districts in southern
Kirkuk
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