1923 Sir Henry Dobbs wrote US Consul in Iraq that King Faisal was not a
strong leader and he
expected trouble from his rule
1941 New German ambassador to Iraq arrived in Mosul with 2 He 111
bombers
1941 Iraqis abandoned
Fort Rutba allowing British to capture it
1941 UK India cmdr
Gen Auchinlek advocated occupying Baghdad Mosul Kirkuk to preclude German
intervention Mideast cmdr Gen Wavell told Auchinlek that Iraq not as
important as other fronts and he had limited resources
1941 UK Mideast cmdr
Gen Wavell told Churchill attack on Baghdad could start Arab revolt Wavell told
Churchill some Jordanian forces already refused to go to Iraq Wavell
finally gave order for forces in Jordan to head for Habaniya Anbar Wavell
ordered that Baghdad was not to be occupied
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Persian Gulf
Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq 1941, The
Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq And Syria
1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
1950 Grenade thrown
at car company owned by Jews in Baghdad 4 injured 2nd of 7 such
attacks on Jews
1950-51
1950 Iraq prosecuted
Jews for grenade attacks claiming Zionist plot to get Jews to move to Israel
Opponents
argued most Jews already leaving Iraq so no need to scare them
1967 PM Naji Talib
forced to resign by military Pres Abdul Rahman Arif became premier
1976 New Kurdish
rebellion led by PUK started Kurds backed by Soviet Union, Syria, Iran, Libya
1991 Iraq rejected
US French UK proposal for international police force to deploy to Kurdistan
2002 Gen Franks
discussed war plans with Sec Def Rumsfeld who was afraid Iraq might take initiative
and
launch a pre-emptive attack
2002 Gen Franks
briefed NSC on Middle Eastern countries and their role in invasion plans
(Musings On Iraq book review of Shaping
the Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence
Assessment)
2002 CIA briefing
book on Iraq’s WMD mentioned Iraq-Niger uranium deal
2003 Ayatollah
Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim head of SCIRI returned to Iraq from Iran
2003 Outgoing ORHA
head Garner flew to Qatar to brief incoming CPA head Bremer on situation in
Iraq
2003 US forces
surrounded Iranian opposition group Mujahadeen e-Khalq camp and demanded they
disarm
2004 Human Rights
Min Turki told Guardian Bremer warned in 2003 about prisoner abuse by US
soldiers
2004 PM Blair denied
he knew about British forces abusing Iraqi prisoners
2004 US and ISF
began returning to Fallujah
2005 Parliament
created 55 member constitution drafting committee but with no Sunni members
2008 Sadr announced
ceasefire ending most fighting in Baghdad Led to many Special Groups and
Asaib Ahl Al-Haq to flee to Iran
2008 Op Mother of
Two Rivers started in Mosul after Charge of Knights ended Mosul main insurgent
base
after Surge Offensive announced publicly before started so many
insurgents left
2010 Kurdish list in
Ninewa said open to deal with Hadbaa to join provincial council which Kurds had
boycotted since 09
2010 ISI carried out
coordinated car bombings in Baghdad Hillah Iskandiriya Basra
2010 Iranian
helicopters attacked Kurdish villages and got into shootout with Peshmerga
trying to target
PJAK
2011 Analyst est
Iraq had lost $493 bil 03-11 due to bad administration planning and project
delays
2011 Army chief of
staff Gen Zebari said US withdrawal would be bad for security in Iraq because
ISF not
ready to defend country until 2020
2011 Allawi released
insulting letter to PM Maliki
2011 Protest in
Mosul demanding US withdrawal release of prisoners govt reform
2012 KRG complained
about PM Maliki holding cabinet meeting in Kirkuk Listed all grievances with
Baghdad over oil Article 140 etc
2012 KRG Natural
Resource Min said if Baghdad didn’t deliver regions’ share of budget it would
truck oil
for exports independently View the Iraq History Timelines
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