1940 Iraq For Min Said said England and France should grant
Syria and Palestine Independence to
counter Axis propaganda
1941 British attacked Iraqis 6 miles up from Basra city 10th
Indian Div ordered to head north
(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)
1948 Iraqi forces took Geulim and reached Kfar Yona and Ein
Vered 1st Arab-Israeli War
1981 New Pres Mitterrand told Saddam France would support
him during war
1983 Turkey launched first cross border raid under
Iraq-Turkey security agreement 7,000 Turkish troops
moved 18 mi into Kurdistan to
attack PKK bases
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
1983 Iraq offered to end bombing of civilians
1988 Iraq started Op Tawakalna ala Allah to clear Fish Lake
Basra and force Iran into negotiations to end
war Used chemical weapons Took 6
miles
(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)
1999 Clinton Natl Sec Adv Berger met with 7 Iraqi opposition
parties receiving US funds Told them
president wanted Saddam removed by
end of his term
(Musings
On Iraq book review The United States
And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
2003 5,000 Iraqis protested outside Green Zone demanding a
new govt security salaries for soldiers
2003 CPA order 5 created DeBaathification Council Would be
run by Ahmed Chalabi
2003 Inspection team examined 2 captured trailers Immediately
found they were not mobile WMD labs as
originally thought
(Musings
On Iraq article on mobile labs story)
2003 Kirkuk council elected 6 members then arrested by US
for alleged Baathist ties
2007 Ret Gen Keane told VP Cheney Surge needed to be
sustained until 2008
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Mansoor on the Surge)
2007 UK killed Mahdi Army commander for Basra Abu Qader
leading to 2 days of fighting in city
2008 Report insurgents fled to Tikrit and Ramadi during
Mother of Two Springs operation in Mosul
2008 Mayor of Mosul escaped 4th bombing attempt on his life
in 10 days
2008 USAmb Crocker said ISI had been severely disrupted in
Iraq
2008 US and ISF conducted weapons searches in Sadr City
Arrested 200 Mahdi Army militiamen in Amil
and Baya
2008 Report Sadrists paid $300 for anyone that attacked
British forces in Basra Money came from Iran
2009 PM Maliki accepted resignation of Trade Min Sudani
charged with corruption He used stolen money
to fund Maliki’s 2009 and 2010
election campaigns
(Musings
On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption
in Iraq)
2011 Iraq ranked 2nd to last in Global Peace
Index
2011 Dep PM Shahristani said Iraq could not defend itself
after US withdrawal at end of year
(Musings
On Iraq book review The United States
And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
2012 Dawa held march in Baghdad to support PM Maliki during
no confidence drive against him
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2012 Baghdad said that all Kurdish oil deals with Turkey had
to be approved by the central govt
2013 Mutahidun accused PM Maliki of backing militias with
government money
2014 Anbar Operations Command claimed 90% of Ramadi freed
ISIS still occupied major parts of city
2014 Anbar Operations Command said 40 attempts to take
Fallujah from Jan-May 2014 and all failed
2014 Sadrists threatened to go into opposition if PM Maliki
got 3rd term
2018 Protesters in Basra blocked main road with burning
tires over lack of services
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