1915 British forces set out to
capture Amarah from Ottomans
1924 UK High Commissioner for Iraq said Assyrians would get
autonomous homeland in
Dohuk
Called on Iraqi govt to grant Assyrians land
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Tragedy of
the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review State and Society
in Iraq)
1931 Iraq made first payment of oil revenues to Turkey in
return for giving up claims to Mosul
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Princeton’s Sara Pursley on Sykes-Picot and creation
of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Creation of
Iraq 1914-1921)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Supremacy And
Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1932 Kurdish revolt led by Barzanji put down by RAF
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
1933 Assyrian leader Mar Shimun wrote letter to King Feisal
Said Interior Minister told
him how the
govt disliked him
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Tragedy of
the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review State and Society
in Iraq)
1941 Mayor of Baghdad worked out peace treaty with British
surrendering city
1941 Yunis Sabawi pro-Nazi leader appointed himself governor
of southern Iraq and told Jews to stay in
homes
1941 Ger Amb to Iraq told Berlin UK-Iraq armistice signed
False rumor British seized Mosul airport
forced ambassador to flee to Syria
1941 German High Command told German planes heading to and
based in Iraq to gather in Aleppo until
further notice
(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)
1967 Jordan invited Iraqi army to deploy troops in its
territory for war with Israel
1971 Nixon went to Tehran Shah asked U.S. help to aid Kurds
against Baghdad leading to covert CIA
operation
(Musings
On Iraq article on Nixon admin support for Kurdish revolt)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Killing Hope,
U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Great
Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1981 Iran attacked Iraqi forces in Qasr-e-Shirin and
Dehloran in central and northern Iran
1984 Saddam threatened to destroy Iran’s main oil port at
Kharg Island hoping it would
force Iran
to negotiate end to war Iran didn’t reply
(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)
1992 Bush proposed doubling budget for covert action to
overthrow Saddam
(Musings
On Iraq book review The United States
And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
2001 1st of four Deputies Committee of NSC
meetings on revising Iraq policy
2003 Badr Brigade claimed it gave up its heavy weapons
Wasn’t true
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
2003 DepDefSec Wolfowitz said that US would find Iraq’s WMD
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 CIA Dir Tenet said that CIA had not compromised its
intelligence on Iraq
2005 Basra police chief said he had no control of 3/4 of his
officers who were loyal to
political
parties and militias and were carrying out assassinations
2005 Basra police chief said militias were the real power in
the province and they were criminals and
bad people Said 2 main groups were
Badr and Mahdi Army
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
2006 PM Maliki declared one month state of emergency in
Basra after 100 killed in fighting between
militis
2007 2nd day of fighting between ISI and Islamic
Army in Baghdad’s Amiriya 1920 Revolution
Brigades joined to help Islamic
Army would lead to Sahwa being formed
(Musings
On Iraq article on splits within insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2007 5 British nationals kidnapped in Baghdad Likely retaliation
for UK killing Mahdi Army leader for
Basra
2007 White House spokesman said US wanted long term military
presence in Iraq to support ISF
2008 US put PKK on sanctions list as a terrorist group
2008 Report only 15% of Sawha integrated into govt as
promised
2009 Ex-Trade Min Sudani placed in Samawa prison for trial
after arrested trying to leave country
Charged with corruption
(Musings
On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption
in Iraq)
2011 ISI cell arrested that created fake human rights
organization as front group
2011 Protests in Ramadi demanding army withdraw from city
after police chief killed in raid
2012 2nd day of 4th auction round for
Iraq oil and gas fields Only 2 winning bids
2012 Iraq announced 5th auction round for Iraqi
oil and gas fields would be held after disappointing 4th
auction
2012 Ninewa Gov Nujafi claimed almost enough votes in
parliament to hold no confidence move against
PM Maliki
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2013 Fight broke out amongst protesters in Fallujah between
those for and against Anbar becoming
federal region
2014 ISIS kidnapped and killed 8 Naqshibandi members in
Baiji who would not give it allegiance
2014 Operation started to clear Saqlawiya north of Fallujah
in Anbar
2015 Kurdish MP said 1205 Peshmerga killed 6595 wounded
fighting IS since Jun 2014
2015 Badr head Amiri dismissed PM Abadi’s plans to retake
Ramadi Claimed only Hashd could free
city
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Ahmed Ali on fall of Ramadi)
2017 ABC News story offered more information on Rapid
Reaction unit abuses first Reported in Der
Spiegel during Mosul campaign
(Musings
On Iraq article on Der Spiegel article on abuses by Rapid Reaction Division
during Mosul battle)
(Musings
On Iraq article Human Rights Watch called for investigation into Der
Spiegel article)
(Musings
On Iraq article ABC News had follow up to Der Spiegel article on abuses by
Rapid Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
(Musings
On Iraq article Toronto Star added more to story about abuses by Rapid
Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
(Musings
On Iraq article reactions to Der Spiegel article on abuses by Rapid
Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq Joint Operations Command attacked Der Spiegel article
on abuses by Rapid Reaction Division during Mosul battle)
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