1933 Iraqi army sent to Dohuk in show of force against armed
followers of Assyrian leader Mar
Shimun
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Tragedy of
the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review State and Society
in Iraq)
1961 Gen Qasim called for Kuwait to be re-united with Iraq
Egypt said it was opposed to idea because
Nasser opposed Qasim
1988 2nd Op Tawakal ala Allah using chemical
weapons Iraq attacked and retook Majnoon Islands
(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)
1991 Iraqis fired on UN weapons inspectors at suspected nuke
site
(Musings
On Iraq article UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD
and 2003 Invasion)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Sec 1.1 UK Iraq Strategy 1990 To 2000)
2003 Report Captured Zarqawi operative in Germany said
Zarqawi independent terrorist not part of Al
Qaeda
2003 Report State Dept WMD analyst told Congressional
hearing he felt pressured to tailor intel to fit Bush
admin agenda on Iraq
2003 UN Sec Gen Annan met with PM Blair Annan said that UN
was pushing Bremer to transition
to Iraqi control as quickly as
possible Said Bremer good at making fast decisions but that meant he didn’t
talk to others Complained deBaathification had gone too far
2004 INC turned over captured Iraqi doc Iraq intel and bin
Laden met in 90s Iraq agreed to air anti-Saudi
tapes but request for joints ops
unanswered by Iraq
2006 PM Maliki announced national reconciliation program
Included Reconciliation Council National
Dialogue Plan fighting terrorism
Reviewing Debaathification Commission Amnesty for prisoners not involved in
terrorism Compensation for terrorism and Saddam victims and IDPs Improving
services Dealing with militias Fighting poverty and joblessness Nothing came of
it
2006 Health Ministry recorded over 50,000 Iraqi deaths since
2003 from terrorism and military clashes
2006 Report CIA officer Drumheller warned Agency before
Bush’s Jan 03 State of the Union and Sec
State Powell’s Feb 03 UN speech not
to use story Iraq had mobile WMD labs
2006 Report CIA officer warned that source of mobile labs
story Iraqi named CURVEBALL held by
Germans was unstable and story not
verified
2006 Report Germans warned CIA that CURVEBALL was unreliable
and refused to allow CIA access to
him
2006 CIA Dir Tenet told Sec State Powell it had multiple
sources confirming Iraq mobile lab story while
preparing Powell’s UN speech
CURVEBALL was only real source
2006 Right before Sec State Powell’s speech CIA Dir called
CIA officer Drumheller to fact check speech
Told Tenet not to use mobile labs
claim
(Musings
On Iraq article on how CURVEBALL influenced US intel on Iraq’s WMD)
2007 ISI suicide bomber killed Sheikh Gaood of Albu Nimr
tribe Sheikh Rifai al-Fahdawai of Albu Fahad
Sheikh Azziz al-Fahadawi Sheikh
al-Assafir head of the Albu Assaf tribe in Baghdad hotel before meeting with US
officials Were all Awakening members
2007 US cmdr Op Arrowhead Ripper in Baquba said ISF not
capable of holding areas cleared by US
General in southern Baghdad said
same thing
2014 Al-Nusra commander on Syrian-Iraq border gave
allegiance to ISIS
2014 Ishaqi Salahaddin declared freed 3rd time in
just a few days
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq’s Northern Front Stalemate In Salahaddin)
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