1962 Iraqi planes bombed Turkish border post during
operation against Kurdish rebels killing 2
Turkish soldiers
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1963 Soviet Union accused Arif govt of genocide against
Kurds
1973 Another 36 coup plotters tried including Baath Regional
Command members Samarriea and Fadil
and given death sentences
1978 Former Prime Minister after 1968 Baath coup Naif shot
in London by Iraqi agents on orders
from Saddam
1980 Former Shah generals launched failed coup vs Khomeini
Iraq blamed
1982 Pres Rafsanjani said Iran would accept peace if 1975
border treaty retained $100 bil in
reparations Saddam tried as war
criminal
1988 Iraq recaptured Penjwin 23 mountain peaks in Mawet area
of Kurdistan Pushed towards Iranian
border
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1990 US Amb to Iraq Glaspie said that US working on
releasing 2nd half of $1 bil loan guarantees to
Baghdad
1996 UN Sec Council asked US for info about Iraq smuggling
to get around sanctions
1997 KDP accused PUK of breaking ceasefire attacking its
positions with help of PKK
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
2003 CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Franks told Congress violence in Iraq
meant no US troop withdrawal
anytime soon
2003 Def Sec Rumsfeld told Congress Iraq was costing US
around $3.9 bil a month
2003 Def Sec Rumsfeld told Congress Iraq war wasn't because
new evidence about Iraq’s WMD but
because saw Iraq differently after
9/11
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 Fmr State Dept Military Intel officer Thielman told
Congress US govt misrepresented intel
about Iraq threat
2004 Iraqi defector Zubaidi claimed INC embellished reports
of defectors about Iraq’s WMD INC
denied story
2004 Bush said everyone believed Iraq had stocks of WMD and
Saddam wanted those WMD
programs
2005 Al Qaeda’s Zawahiri sent Iraq strategy letter to
Zarqawi Expel US Declare emirate that would
become caliphate Expand to other
nations Told Zarqawi he should include more Iraqis in Al Qaeda in Iraq Warned Zarqawi
attacks upon Muslim civilians could cost him hearts and minds and support
(Musings
On Iraq interview with former CIA analyst Nada Bakos that tracked Zarqawi)
(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)
2006 PM Maliki announced Op Together Forward 2 to try to secure
Baghdad again Failed in days
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 Militiamen in Jihad, Baghdad pulled Sunnis from cars
and executed at least 50
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2006 Article on State Dept report on Interior Min Said
corruption human rights abuses sectarian
violence connections to insurgents
and militias undermined ministry
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how
Badr took over Interior Ministry)
2006 US officials said Jadriya prison in Baghdad run by
Mahmoud Waeli Badr’s intel head and
renegade faction of Interior
Ministry
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
2012 KRG said it would barter oil for refined products with
Turkey
2014 Human Rights Watch recorded 61 Sunni civilians killed
by Hashd in last month
2018 Protests in 3 parts of Basra and Muthanna demanding
better services and jobs from oil companies
Blocked entrances to West Qurna 1
and Rumaila oil fields
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