1920 Treaty of Sevres started the break-up of the Ottoman
Empire after World War I Included
ceding Mesopotamia to the British
Included call for a Kurdish state and full protection for Assyrians Turkey
rejected Treaty Also claimed Mosul province citing Madrid armistice when
British forces only held small part of vilyat
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Great
Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1933 Kurds and Arabs looted Assyrian towns south of Dohuk
Stole harvest from Sumail
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Tragedy of
the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review State and Society
in Iraq)
1987 Iraq began bombing campaign against Iran’s Tabriz oil
field Iran said it would make Persian Gulf a
killing field in retaliation
(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 Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service
With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1990 Arab League split over Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait Did
vote to demand Iraq withdrawal return of Sabah
family to power troops to defend
Saudi Arabia
1990 Saddam speech called on Arabs and Muslims to rise up
against the US in jihad
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Univ of Penn’s Dr Samuel Helfont on Saddam and
Islam)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Compulsion In
Religion, Saddam Hussein, Islam, and the Roots of Insurgencies in Iraq)
1992 Govt curfew in Najaf to try to stop march after death
of Ayatollah Khoei
2003 Report British govt said it had independent intel to
support Iraq-Africa uranium deal after US said
story weak Story was false
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 Report CIA denied contradictory stories about aluminum
tubes White House used tubes in its first
public relations campaign against
Iraq claiming it had renewed nuke program
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2006 US cmdr in Iraq Gen Casey said more civilians killed by
Shiite militias than insurgents in Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2008 PM Maliki turned Op Promise of Good in Diyala from
hunting insurgents to confrontation with Kurds
over disputed area in Khanaqin
Baghdad called for Peshmerga to withdraw from Jalawla Kurds refused saying they
only followed KRG
(Musings
On Iraq article on PM Maliki dispute with Kurds over Khanaqin)
2009 2 truck bombs ht Shabak town of Khazan Killed 28
wounded 155
(Musings
On Iraq Political Parties Playing Into Hands Of Insurgent Attacks)
2015 Foreign Min Jaafari dismissed 7 ambassadors and retired
some directors as part of Abadi’s reforms
Were actually to cut costs during
budget crisis
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Reidar Visser on PM Abadi’s reform program)
2015 Speaker Jabouri demanded MPs with 2 passports give up
the second or be dismissed
2017 ISCI’s Basra Gov Nasrawi resigned over corruption
charges Parliament’s integrity committee banned
travel for Basra Gov to stop him
from fleeing country
2018 Results of manual recount of May election results
announced Fatah alliance picked up 1 seat in
Baghdad only change Arab Alliance
and Turkmen Front complained about results still claiming fraud in Kirkuk
(Musings
On Iraq article on manual recount of May election)
2018 Protests in Baghdad 2 in Basra Dhi Qar Najaf Qadisiay
Karbala Babil for better services
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