1921 Gertrude Bell wrote that Kurds in Irbil and Mosul had
voted for Feisal in referendum and in
return they would get Kurdish
officials
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Gertrude Bell
And Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Gertrude Bell,
Explorer of the Middle East)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1927 Report Assyrians refused to settle in northern Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Tragedy of
the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review State and Society
in Iraq)
1933 Interior Min Suleiman went to Dohuk and Amadiya to try
to stop killing of Assyrians
1933 3 days of looting of Assyrian villages in Al Qosh by
Kurd Arab and Yazidi tribes ended
1933 Arabs attacked 2 Chaldean Christian villages near
Assyrian ones in Al Qosh
1985 Iraq started air campaign against Kharg Island Iran’s
main oil terminal Would last 4 months
Dropped capacity by 1/3 Iran moved
most of its shipping south as a result
(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)
1998 Iraq found violating UN sanctions by smuggling oil
2002 National Security Presidential Directive included
liberating people of Iraq and spreading democracy
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Future The
aftermath of regime change)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
2002 NSC meeting Sec State Powell said US had to build
coalition against Iraq Said Bush should
address Iraq in his UN speech on
9/12/02 VP Cheney said Bush’s UN speech should attack organization for inaction
on Iraq Natl Sec Adv Rice agreed with both
2003 UN Resolution 1500 created UN Assistance Mission for
Iraq (UNAMI) Said Iraqi Governing Council
important step to Iraq
self-governance
2003 US intel officer wrote memo saying that “gloves are
coming off” in interrogating Iraqi prisoners
2005 US Amb Khalizad accused Iran of attempting to subvert
Iraq after US forces seized EFPs in south Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms
shipments to Iraqi militias)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2005 Kurds marched in Irbil Kirkuk Dohuk Sulaymaniya calling
for Kurdish self determination control of
Kirkuk and disputed areas
2006 US police training program offered plan to crack down
on death squads and kidnappings by Interior
Min by reviewing each police
battalion
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how
Badr took over Interior Ministry)
2006 After threat by insurgents only around 100 of
Fallujah’s 1700 police showed up to duty
2006 Protest in Basra over lack of electricity during summer
heat Clashed with police
2007 4 suicide truck bombs hit Kahtaniya and Jazeera in
Sinjar district killed 796 Yazidis and wounded
almost 1,500 Was deadliest bombing
in Iraq since 2003
2007 100 soldiers kidnapped Oil Ministry officials from govt
compound in Baghdad including Dep Oil
Minister
2014 PM Maliki agreed to step down after elections Was under
pressure from US and Ayatollah Sistani
2015 Ayatollah Sistani’s office said PM Abadi needed to
reform judiciary
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Reidar Visser on PM Abadi’s reform program)
2015 Protests in Maysan Kirkuk Samawa Basra Karbala Najaf
Nasiriya Hillah Baghdad Diwaniya Kut
Baquba Dujail over better services
fight corruption
2015 Journalists said that Baghdad Operations Command
stormed their office and told them not to cover
protests
2015 VP Maliki gave interview saying reform protests were
anti-religious
2018 Protesters tried to storm West Qurna 2 oil field in
Basra ISF used gunfire to disperse people College
grads burned degrees in Irbil over
lack of jobs
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