1933 French deported Assyrians who had fled to Syria Iraqi
troops sent to meet Assyrians and disarm
them Assyrians attacked army camp
upon return to Iraq believing army was going to kill them 33 soldiers killed 40
wounded Over 500 Assyrians crossed back into Syria and were arrested by French
Assyrians caught on Iraqi side were executed by army
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Tragedy of
the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review State and Society
in Iraq)
1963 Govt troops captured Barzan and Mazna in offensive
against KDP in Kurdistan
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A Modern
History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1970 Saddam visited Soviet Union and asked for debt relief
Also for Moscow to stop aiding Kurds Soviets
agreed
1986 VP Bush used Egyptian Pres Mubarak to pass message to
Iraq that it should expand air campaign
against Iran
(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)
1990 Bush met Kuwait emir Sabah and said US would free Kuwait
and return emir to power
1990 Joint statement by US and Soviet Union condemned Iraq’s
invasion of Kuwait and called for
withdrawal
1990 European Community imposed sanctions on Iraq for
invasion of Kuwait
1990 Iraq announced Provisional Government of Free Kuwait
1990 King Hussein said Saddam was a patriot and wanted good
Jordan-Iraq relations
1990 White House went over military plans in response to
Kuwait invasion Included 200,000-250,000
troops deploying to Saudi Arabia
(Musings
On Iraq book review from storm to
Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
1990 Bush said goal of deploying US forces to Persian Gulf
was to protect Saudi Arabia
1990 Mukhabarat agents flown into Kuwait to run internal
security
1991 Baath ordered property in Kirkuk to be given to Arabs
and building over 2700 new homes for them
1992 Iraqi army shelled Kurdish positions in Kirkuk
1998 Saddam ended cooperation with UN inspectors Kept
monitoring system in tact Saddam demanded
inspectors reflect rotating
membership of Security Council and offices be moved to Geneva or Vienna and out
of NY to not be influenced by US
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
(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 Chilcot Report Sec 1.1 UK Iraq Strategy 1990 To 2000)
(Musings
On Iraq article Charles Duelfer’s Account Of The End Of The 1990s U.N.
Inspections)
2002 UnderSecDefArmsControl Bolton told BBC US didn’t care
whether new UN inspections happened
because goal was regime change in
Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
2002 Fmr National Sec Adv Brent Scowcroft came out against
invading Iraq
2003 US reopened Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad
2004 Mahdi Army shot down US helicopter in Sadr City Police
chief there led celebration for its downing
2004 Sec State Powell told UK Foreign Sec Straw that
security in Sunni areas of Iraq was worse than
thought Said it was an indigenous
movement with good intel to adapt to situation on the ground
2005 Report large shipment of EFPs captured in northern Iraq
coming from Iran
(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)
2006 Sec State Rice said US making progress Iraq strategy
not failing US had to stay the course Privately
Rice thought strategy failing
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2008 Flyers posted in Baghdad’s Dora warning Shiite families
not to return to district Up to 50% of Shiite
families had been driven out during
civil war
(Musings
On Iraq article on anti-Shiite flyers in Baghdad’s Dora)
2015 2 Protests in Sulaymaniya province over lack of
services that led to clash with police Over 30 wounded
Also demo in Maysan
2017 Thousands protested in Baghdad over corruption called
for by Sadr
2018 8th day sit-in protest West Qurna 1 oil
field 7th day sit-in in Muthanna Protest ended in Husseiniya
Baghdad Demonstrations in Dhi Qar
Qadisiya 2 others in Basra
View the Iraq History Timelines
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