1920 UK Foreign Sec Lord Curzon replied to US complaints
about San Remo agreement saying US
would not be shut out of Iraq oil
and was just business deal not treaty
(Musings
On Iraq book review Supremacy And
Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1920 Railway line to Baghdad cut by tribal fighters in
Diyala during 1920 Revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1933 Shammar and Jabour tribes attacked 60 Assyrian villages
south of Dohuk Captured males given to
Iraqi army who executed them
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Tragedy of
the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review State and Society
in Iraq)
1966 Col Naji Talib became premier Proved to be completely ineffective
and was later removed
1983 Iran’s Op Wa al-Fajr 3 took hills around Mehran but
failed to recapture city Iran took 60 sq mi
half in Wasit Iraq lost
10,000-17,000 casualties Iran lost 15,000-25,000 casualties
1988 Iraq held victory celebrations for end of Iran-Iraq War
(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)
1988 Military campaign in southern marshes ended 400 homes
and 500 boats destroyed along with mass
arrests
1990 US forces arrived in Saudi Arabia to protect it from
Iraq after invasion of Kuwait
(Musings
On Iraq book review from storm to
Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
1990 UN Resolution 662 said that Iraq’s annexation of Kuwait
was illegal
1990 Turkey and Saudi Arabia closed pipelines to Iraq due to
Kuwait invasion
2002 Def Sec Rumsfeld at White House meeting said that US
would not occupy Iraq for a long time and
shouldn’t promote democracy
2002 After White House meeting UnderSecDef Feith told Def
Sec Rumsfeld he should not be so critical of
creating a democracy in Iraq
Rumsfeld said building democracy complex and not just holding an election
2002 Def Policy Board Perle said that removing Saddam would
lead to more peaceful and stable Middle East
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 3 US army battalions added to 1st Battle of
Najaf
2003 Bremer said Ansar al-Islam escaped to Iran during
invasion and were now returning to Iraq to carry
out terrorist attacks
2003 Protests in Basra over lack of electricity Threw rocks
at British troops
2003 Mass robberies of oil tankers in Basra Police fled
Czech and British troops fired on looters 2 killed 4
wounded
2003 AP story not much of Sec State Powell’s Feb 03 speech
to UN on Iraq’s WMD proved true
2004 PM Allawi Def Min US generals had meeting Decided 2nd
Najaf Battle had to end quick over concerns
shrine might be damaged
(Musings
On Iraq article on 2nd battle of Najaf)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Battle For The
City Of The Dead)
(Musings
On Iraq book review US Marines in Battle An-Najaf August 20014)
2005 Baghdad city council chief Makkia of SCIRI led group of
Badr militiamen to oust Baghdad mayor
Tamimi and installed himself in
office
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
2005 Def Sec Rumsfeld said weapons were being smuggled from
Iran into Iraq Most senior US official to
accuse Tehran of arming militias in
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 Suicide car bomb hit US convoy in Baghdad killing 7 and
wounding more than 90
2015 PM Abadi announced reform program of ending quotas, cut
bodyguards, anti corruption
commission dismissing VPs and Dep
PMs in response to protests
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Reidar Visser on PM Abadi’s reform program)
2015 Dep PM Araji resigned Was facing corruption
investigation
2015 Cabinet voted to reduce number of members on provincial
councils to save money sold as
reform
2015 VPs Nujafi and Maliki Speaker Jabouri and KRG said they
supported Abadi’s reform program
2015 Maliki TV interview said protests were becoming
anti-religious and could getout of control
2015 Chief of staff of Iranian military criticized protests
in Iraq saying they were making govt look
bad
2015 Protests in Baghdad, Nasiriya, Maysan supporting Abadi’s
reforms
2018 Sit in continued in Muthanna and West Qurna 2 field in
Basra
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