1950 Nuri al-Said became premier
6th time
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Historian Phebe Marr comparing PM Said with PM
Maliki)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of ‘Independent
Iraq’ The Monarchy & British Influence, 1941-1958 on Said govt)
1980 Iran accused Iraq of attempting to shoot down
helicopter with Iranian Pres Bani Sadr and Premier
Rajai on it
1980 Iranian F-14 Tomcat shot down an Iraqi MiG
1981 Reagan administration discussed covert arms deal with
Iraq to get a Russian T-72 tank in return Iraq
rejected idea
1987 Saddam told UN delegation he would accept ceasefire if
UN punished 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)
1989 Iraq arrested UK Observer reporter Bazoft for reporting
on missile program Led to condemnation in
UK media
1992 PUK and KDP agreed to merge their Peshmerga under
command of Kurdish parliament
1995 PUK and KDP broke off peacetalks brokered by US to end
civil war
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
2001 Bush held meeting at Camp David to determine response
to 9/11 Iraq brought up several times
Pentagon paper for Camp David said
3 priorities in war on terror Al Qaeda Taliban Iraq Joint Chiefs head Gen
Shelton went over Afghanistan war plans and Iraq ones if necessary Natl Sec Adv
Rice said US military should think about action in other places in case
Afghanistan went bad Opened up opportunity to bring up Iraq Dep Def Sec
Wolfowitz was afraid Afghanistan would be a quagmire Said Iraq would be easy in
comparison and 10-50% chance Iraq behind 9/11 Said US should go after Iraq if
serious about war on terror Sec State Powell said Wolfowitz had no proof Iraq
involved in 9/11 and just using it for his Iraq agenda During break Wolfowitz
brought up Iraq again with Bush After break Rumsfeld asked if it was time to
attack Iraq Powell objected saying it would cost international support Powell
said US had to do Afghanistan first and would make Iraq easier if wanted to
deal with it later Bush didn’t want to do more than one war at a time Later
Wolfowitz brought up Iraq again Before lunch Bush said he’d heard enough about
Iraq After lunch Bush asked each adviser for their ideas Powell said if US
wanted to go after other states they would still be there after Afghanistan
Powell said he was against attacking Iraq because US would lose coalition and
confuse war on terror Rumsfeld said if hitting Iraq would cost coalition US
needed a new coalition Chief of Staff Card said US should build up troops in
Persian Gulf that could be used vs Iraq but then said case against Iraq had not
been made Cheney said if US attacked Iraq would lose its good guy image in war
on terror Did say Iraq would be dealt with later on CIA Director Tenet said
Afghanistan should be focus Voted on issue with 4-0 against going after Iraq
with Rumsfeld abstaining
(Musings
On Iraq review Bush At War)
2001 Bush said he thought Iraq involved in 9/11 but told
Rice it would be dealt with later
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq, 9/11 And The Bush Administration)
(Musings
On Iraq From 9/11 To The Invasion of Iraq: Analysis of Bush Administration
Decision Making)
(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)
2001 UK Embassy in US warned that 9/11 would mean those in
Bush admin that wanted regime change
would push their agenda more
(Musings
On Iraq article Chilcot Report Sec 3.1 Development of UK Strategy and
Options on Iraq, 9/11 to Early January 2002)
2004 Around 1000 protested in Najaf demanding that Sadr and
his aides leave the city
2004 Gen Chiarelli said that US would clear militias from
Sadr City Didn’t happen
2006 US and Maliki govt announced new plan to cut weapons
and bombs entering Baghdad with
checkpoints at entrances and trench
around city
2006 Bush speech Said he was listening to his generals who
said things were working in Iraq Privately Bush
had decided Iraq strategy not
working and wanted new one
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 Report US Army battalion expelled Special Forces unit
working with Albu Nimr tribe in Hit Anbar
because felt Special Forces were
not sharing information on their activities Shut down tribal outreach and
recruitment into ISF
2006 Last 5 days 142 bodies found executed
2006 Report Sept 02 Iraq’s Foreign Min Sabri told CIA Iraq
had no ties to al Qaeda Info was not given to
White House Sabri said that Iraq
was working on nuclear and WMD programs and that was given to White House
2007 ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi announced Ramadan
offensive named after Zarqawi
2007 Sadrists withdrew from United Iraqi Alliance Claimed
shut out of decision making and Maliki govt
didn’t investigate Mahdi Army-Badr
clash in Karbala in Aug 07
2007 GAO said Iraq met 3 partially met 4 not met 11 of 18
total benchmarks set by Congress for progress
during Surge
2015 Cabinet voted on law to cancel Vice Presidents
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Reidar Visser on PM Abadi’s reform program)
2018 Parliament elected Mohammed al-Halbusi former Anbar
governor Speaker His al-Hal party was
accused of cheating in May
elections and were reports he used bribes to attain the position
(Musings
On Iraq article on election of Halbusi to speakership)
2018 Pro-Iran Hashd held demonstration in Basra City View the Iraq History Timelines
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