1920 Ramadi fell to British during 1920 Revolt
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On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1980 Khomeini issued message saying Iran was fighting for
God vs Iraq Called on Iraqi soldiers to return to
Islam and not follow Saddam Called
on Iraqis to rise up and overthrow Saddam
1980 Iran and Iraq temporarily stopped oil shipments due to
attacks on each others’ facilities
1980 Saddam letter to UN Said Iran refused to recognize
Iraqi territory and sovereignty to explain war
1980 Muslim countries created committee to try to mediate
Iran-Iraq War
1980 After 4 days of combat Iraq lost 16 planes vs 5 Iranian
ones in air combat Another 24 Iraqi and 19
Iranian ones damaged Was too high
attrition rate Iraq ordered end to air raids upon Iran as a result
1981 Iran Op Samen ol-Ameh to break siege of Abadan began
Infiltrated Iraqi lines and forced Iraqis to
retreat to Darkhovin in south
(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)
1981 International Atomic Energy Agency condemned Israel’s
destruction of Osirak nuclear reactor and
suspended aid to Israel
1996 KDP announced it was forming its own cabinet to run
Kurdistan without PUK
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
2001 Bush told Def Sec Rumsfeld to plan for Iraq invasion
but do it informally
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Bush admin went from 9/11 to Iraq invasion)
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The
Selling Of The Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein,
Deciding on Conflict)
2002 Bush met with 18 Congressmen to lobby them on Iraq Said
he’d talked to military commanders and
they had no problem with regime
change Said Iraq had WMD Building facilities to make more If it got uranium
could build a bomb in 6 months Repeated British claim that Iraq could use WMD
in 45 min
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
2002 CIA Dir Tenet warned Bush not to use the 45 min claim
because came from questionable source
2002 Bush told press Al Qaeda could become an extension of
Iraq and Iraq and Al Qaeda were both part of
war on terror Said each day Iraq
could give WMD or a nuke to terrorists
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Future The
aftermath of regime change)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
2002 Sec State Powell told Senate Foreign Relations Comm
that Iraq-Niger uranium deal was proof had
nuke program Said Iraq tried to buy
aluminum tubes for nuke program
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2002 Def Sec Rumsfeld said Iraq had active WMD programs Said
bulletproof confirmation of ties
between
Iraq and Al Qaeda
2002 White House spokesman claimed Iraq trained Al Qaeda in
chemical weapons
2002 Pentagon and intel officials questioned White House
claims of Iraq-Al Qaeda ties in the press
2002 32 foreign policy experts ran full page ad in New York
Times “War with Iraq is not in America’s
national interest”
2004 US arrested Gen Najm head of Iraqi National Guard in
Diyala for ties to insurgency
2005 NSC report on Iraq Security better but insurgents
adapting Not enough US troops PM Jaafari not
doing well
2006 NSC report Interior Ministry carrying out extra
judicial killings
2006 Awakening of Anbar conference held in Ramadi Issued 11
point program Called for talks with
Baathists reviewing make-up of ISF
Securing highway through Anbar Stand against terrorism No arms unless okayed by
govt Condemned tribes working with insurgents Wanted to rebuild economy
Strengthen sheikhs Respect rule of Law New Anbar govt
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq article on change in perceptions that led to Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Confronting Al
Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Marines
Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Illusions of
Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Sheriff of
Ramadi, Nvy SEALS and the Winning of Anbar)
2006 US brigade from 1st Armored Div extended
tour in Ramadi by 6 weeks Would be crucial to support
Awakening and secure city
2006 Bush forced to release parts of secret intel report
after it was leaked to the press on international
terrorism that said Iraq was
creating new generation of jihadists and created resentment in Muslim world
against US
2006 UN report said that Iraq war providing recruits and
training for Al Qaeda Said inspiring Taliban Said
new IEDs used in Iraq were found in
Afghanistan less than month after first use
2007 Transparency International report found Iraq 3rd
most corrupt country in world Same as in 2006
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
Stuart Bowen on corruption in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with anti-graft US official Vincent Foulk)
2017 PM Abadi said if KRG released info on oil revenue
placed oil under Baghdad control KRG could get
share of budget grants loans
(Musings
On Iraq article on KRG referendum)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Great
Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
2017 Turkey’s For Min said KDP’s representative to Ankara
could not return to country after KRG
referendum
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