1920 Sayid Abu Tabikh made head of Iraqi provisional govt
during 1920 Revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1922 Anglo-Iraq Treaty signed Opposed by opposition who were
anti-British Treaty gave British control
of Iraq’s govt King Faisal military
finances foreign relations Basra port railroad Was to last 20 years
1922 British promised to push for Iraq independence in
return for Anglo-Iraq Treaty being passed
(Musings
On Iraq book review Supremacy And
Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1940 UK official told UK Amb Iraqi politicians pan-Arab
London unwilling to change Palestine policy
meant Iraq would be lukewarm
towards UK until it started winning in WWII
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Persian Gulf
Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
1961 Qasim govt ended ground offensive to put down Mustafa
Barzani’s Kurdish revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1980 Iraqis crossed Karun River took Darkhovin forcing
Iranians to retreat to Ahwaz in south
1982 Iran made 2nd attack on Diyala Entered
Mandali but forced out Aim was reaching Baghdad
Recaptured 80 sq mi of Iranian
territory from Iraqis
1984 Tariq Aziz complained that Western Europe was still
sending military equipment to Iran despite US
efforts to stop them
1986 Iran carried out commando raid on pipeline near Kirkuk
1986 Iran Op Fath 1 attacked Luka Dukhan electricity plant
Kurdistan
(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 of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1990 CENTCOM presented war plans at Pentagon to expel Iraq
from Kuwait
1994 Clinton decided to continue Bush’s policy of
undermining Saddam
(Musings
On Iraq book review The United States
And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
2001 FBI issued warning may be more possible anthrax attacks
Pundits began blaming Iraq for attacks
2002 UK intel report said that Iraq would only launch
terrorism if attacked by US and couldn't use WMD
outside its territory
2002 UK intel report found no cooperation between Iraq and
Al Qaeda and attack on Iraq would lead to
more terrorism and radicalization
Rejected Iraq-Al Qaeda ties Was leaked to press
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 US House of Representatives approved use of force
resolution against Iraq 296-33
2003 Sadr announced his own shadow govt
2003 VP Cheney cited Iraq Survey Group report to claim that
Iraq in material breach of UN resolutions
and had WMD programs Said Iraq had
a relationship with Al Qaeda and trained Al Qaeda in poisons and bomb making
Said if Saddam still in power he would be training terrorists and producing WMD
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 Sec State Powell said overwhelming evidence that Iraq
violated UN resolutions about its WMD
program
2003 Iraqi diplomat that went to Niger said his trip was
about trade and breaking sanctions not buying
uranium for nuke program
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2006 US brought Anbar Gov Alwani and Sheikh Abu Risha
together for meeting Two had heated
argument Abu Risha wanted Mamoun
replaced
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar Gov Alwani)
(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)
2006 Meeting of ruling parties over ending sectarian
violence in Baghdad broke up when Sunnis accused
Shiite militias of killing VP
Hashemi’s brother Fadhila MP and National Dialogue Front MP said parties lost
faith in each other Meetings would descend into Sunnis and Shiites blaming each
other for violence
2007 Police and Mahdi militiamen fired rockets at Camp
Victory in Baghdad killing 2 US soldiers
2008 Sadrists marched in Baghdad to protest assassination of
MP Auqaeili day before
(Musings
On Iraq article on Auqaeili’s assassination)
2008 Report Health Min bought $11 mil worth of expired
chlorine from Iran to purify water in Diwaniya
Karbala Babil during cholera
outbreak SIIC officials in Babil used expired chlorine Babil had most cholera
cases as a result
(Musings
On Iraq article on cholera outbreak)
2017 Hawija operation officially ended
(Musings
On Iraq Iraqi Forces Finish Hawija Now On To Western Anbar Again)
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