1980 US said Iraq invasion of
Iran threatened security in Gulf and land should not be seized
by force
1983 Iranian Op Wa al-Fajr 4
seized 15 villages in Kurdistan
1984 Iraq held elections to
prove legitimacy of Saddam Was 40% quota for Shiite deputies
(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)
1991 Report Saddam was arming PKK to fight Turkey
2000 UK Foreign Office said wanted to offer end of sanctions
to return inspectors but didn’t think US
would agree
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Section 1.2 UK Iraq strategy September 2000 To
September 2001)
2002 Czech Intel told US no evidence 9/11 hijacker Atta met
with Iraq intelligence in Prague
2004 Report Jan 03 Natl Intel Council warned building
democracy in Iraq would be long difficult and
turbulent Council warned that
overthrowing Saddam could lead to ethnosectarian rivalries and power grabs in
Iraq
(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)
2004 Transparency International ranked Iraq one of most
corrupt countries in world
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Special Inspector Gen for Iraq Reconstruction Bowen
on corruption in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption
in Iraq)
2005 One of Saddam’s lawyers kidnapped and killed
2006 Mahdi Army Badr and officials from PM Maliki’s office
worked out ceasefire to end fighting in
Amara 10 police 15 militiamen
killed 160 wounded
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
2007 US Special Forces raid into Sadr City hunting Special
Groups led to huge firefight
2008 4 Iranian infiltrators arrested outside Baquba Diyala
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iranian infiltration into Iraq)
2010 KRG Natural Resource Min Hawrami said Kurds were ready
to send 60 bil cubic meters of
natural gas to Turkey
2015 Baiji town finally cleared of IS
2016 PM Abadi announced govt would not allow human rights
violations during Mosul campaign
and investigative committee created
to look into any
2017 Fighting
broke out between Iraqi forces and Peshmerga in Altun Kupri Kirkuk as Kurds
worried federal forces were going
to march on Irbil after independence referendum
(Musings
On Iraq article on Kurds withdrawal from disputed areas)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Great
Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
2018 Official results of KRG election announced KDP won 45
seats PUK 21 seats Change 12 New
Generation 8 Kurdistan Islamic
Group 7 Towards Reform 5
(Musings
On Iraq article on 2018 KRG election results)
2018 Oil Ministry reversed its order to transfer 9 state oil
companies to new Iraq National Oil Company
after PM Designate Mahdi warned
against it
(Musings
On Iraq article on reversal of Oil Ministry order)
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