1918 British forces took Shirqat
from Ottomans
1918 Armistice of Mudros signed between British and Ottomans
6th Army in Mesopotamia surrendered to
UK Ended WWI in Iraq UK wasn’t able
to seize Mosul province and its oil before end of war
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Princeton’s Sara Pursley on Sykes-Picot and creation
of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Creation of
Iraq 1914-1921)
1918 British officials in Baghdad told London to create
central council of chiefs of Southern Kurdistan
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1936 Hikmat Sulaiman became premier of Iraq leading to 1st
govt with pan-Arabists out of power
Sulaiman was hoping that new govt
would lead to liberal reforms but General Sidqi wanted to maintain status quo
General won and most of Sulaiman’s followers left govt
1936 Sulaiman govt banished former PM Hashimi, Rashid
al-Gaylani and Nuri al-Said
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Role of the
Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
1980 Saddam predicted Iran-Iraq War would only last 6-12
months
(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 Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1990 Meeting of Bush advisers on Kuwait National Security
Adviser Scowcroft said US policy at
fork in road Could continue defense
or go on offense against Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait Joint Chiefs head Gen Powell
said Gen Schwarzkopf asked for troops for offensive operations against Iraq
Defense Secretary Cheney said offensive action against Iraq should be on the
table
1990 Bush decided to double number of US troops in Saudi
Arabia
(Musings
On Iraq book review from storm to
Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein,
Deciding on Conflict)
1992 Kurds allowed PKK to retreat further into Kurdistan on
condition they stopped military
operations against Turks
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1997 Tariq Aziz claimed surveillance planes used by
inspectors were working for US intelligence
Threatened to shoot them down CIA
was using planes to spy on Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on how US used UN inspectors to spy on Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
(Musings
On Iraq article UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD
and 2003 Invasion)
2002 VP Cheney told head UN Inspector Blix that inspections
couldn't last forever and US was ready to
discredit them anyway to disarm
Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on UN weapons inspections)
2003 VP Cheney said Iraq had WMD
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 Dep Sec of Def Wolfowitz said because US had missed so
much of Iraq’s WMD program in
1991 it might have exaggerated them
in 2003
2003 Report White House pushed Pentagon to speed up training
of Iraqi forces
2003 US Natl Intel Est on Iraq said Iraqis not foreigners
behind most of insurgency and local
grievances including US occupation
were fueling violence
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
2005 Spec Insp Gen for Iraq Recon report said US had no
policy for staffing reconstruction of Iraq
Said lack of planning by US plagued
rebuilding
2005 Report Italian press believed SISMI intel agency forged
docs claiming Iraq-Niger uranium deal
and shared them with US and UK
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2005 Report PUK built dozens of houses in Kirkuk City and
moved Kurds in Said to reverse Saddam’s
Arbization program
2006 Militias killed 17 Sunni police near British run
training center in Basra
2006 SecState Rice aide told her little chance for US
success in Iraq Another said Iraq heading
towards genocidal violence Rice
talked about giving up reconciliation in Iraq and just worrying about stability
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2009 Iraq said Syria and Baathists behind Oct 25 bombings of
Justice Min and provincial council in
Baghdad Was done by ISI
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq Returns To Blame Game Over Baghdad Bombings)
2012 Election Commission called for provincial elections on
4/20/13 that excluded Kirkuk and KRG
2015 PM Abadi went to Dawa meeting to answer critics of his
reforms
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Reidar Visser on PM Abadi’s reform program)
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