1920 US Consul in Baghdad blamed UK High Commissioner
Wilson’s heavy administration taxes
and bombing civilians for causing
1920 revolt
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Reclaiming
Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1942 PM Nuri al-Said formed a new cabinet
(Musings
On Iraq book review of ‘Independent
Iraq’ The Monarchy & British Influence, 1941-1958 on Said govt)
1948 Export-import licenses for Jewish businesses forbidden
after creation of Israel
1984 Iraq broke 3 week ceasefire in Tanker War with attack
upon ship leaving Iran’s Kharg Island main
oil facility
1986 U.N. Res 588 said Iran and Iraq should follow Res 582
to resolve Iran-Iraq War Iran rejected UN Res
588 because didn’t blame Iraq for
starting Iran-Iraq War
(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 Fighting broke out between army and Peshmerga in
Sulaymaniya 400 killed before ceasefire
reached with army withdrawing
1994 Iraq’s 15th Mechanized Brigade was 20 km
from Kuwait border
1994 US France UK deployed troops to Persian Gulf in
response to Saddam putting troops on Kuwait
border
1994 President of UN Security Council demanded that Iraq
withdraw its troops from Kuwait border
1994 SCIRI asked international community to give it control
of sections of southern Iraq
1997 IAEA Iraq started centrifuge program in 1987 but was
way behind schedule Iraq might have had a
bomb by 96
(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)
1997 UK said that Iraq smuggling oil through Iran violating
UN sanctions
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 White House posted pictures claiming to be Iraq working
on three facilities for nuclear weapons
program
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
2003 Bush US went to war with Iraq to deal with future threats
with WMD and ties to terrorism Said found
Iraq’s WMD programs
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2004 Presidential debate Bush said Iraq invasion absolutely
right Iraq was trying to end sanctions and
rebuild WMD programs
2004 Natl Sec Adv Rice said Iraq Survey Group proved Iraq
wanted WMD and therefore was a threat
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2004 Family of British hostage Ken Bigley said he had been
killed by insurgents
2006 Political parties agreed to PM Maliki’s plan for
Central Comm for Peace and Security to help secure
Baghdad would have reps from each
major party and coordinate with ISF and premier’s office
2008 Christian families began fleeing Mosul after 5 killed
(Musings
On Iraq article on Christians in Mosul)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Christianity in
Iraq)
2012 PM Maliki went to Russia and signed $4.2 bil in arms
deals
2017 Clash between Hashd and Peshmerga in Allewa Kirkuk as a
result of independence referendum
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Great
Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
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