1941 Nuri al-Said became premier
3rd time Went after supporters of former PM Gaylani
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Historian Phebe Marr comparing PM Said with PM
Maliki)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The Nationalist Moement in Irq 1939-1941 on Said govt)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of ‘Independent
Iraq’ The Monarchy & British Influence, 1941-1958 on Said govt)
1969 Baath announced language and cultural concessions to
Kurds as part of talks with Mullah Mustafa
Barzani
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1970 Tikriti removed as VP under Pres Bakr and retired from
army Made Amb to Spain to get him out of
country Orchestrated by Saddam
Tikriti refused ambassadorship and flew back to Baghdad to confront Saddam Was
arrested at airport and sent into exile in Algeria
1990 Bush said willing to give sanctions chance but would
not allow Iraq to annex Kuwait
(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)
2001 Iraq’s UN Amb Duri said Iraq had sent individual
message of condolences after 9/11 but not to US
govt because of its bombings and
sanctions on Iraq
2002 Bush told CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Franks he was not happy with
Iraq war plan
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
2002 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate Intel Comm Iraq would only
use WMD if regime was threatened
2002 Italian reporter gave US Embassy in Rome copies of
documents on alleged Iraq-Niger uranium deal
Were found to be fakes CIA Station
Chief in Rome misplaced documents and were never sent to CIA HQ
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 Ex-CIA agents complained to press that Bush admin used
slanted intel to make case against Iraq
2002 Energy Dept official told Guardian he didn’t believe
aluminum tubes Iraq tried to buy were for
nuclear program Former UN inspector
Albright said CIA pushing aluminum tubes story while nuclear experts disagreed
with it Said Lawrence Livermore Lab was told not to voice its doubts about
aluminum tubes
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2003 Bush speech said Iraq doing better than most Americans
thought and world better off without
Saddam
2003 Bush gave NatSecAdv Rice oversight of reconstruction
program Congress then barred Rice from
that duty
2003 US forces raided Sadr office in Baghdad Got into
gunfight with Mahdi Army
2003 Zarqawi hit Sadr City police station with suicide car
bomb killing 10
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2003 Spanish diplomat in Iraq assassinated
2006 Ruling parties agreed to have equal number of Sunni and
Shiite ISF at Baghdad checkpoints to try to
stop sectarian attacks Part of PM
Maliki’s security plan
2006 Accordance Front demanded investigation into sectarian
violence in Baquba Accused ISF of
sectarian arrests looting homes
Said Shiite parties were promoting attacks
2006 Police killed brother of VP Tariq Hashemi in his home
2006 Interior Min Bolani announced new uniforms to be issued
to police Said couldn’t be copied Meant
to distinguish police from death
squads dressed as police Wouldn’t stop police in death squads
2006 US raid into Diwaniya to arrest militiaman led to gun
battle with Mahdi Army 30 militiamen killed
2008 PM Maliki said he would disband any Tribal Support
Council working with a political party after
SIIC criticized groups Were created
to support Maliki before elections
(Musings
On Iraq article on PM Maliki closing Tribal Support Councils)
(Musings
On Iraq article on PM Maliki’s patronage system including Tribal Support
Councils)
(Musings
On Iraq article Disputes over PM Maliki’s Tribal Support Councils)
2008 Sadrist MP Auqaeili killed by IED in Baghdad Sadrists
first blamed ISF and US leading to nighttime
clash between Mahdi Army and ISF
and US Part of wave of assassinations of Sadrist officials
(Musings
On Iraq article on Auqaeili’s assassination)
2008 2 days 75 Christian families fled Mosul after 5 killed
(Musings
On Iraq article on Christians in Mosul)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Christianity in
Iraq)
2015 Protests in Baghdad Babil Karbala Najaf Qadisiyah
Muthanna Dhi Qar Maysan Wasit Basra Diyala
for reform
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