1932 League of Nations Mandate
Comm rejected Assyrian petition for autonomy Said Iraqi
govt would
settle Assyrians within country or outside of it
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Tragedy of
the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review State and Society
in Iraq)
1940 Foreign Minister Said wrote
memo to PM Gaylani and Regent that Iraq had to back England
during WW2
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq And Syria
1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
1957 Abdul-Wahab Mirjan became
premier of Iraq Cabinet included 3 Kurdish ministers
1981 Iraq said it was ready to end war if Iran recognized
borders Iran rejected offer
(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)
1990 Saddam told officials that US started war against Iraq
in 1986 when it sold weapons to Iran in
Iran-Contra Affair
1998 US told chief UN inspector Butler to remove his team
from Iraq before imminent US strike
1998 UN inspector chief report to Security Council said Iraq
not cooperating again Was released to
press before UN members got their
copies
(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)
2003 Report Al Qaeda was going to divert fighters and funds
from Afghanistan to Iraq
2005 Iraq held elections for a permanent parliament Some
insurgent groups provided security to
make sure Sunnis could vote
2005 Secular candidate in Basra said afraid Shiite religious
parties would use their militias and police
to carry out fraud during election
2005 Police in Najaf drove through city calling on people to
vote for the United Iraqi Alliance
2006 Bush told PM Maliki to accept Surge as way to bring
down violence Maliki said he would
announce it next day Didn't
2006 US intel said PM Maliki against Surge Said he didn't
like US forces and didn’t want more of them
in Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Mansoor on the Surge)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with New America Foundation’s Ollivant On Reassessing the
Surge)
2006 Report US cmdr in Diyala said ISF making security
situation worse in province Police accused
of corruption Army made mass
arrests Were both almost all Shiite Commander said ISF driving tribes and
politicians into hands of insurgents for protection
2007 Report more than 6 mass graves found in last two months
Half of them in Baghdad Thought to be
victims of militias
2011 U.S. announced withdrawal of its forces from Iraq
2011 ISF deployed outside homes of VP Hashemi Fin Min Rafi
Issawi and Dep PM Mutlaq in Green
Zone on orders of PM Maliki
(Musings
On Iraq article on PM Maliki targeting Fin Min Issawi)
2011 PM Maliki suggested Dep PM Mutlaq be barred from
entering parliament at meeting of
National Alliance Idea rejected by
list
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki’s moves against Mutlaq and Iraqiya)
2011 Militiamen
sent by PM Maliki stormed Diyala council building and set up roadblocks
throughout province to intimidate
local govt over move to make province federal region Head of Diyala council had
his house set on fire and one of his bodyguards killed
(Musings
On Iraq article on militia moves in Diyala)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2013 Sheikh Saadi spiritual leader of Anbar protests had his
house shot at in Ramadi
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar violence)
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