1922 UK Lord of the Admiralty told Iraq commission Iraq oil
would be important in case of
war in Far East
1925 League of Nations set Turkey-Iraq border with Mosul
province going to Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Mosul province became part of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Creation of
Iraq 1914-1921)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Supremacy And
Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1962 43 day long student strike started in secondary schools
that spread to colleges demanding
political rights
1979 Iraq and France signed deal to buy 8 new Mirage
fighters on top of 34 ordered in 1977
1981 Iranian Op Matla al-Fajar reached outside Hamid in
center and stopped
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1985 Saddam visited Moscow Gorbachev said USSR couldn’t sell
to Iraq on credit anymore because
of financial problems Also Moscow
would not give Saddam full backing now that he had relations with US Said USSR
would still sell weapons and promised 54 Su-25 planes and 300 SCUD missiles
(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 KDP announced plans for elections for Kurdish
parliament Iraq agreed Kurdish MPs not to
swear allegiance to Baath
1995 King Hussein offered to sponsor talks amongst Iraqi
opposition parties
1998 UN inspectors left Iraq again over non-cooperation
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq article Charles Duelfer’s Account Of The End Of The 1990s U.N.
Inspections)
1998 US and UK started Operation Desert Fox after Iraq broke
off cooperation with UN weapons
inspectors Considered failure at
time Hit empty buildings Actually ended Iraq’s
plans to revive WMD programs
(Musings
On Iraq article on Op Desert Fox)
1998 Assessment by International Atomic Energy Agency Iraq
had not produced a nuclear bomb
before Gulf War Iraq only produced
a few grams of weapons grade nuclear material before Gulf War Iraq didn’t have
capability to produce nuclear material because of inspections
2003 Blair said it would take time to find Iraq’s WMD
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 France and Germany agreed to US request to forgive part
of $120 bil debt Iraq owed them
2004 Major Shiite parties agreed to United Iraqi Alliance
for 2005 elections
2004 Ayatollah Sistani answered question from follower
saying he gave his blessing to the United Iraqi
Alliance but he also supported all
Iraqi political parties Sistani had helped create the UIA behind the scenes
wanting to ensure Shiite rule
2004 US Iraq cmdr Gen Casey US needed to train Iraqi forces
and create effective Iraqi intelligence
services
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 PM Maliki held reconciliation meeting Iraqiya National
Dialogue Front Sadrists boycotted
Maliki called for Baath era
soldiers to return to military Said reconciliation did not include Baathists
and Takfiris Then said govt differentiated between Baathists that committed
crimes and those that didn’t
2006 Report head of UK sanctions and weapons inspection
mission at UN said he never saw any
intel that Iraq posed threat to UK
Said UK officials pushed back against US talk of regime change arguing Iraq would
fall into chaos afterward
2007 Iraq took control of Basra province from British
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2007 Report Iraq Red Crescent said 25,000 Iraqi refugees
returned from Syria since Sep 07 Iraqi govt
said 60,000 back from Syria and
Jordan Govt was inflating figures Nov 28 govt bused 30 Iraqi refugee families
from Syria Only 1/3 returned to their homes Rest moved to other parts of
Baghdad because homes looted destroyed occupied Govt stopped busing program
because couldn’t handle returns Buses were set up by Def Min without consulting
with Transportation Min
(Musings
On Iraq book review Children of War,
Voices Of Iraqi Refugees)
2011 Iraqiya meeting at VP Hashemi’s residence Declared list
would boycott parliament until PM
Maliki included them in decision
making shared power stopped arbitrary arrests
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraqiya’s boycott)
2013 PM Maliki appointed Parliamentary Affairs Minister Safi
from State of Law as acting Finance
Minister
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