1940 US Amb to Iraq sent note to
PM Gaylani saying he was worried about direction of Iraq-
UK relations
because of Gaylani’s overtures to the Axis
(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)
1985 Lebanon’s Al Safr paper
published petition saying 500 Iraqi writer and intellectuals had been
interrogated
and tortured to conform to govt
2000 UN Res 1330 renewed Oil for
Food Program
2002 White House spokesman said Bush and Def Sec Rumsfeld
wouldn't claim Iraq had WMD if it wasn't
true
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2002 Def Sec Rumsfeld aid Herbits said he was taking over
postwar Iraq planning because it was a mess
UnderSecDef Feith’s office was
supposed to do postwar Iraq planning Herbits said he was screwing up
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2002 Report Tuwaitha nuclear facility showed no signs of involvement
in weapons program
2003 Pentagon banned France Germany Russia and other
countries that opposed war from bidding
on reconstruction projects in Iraq
2003 US Air Force intel report Iran greatest threat to long
term US influence in Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2004 Suicide car bomb hit police station at main gate to
Green Zone killed 7 wounded 50
2005 Amb Khalilzad said he’d been authorized by Bush to
start talks with Iran to get its help in Iraq
2005 Report US forces trying new Clear Hold Build in Husaiba
Anbar Iraqis seemed disorganized
leaving US to do most things
2006 PM Maliki said he was sending envoys to regional
countries to discuss conference on Iraq
US Abdul
Hakim and Pres Talabani all rejected idea Nothing came of it
2007 Report 60,000 refugees returned to Iraq but only 2.4%
of total Sep and Oct 07 had highest rate of
returns but then dropped in Nov
Govt stopped telling refugees to return because couldn’t handle them Many
refugees couldn’t return home and became displaced Some refugees were never
able to come home for various reasons like working for US or being Baathists
(Musings
On Iraq book review Children of War,
Voices Of Iraqi Refugees)
2007 Iraqi Red
Crescent displaced down 4.8% in Oct 07 by 110,000 people First large drop in 2
yrs Still 2.1
mil displaced
View the Iraq History Timelines
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