1939 PM Said claimed coup
attempt to remove King Ghazi by fmr PM Sulaiman and Gen Sidqi
followers in
army Many didn’t believe there was any coup Said just getting revenge on his
political enemies Fmr PM Sulaiman given death sentence for coup plot Commuted
to five years imprisonment upon intervention of UK ambassador
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Role of the
Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
1969 KDP launched offensive
against Bakr govt
1979 KDP leader Mustafa Barzani died in U.S. where he went
for medical treatment for lung cancer
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1981 Islamic Conf Org group met with Khomeini Said wanted
aggressor in Iran-Iraq War punished
1981 Khomeini told Islamic Conf Org group he wanted
plebiscite in Iraq to see whether people wanted
Saddam as their leader
1982 UN Rep Palme said his 5th attempt to
negotiate ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War failed
1983 Iraq attacked Iran’s Nowruz oilfield along Persian Gulf
1984 Iraq counterattacked vs Iran’s Op Kheibar Same time
Iranians attacked southward into marshes
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1984 France agreed to $500 mil loan to Baghdad that would
pay for French contractors in Iraq
1985 Iraqi diplomat and son assassinated in Kuwait Iraq
blamed SCIRI
1985 Iraq executed 10 Hakim family members in retaliation
for assassination of its diplomat in Kuwait
1987 Iraq counterattack in Jasim River Basra to regain lost
territory from Iran Op Karbala 5 Would
eventually regain 1/3 of lost
territory but with high casualties
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
1988 Iraq fired missiles at Tehran for 2nd day in
last war of cities
(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 Iraqi army units in Basra began revolt after end of
Gulf War
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Natl Singapore Univ’s Fanar Haddad on social impact
of the 1991 uprising in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq article on 1st hand accounts of 1991 Uprising)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Saddam’s view of 1991 Uprising)
(Ahulbayt
Video on 1991 Uprising)
1991 Pres Bush said that the Iraqi people should overthrow
Saddam
(Musings
On Iraq article on how US encouraged 1991 uprising)
(Musings
On Iraq Review The United States And Iraq Since 1990, A Brief History
With Documents)
1995 Iraqi National Accord head Nouri went to US and successfully
argued against backing INC’s uprising
plan
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iraq In The
Eye of the Storm)
1998 UN inspectors revealed progress in their work with CNN
violating agreement with Iraq on
inspection regime
(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)
1998 Pres Clinton called Saddam a predator who the US would
not allow to have WMD
2001 NSC meeting on Iraq policy Sec State Powell told to
devise smart sanctions proposal for UN
2001 Sec State Powell and Sec Def Rumsfeld argued over dual
use equipment that should be banned from
Iraq
2001 Separate NSC meeting discussed working with Iraqi
opposition and INC Talked about arming them
but couldn't agree on anything
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Section 1.2 UK Iraq strategy September 2000 To
September 2001)
2002 State Dept report on Iraq-Niger uranium deal Said it
was unlikely
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
(Musings
On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The
Selling Of The Iraq War)
2003 1st high level US meeting on creating Iraqi
interim govt held just days before invasion UnderDefSec
Feith said US would set up an Iraqi
authority as soon as possible and would pick the members with majority being
exiles because they would understand democracy better
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 Turkish parliament rejected allowing US forces to use
country for Iraq invasion
2004 Iraqi Governing Council agreed to text of Transitional
Administration Law to be Iraq’s interim
constitution
(Musings
On Iraq book review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the
Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)
2004 Weekly Standard article talked with Mukhabarat officer
who claimed he was emissary to Al Qaeda
2007 Fmr Dep Def Sec Feith set up website criticizing
Pentagon Inspector General report
on his Office of Special Plans
Claimed Report never said whether his criticism of the CIA was wrong Claimed
report was trying to protect the CIA and Agency had made plenty of errors in
the past Inspector General said that Feith’s intelligence on Iraq-Al Qaeda ties
was unreliable
2007 Study found after Iraq War 7 fold increase in jihadist
attacks in world If Iraq and Afghanistan
excluded 1/3 increase in jihadist
attacks Found Iraq war inspired Muslim youths to join jihadist groups
View the Iraq History Timelines
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