1917 British forces defeated Ottoman defenses outside
Baghdad in Diyala River Led Ottomans to
abandon Baghdad
1975 Iraq’s Revolutionary Command Council and Regional
Command of Baath Party ratified Algiers
Agreement with Iran
1975 Mustafa Barzani sent letter to Kissinger saying that
Kurds were being destroyed by Iraqi govt and
asked for U.S. help
(Musings
On Iraq book review Killing Hope,
U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Great
Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Nixon admin support for Kurdish revolt)
1980 Iraq declared Iran’s ambassador persona non-grata as
dispute built up leading to Iran-Iraq War
(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 issued amnesty for Kurdish fighters
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1991 Iranian Rev Guard attacked 2 Mujahedeen e-Khalq camps
in Iraq during Shiite uprising
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of
the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Vanguard of the
Imam, Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)
1991 Kurdish uprising spread to Tuz Kharmato and Dohuk
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1991 Govt imposed curfew in Kirkuk to try to stop unrest
(Musings
On Iraq interview with National Univ of Singapore’s Fanar Haddad on the
Impact of the 1991 Uprising)
(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 US troops began withdrawing from Persian Gulf
2002 Report UK’s Joint Intelligence Committee investigation
found no links between Iraq and 9/11
2002 CIA briefing included story that Iraq tried to buy
uranium from Niger
(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 UK gave Iraq 6 requirements to meet if wanted to avoid
war including Saddam going on TV and
admitting to WMD
2003 French President Jacques Chirac said France would veto
any new resolution because no grounds for
war
2003 Bush told PM Blair 2nd UN resolution against
Iraq was waste of time Was major policy goal of Blair
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 Bush talked to his advisors about giving an ultimatum
to Saddam to leave power
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 US official said Iraq had cluster munitions to disperse
WMD
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 ORHA head Garner briefed Bush on plans for postwar Iraq
including using Iraqi army for
reconstruction and interim govt Said
would only remove top Baath leadership Bush approved ORHA’s plan
2003 NSC briefed on postwar Iraq plans Included excluding
25,000 top Baathists from govt Using Iraqi
courts and police NSC plans
included establishing rule of law
(Musings
On Iraq article on Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Chapter 3 The Department of
Defense Takes Charge)
2003 Bush said US needed to get Iraqis running new govt and
US would not pick new Iraqi leaders
2003 Sec State Powell said US had to get a new UN resolution
for the US led interim administration in
postwar Iraq
2003 US Treasury Sec Snow said that US dollars could be used
as interim currency in Iraq until new
dinar created Bush approved plan
2003 Bush approved NSC proposal for light deBaathification
after war
(Musings
On Iraq article on Part I Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
Hard Lessons Planning for Postwar
Iraq September 2001 to May 2003)
2003 Institute for Science & Intl Sec report asked
whether US misled public about Iraq rebuilding nuke
program
2003 Turkey’s Erdogan met Bush Argued
against deposing Saddam saying it would lead to Shiite govt
tied to Iran
2003 Gen Franks told White House mayors would be appointed
to run Iraq after invasion Was not in any
postwar plans
2004 82nd Airborne Div commander claimed
insurgency in Anbar was in disarray Next month 1st Battle
of Fallujah would be fought
2005 Kurds and United Iraqi Alliance agreed on new govt
based upon deal to resolve future of Kirkuk
and PUK’s Talabani becoming
president
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2007 For 2 days ISI began burning homes in Muqtadiya Diyala
causing dozens of families to flee
2007 Iraq hosted international conference of 13 countries UN
Islamic Conference and Arab League PM
Maliki asked for help to fight
terrorism
2008 Report Iraqi intel said Sadr’s ceasefire and move to
Iran during Surge benefited Tehran the most
which was able to break away large
sections of Mahdi Army
2008 Female suicide bomber killed sheikh and Sahwa leader in
Diyala as part of ISI campaign against
Sahwa
(Musings
On Iraq article on female suicide bombers)
2008 Speaker Mashadani said KRG had right to sign oil
contracts Said courts would have final say on
matter
2008 Study of captured Baath docs found no evidence of
operational link between Saddam and Al Qaeda
Said Saddam didn’t trust Islamists
Mar 06 US military released study of Iraqi docs and found same thing
2008 US military spokesman said caches found of Iranian
weapons Accused Iran of recruiting Iraqis to
train them in Iran Hezbollah did
much of the training
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms
shipments to Iraqi militias)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)
2009 Suicide bombing of tribal gathering with army in Abu
Ghraib killed 33
2010 Iran invited Shiite politicians to celebrate Nowruz and
pushed them to reunite behind PM Maliki
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