1917 British started Samarra offensive against Ottomans
after taking Baghdad
1933 UK Amb to Iraq told King Faisal that trying to control
opposition by including it in govt only
created dysfunctional govts and
opposition were opposed to Iraq’s alliance with UK and should be excluded
1935 PM Midfai sent army unit from Hilla to Diwaniya to
crush tribal uprising Revolt instigated by
politicians opposed to Midfai
1959 Nasser gave 3rd speech attacking Iraqi Communists
Said Communists wanted to spread their ideas
across the
Arab world
(Musings
On Iraq book review Red Star Over
Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings On Iraq Interview
with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party)
1975 KDP announced ceasefire with govt after Iran said it
would stop giving it aid following Algiers
Agreement ended border dispute with
Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq book review Killing Hope,
U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(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)
1984 UN team arrived in Iraq to investigate use of chemical
weapons while Iran made new claims its
forces hit with mustard gas in
Manjoon Islands
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1985 Iraqi commandos airlifted into Hoveyzah marshes to try
to cut off Iranian Op Badr forces
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1986 Iraqi counterattack to retake Fao stopped in middle of
island Iraqis dug in Iran 10,000 dead 25,000
wounded Iraq 3,000 dead 9,000
wounded 1,500 captured Iran still in control of Fao
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1988 Iran launched Op Zafar 7 in Khurmal Op Bait al-Moqaddas
3 in Sulaymaniya Op Wa al-Fajr 10
in Halabja Goal was to capture two
dams Captured 7 Kurdish villages
(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
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
(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 Pres Bush said Iraqi helicopters should not be used to
put down Shiite and Kurdish uprisings
1991 Kurdish uprising spread to Zakho
1991 Kurdistan Front announced council to run Kurdish areas
during uprising
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1991 325 Iraqi opposition leaders from 23 factions met in
Beirut to discuss uprising in Iraq Led to Free
Iraqi Council led by Saad Salih
Jabr
(Musings
On Iraq article on 1991 Beirut meeting)
1991 Was anti-govt protest in Baghdad
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq article on how US encouraged 1991 uprising)
2002 PM Blair Foreign Pol Adv Manning met with Natl Sec Adv Rice’s
staff Manning said US not
considered problems with going to
war with Iraq
2003 UK Foreign Office legal adv Brummell wrote Attny Gen
Lord Goldsmith saying didn’t need 2nd UN
resolution to go to war with Iraq
2003 Attny Gen Lord Goldsmith changed his opinion saying 2nd
UN resolution not needed for action
against Iraq
2003 PM Blair told Bush not to give ultimatum to Saddam
until he had dealt with parliament Bush said
OK
2003 PM Blair told still hope that 2nd resolution
authorizing force against Iraq could be passed in UN
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 USAID official told aid groups Iraq war would be quick
Needs would be met Iraqis would regain
control US would be out in a year
(Musings
On Iraq article on Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Chapter 2 The Agencies
Engage)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2005 Dep Industry Min said there was systematic looting of
factories and weapons sites after 03 invasion
2006 Bush said Iraqi forces would take over most security
jobs by end of 2006 and that way forward
would continue to be difficult
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2007 PM Maliki and Gen Petraeus went to military base in
Ramadi met Awakening sheikhs Petraeus said
city example of successful
counterinsurgency Maliki promised services and reconstruction for city
Awakening sheikhs asked for new Anbar provincial elections so they could gain
seats in govt
(Musings
On Iraq article on tribes turning on Al Qaeda in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq article on change in perceptions that led to Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Confronting Al
Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Marines
Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Illusions of
Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Sheriff of
Ramadi, Nvy SEALS and the Winning of Anbar)
2007 ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi released tape refuting
criticism of his group
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on ISI leader Abu
Omar al-Baghdadi)
2007 Report CURVEBALL source of claim Iraq had mobile WMD
was still under German intel
protection living outside Munch Fmr
CIA’s Europe ops chief Drumheller claimed he tried to remove CURVEBALL info
from Sec State Powell’s Feb 03 UN speech Drumheller claimed he met with Dep CIA
Dir McLaughlin to complain about including CURVEBALL in Powell’s speech
McLaughlin denied that Powell said he never heard any questions about CURVEBALL
before his speech
(Musings
On Iraq How Iraqi Defector CURVEBALL Became Basis For US Claim That Iraq
Had WMD)
(Musings
On Iraq Look Who The LA Times Dug Up – CURVEBALL)
(Musings
On Iraq Story of CURVEBALL And Iraq’s Mobile Biological Weapons Labs)
2008 Dep PM Salah said strong military presence needed in
Basra to get rid of militias Natl Sec Adv
Rubaie said Basra Gov Waeli had
ultimatum to fight militias or lose backing of Baghdad Waeli replied Baghdad
didn’t understand situation and neglected province Lead up to PM Maliki’s
attack upon Mahdi Army
2008 Army and US Special Forces deployed to take Kut back
from Mahdi Army after it had expelled
police following raid on Sadrists
areas of city Was 3rd day of fighting
2008 Gen Petraeus complained that Iraqi leaders were not
taking advantage of improved security in
Iraq
to move forward on reconciliation
2008 US military said that ISI could be reduced but would
not go away because it was so adaptable
2008 Head of Baghdad Operations Command Gen Qanbar said
sectarian violence down 90% in capital
2008 Body of Chaldean Archbishop of Iraq Raho found outside
of Mosul after being kidnapped
2009 SIIC’s Hakim said he wanted reforms within National
Alliance due to disputes with PM Maliki
2012 Oil Ministry said KRG not meeting its export quota
2018 Pres Masum sent 2018 budget back to parliament saying
parts violated constitution Had no power
to veto law
2018 Kirkuk city municipal workers protested over not getting
paid for several months
2020 U.S. struck Kataib Hezbollah targets in Babil Anbar
Karbala and Salahaddin in
retaliation for the death of 2
American soldiers on Mar 11
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