1921 Colonial Sec Churchill wrote PM George lobbying for Faisal
to be approved as new ruler of
Mesopotamia
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Churchill’s
Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq)
1925 King Faisal signed new election law and constitution
1935 UK report Baghdad afraid to deploy army because didn’t
trust it especially because much of the
rank and file were Shiites
1941 Regent told UK Amb that he would dismiss PM Hashemi
govt if it didn’t deal with Golden Square
officers
(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 The Role of the
Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq 1941, The
Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad)
1980 Ayatollah Khomeini’s son Ahmad said that Iran had to
use all means necessary to spread its
revolution to other countries
1982 Iran attacked Fakkeh Shush and Naderi and took Ein Kosh
in central front in 1st phase of Op Fatah
1st time Basij used with
Revolutionary Guard in human wave attacks as diversionary operation continued
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
(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)
1985 State Dept spokesman claimed US thought Iraq had
defeated Iran and said Tehran should accept
negotiated settlement
(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 US Central Command cmdr Gen Schwarzkopf said Iraq had
grievances with Kuwait but didn’t expect
it to use military force
1991 Govt offensive to retake Kirkuk from Peshmerga began
day after Kurds took it
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1991 Govt announced state of emergency in Baghdad due to
uprising
(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)
1991 UN diplomat Martti Ahtussari issued report that
sanctions had hurt ability of Iraq to
feed its people Said conditions in
Iraq were “near apocalyptic” Said Coalition bombing had taken Iraq back to “pre-industrial
age”
2002 Gen Franks met with US commanders in Germany to go over
war plans Said war was going to happen
and they needed to be ready
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
2003 Shock and Awe bombing campaign started Only lasted 9
hours
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2003 US commanders reported that Iraqi soldiers were
abandoning their units
2003 Parts of Um Qasr port seized by US forces Sec Def Rumsfeld
declared Um Qasr taken It wasn’t
2003 British and US forces began seizing oil fields in Basra
15 oil fields set on fire by Iraqis
(Musings
On Iraq book review Target Basra, The
High Octane Story of the Royal Marine Commandos In
Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Special Operations Forces in Iraq)
2003 British reached Basra and started fighting Fedayeen
2003 MI6 was trying to incite a popular uprising in Basra
against Saddam
2003 Op Viking Hammer launched to destroy Ansar al-Islam
camps in Kurdistan
(Musings
On Iraq Why Didn’t Bush Strike Zarqawi And Ansar al-Islam In 2002?)
2003 1st casualties of Iraq war 8 UK 4 US
soldiers die in Kuwait helicopter accident 1 US Marine killed in
fighting in Um Qasr
2003 Natl Sec Adv Rice briefed Bush and NSC and all agreed
on war goals democracy and put Iraqi face
on occupation
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Future The
aftermath of regime change)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq)
(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 UK Gen suggested revising postwar plans for Iraq Needed
to improve lives of Iraqis Balance
withdrawal with forces necessary
for stability
2003 White House press secretary said no question Iraq’s WMD
would be found
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 INC’s Chalabi told NBC that Iraqis would welcome US as
liberators
2004 11 U.S. soldiers suspended for prisoner abuse at Abu
Ghraib
2005 State Dept’s Jeffrey told Bush Allawi trying to drag
out govt formation process and he should stop
because was not going to retain
premiership
2006 PM Blair said that Iraq war was part of the struggle
between spreading democracy vs violence in world
2006 Bush said there was sectarian fighting in Iraq but it
was not a civil war after Allawi said it was
2006 Insurgents took police station and courthouse in
Baghdad Killed 17 police Freed 20 prisoners Took
Muqtadiya police station Executed
19 police Freed 33 prisoners
2006 Report insurgents infiltrated into Tal Afar after
successful counterinsurgency program by 3rd
Armored Cav Reg and unit left
2006 CIA report Insurgency undermining political and
economic development in Iraq Said even if
Sunnis given larger role in Iraq
govt Al Qaeda in Iraq would not stop attacks
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
2007 Report 2 Mahdi Army commanders said Iran had been
paying militiamen since 2005 to break away
from Sadr Said Iran trying to get
Sadrists to join Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Said Iranian backed groups tried to
assassinate Sadr City mayor Said militia receiving training from Hezbollah and
Iranian Rev Guard in Iran Many militiamen also went to Iran to escape Surge
(Musings
On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)
(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)
2008 PM Maliki told Gen Petraeus of his plans to take on
Mahdi Army in Basra
2008 4 sahwa units quit 38 threatening to go on strike 2 on
strike for not being paid by govt
2008 Fighting continued between Mahdi Army and police in Kut
Clashes began Mar 11 Sadrists
claimed PM Maliki and ISCI were
trying to attack party before provincial elections
2013 Sheikh Abu Risha demanded cabinet reverse delayed
provincial elections in Anbar
2013 Sadr called cabinet decision to postpone provincial
vote in Anbar unconstitutional
2013 Sadr cleric gave Friday sermon calling on PM Maliki to
step down
2016 Sadr said quotas in govt should be ended
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Cambridge’s Michael Clark on Sadr, protests and PM
Abadi’s reforms)
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