1918 British defeated Ottomans
in Battle of Khan al-Baghdadi
1922 General Haldane commander
of UK forces compared Iraqis to children
1979 Saddam told Baath meeting that Iraq was going to get a
nuclear weapon with help of Soviets so he
could go to war with Israel
1979 Saddam believed having a nuclear bomb would allow a
conventional war of attrition with Israel
that could cost 50,000 Iraqi
casualties
1979 Saddam discussed with advisers how to punish countries
that backed Sadat’s peace treaty with
Israel
1981 Start of second attempt by Islamic Conference to
negotiate ceasefire in Iran-Iraq War
1982 3rd phase of Iranian Op Fath began to take
Fakkeh strategic crossroads to Maysan Saddam ordered
4th Corps to retreat
from Shush in face of Iranian attack
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1984 Iraq used French Super Etendard jets for 1st
time to attack Iranian shipping Hit a Greek ship in
Persian Gulf carrying Kuwaiti oil
that was helping Iraq pay for the war
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service
With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1988 Iran Op Bait al-Moqaddas 4 in Kurdistan started
(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)
1988 Iraq dropped chemical bombs for 2nd day on
Karadagh Kurdistan 64 killed 210 wounded total
during Anfal Campaign
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1991 2nd day fighting between Iraqi forces and
peshmerga on Khanaqin-Jalawla road Diyala
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1991 White House spokesman said that US had made no promises
to Shiites or Kurds and US public not
interested in getting involved in
an Iraqi civil war
(Musings
On Iraq book review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
(Musings
On Iraq article on how US encouraged 1991 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)
1995 Fighting between KDP and PUK killed 100 in Irbil
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1996 UN Resolution 1051 set up monitoring system for Iraqi
imports-exports under Oil for Food program
2003 Coalition ground forces commander Gen McKiernan ordered
halt to operations to regroup forces
2003 U.S. forces entered Samawa, Muthanna and encountered
fierce fighting by Fedayeen Saddam
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2003 Iraqi forces began withdrawing in Kirkuk Looting
started
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Petit of 173rd Airborne Bgd on operations
in Kirkuk)
(Musings
On Iraq How Did Kirkuk Become Such A Divisive Issue? A Portrait of The City
In
2003)
2003 Iraq Def Min reviewed war Told US capturing
transportation hubs attacking multiple targets at
same time Report ignored by Saddam
2003 ORHA had meeting of all 4 postwar planning groups to
come up with unified plan for Iraq Didn’t
happen Groups had all been created
separately within Bush admin with no coordination between them
(Musings
On Iraq article on Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Chapter 3 The Department of
Defense Takes Charge)
(Musings
On Iraq article Special Inspector General For Iraq Reconstruction Hard Lessons Chapter 4 Staging in
Kuwait)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings
On Iraq review Losing Iraq, Inside The Post War Reconstruction Fiasco)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Dysfunctional Democracy)
2003 Dep Sec Def Wolfowitz told House of Reps committee Iraq
oil would pay for reconstruction
(Musings
On Iraq Irqi Oil Would Pay For Reconstruction)
2003 USAID disaster response team entered Um Qasr, Basra to
assess humanitarian situation in city
2003 Pres Assad called on Arab countries to stand up against
US invasion
2003 Iraqi govt claimed 350 civilians killed in Coalition
air strikes during invasion
2004 Report sent to Washington that after examination 2
trailers found during invasion were not mobile
WMD labs as originally thought
(Musings
On Iraq article on mobile labs story)
2004 Marine patrol hit by IED leading to 36 hr gunfight in
Fallujah Prelude to 1st Battle of Fallujah
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Battle for
Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
2007 Anbar council said no oversight of border crossings and
40% of tariffs stolen due to corruption
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Special Inspector Gen for Iraq Reconstruction Bowen
on corruption in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption
in Iraq)
2007 1920 Revolution Brigade leader killed by ISI for
refusing to join it and talking with govt
2007 ISI tried to assassinate nephew of Harith al-Dari head
of Association of Muslim Scholars
2007 Report fighting between Islamic Army and 1920
Revolution Brigades vs ISI in Anbar and Abu
Ghraib and Taji areas of Baghdad
over tactics and ISI trying to dominate insurgency Also splits in Diyala
(Musings
On Iraq article on splits within insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2007 US Mil intel report that Iranian intelligence working
with Badr and Mahdi Army to assassinate
Industry Ministry officials
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
2007 Report 1st EFP attack Aug 2003 Aug 05 Natl
Sec Adv Hadley said Iran probably behind EFP attacks
Oct 05 UK Amb to Iraq said Iran
giving aid to militias to attack UK forces Apr 06 EFP attacks began increasing
then dropped start of 07 Bush admin struggled over what to do about attacks
Decided upon raids and media briefings EFPs supplied by Iran and Hezbollah
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms
shipments to Iraqi militias)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran training Iraqi militias)
2008 UK reported ISF suffered bad intelligence and bad
planning and had to change Charge of Knights
op Also reported Iraqi Special
Forces had failed to take any of their targets and had to withdraw Mahdi Army
controlled most of Basra
2008 Fighting between ISF and Mahdi Army continued in Basra
Kut Diwaniya Amara Spread to Dhi
Qar Mahdi Army fired mortars at 2
neighborhoods in Baghdad and Green Zone Fighting in 2 of Baghdad’s
neighborhoods Basra police chief escaped suicide car bomb Mahdi Army kidnapped
spokesman for Baghdad Ops Command
2008 Electricity Min said most power plants in south stopped
working after attacked by mortars and
gunfire
2008 Report Basra Ops Commander Gen Mohan wanted to wait 3
months to build up forces and strategy
to take on Mahdi Army but PM Maliki
started early Warnings about fighting spreading throughout south Iraq were
ignored by Maliki
2008 Sadr called for talks to end Charge of Knights PM Maliki
said no publicly but talks were going on in
Najaf Iran mediating
2008 US told that PM Maliki did not want US advisers in
Charge of Knights just US firepower
2008 Pipeline in Basra blown up cutting exports by 1/3
2008 Presidential Council approved General Amnesty Law as
part of reconciliation Allowed release of
thousands of prisoners
(Musings
On Iraq article on Amnesty Law)
2010 Kurdish Alliance said wanted assurances on Kirkuk and
Article 140 before it joined any new govt
2011 Iraq parliament cancelled deal with Chinese National
Petroleum Corp for Ahdab field in Wasit
2012 Baghdad hosted Arab Summit marking major move back into
Arab politics
2014 Islamic Party accused ISF of being involved in killing
civilians in Buhriz, Diyala
2015 Tikrit operation re-started after US airstrikes
requested by PM Abadi
2015 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq accused US of trying to save IS in
Tikrit
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2016 Supreme Council complained that PM Abadi not consulted
with them over his reforms
2016 Sadr went into Green Zone to start his own sit in
protests
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Cambridge’s Michael Clark on Sadr, protests and PM
Abadi’s reforms)
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