1940 Nuri al-Said convinced Golden Square officers to get
Gaylani to form new govt Said would
become Foreign Minister
(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)
1987 Saddam was told 24,952
soldiers had deserted from 12/1/86-3/20/87 in Basra
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq in Wartime, Soldiering, Martyrdom, and
Remembrance)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
(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-UK officials seized equipment at Heathrow Airport
meant for nuclear triggers heading to Iraq
1991 SCIRI head Hakim said Shiite rebels in south only
fighting in rural areas after lost cities to Iraqi
army
(Musings
On Iraq interview with National Univ of Singapore’s Fanar Haddad on the
Impact of the 1991 Uprising)
1991 Iraqi intelligence memo said it had contacts with bin
Laden
1997 Sec of State Albright said Iraq had lied and blocked UN
inspections Said inspections and sanctions
had contained Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq book review The United States
And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
1998 UN Res 1154 okayed agreement between UN Sec Gen and
Iraq to allow inspectors into presidential
palaces and other sites
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq article Charles Duelfer’s Account Of The End Of The 1990s U.N.
Inspections)
2002 Arab League called on Iraq to comply with all UN
resolutions and end sanctions Rejected military
action
2002 Gen Franks briefed Joint Chiefs on Iraq war plans Said
he would be ready by 10/1/02
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 Gen Wallace Cmdr US V Corps told press war not going as
planned due to resistance of Fedayeen
2003 Royal Marines attacked Abu al-Khasib Basra city suburb
(Musings
On Iraq book review Target Basra, The
High Octane Story of the Royal Marine Commandos In Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2003 US 173rd Airborne Brigade and Peshmerga took
Irbil
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Kevin Petit of 173rd Airborne Brigade)
2003 PUK and 10th
Special Forces Group began main attack upon Ansar al-Islam camp in Halabja
(Musings
On Iraq book review Special Operations Forces in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq Why Didn’t Bush Strike Zarqawi And Ansar al-Islam In 2002?)
2003 US and UK military meeting Surprised Iraqis weren’t
rising up against Saddam
2003 UN Res 1472 extended Oil for Food program for 45 days
after US invasion
2003 US forces received warning of imminent WMD attack
2003 Sec Def Rumsfeld accused Syria of sending military aid
to Iraq British accused Syria of allowing
foreign fighters to use its
territory to enter Iraq
2003 Chief weapons inspector Blix said US gave up on
inspections in early 2003
(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)
2003 Aid ship arrived in Um Qasr Basra with 200 tons of food
medicine and blankets for Iraqis
2003 Bush told group of veterans important to win the peace
after the war
2004 CPA shut down Sadr’s al-Hawza paper for inciting
violence Helped lead to Sadrist uprising
(Musings
On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)
2006 Anbar Revenge Brigade claimed it killed 4 Al Qaeda in
Iraq leaders and a member of Ansar al-Sunna
(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)
2007 ISI set off chlorine bomb at Fallujah government center
2007 2 truck bombs hit market targeting Shiite Turkmen in
Tal Afar leaving 152 dead 347 wounded
Militias and police went through
Sunni district of town dragging people out of homes and executed up to 70 in
the streets wounded 30 and kidnapped 40 Iraqi army arrived and got into
shootout with police until revenge killings ended
(Musings
On Iraq book review The ISIS Reader, Milestone Texts of the Islamic
State Movement)
2007 Report Iraqi observatory group said one prison in
Mahmudiya held 705 Built to hold 75 Another
prison at Muthanna Air Base held
272 built for 50 Said ISF making mass arrests under Baghdad security plan but
few released leading to overcrowding
2008 Report Govt invoking Sec 136B to avoid corruption cases
Interior Min Bolani used it to stop case
against Gen Gharwari who ran secret
prison in Baghdad Also used to stop 11 cases against ministers and Central Bank
of Iraq
(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)
2008 Report ISF made little progress in Basra 100s of police
in city switched sides and joined Mahdi
Army
2008 UK report Charge of Knights op in Basra stalemated and
likely protracted fight
2008 PM Maliki extended deadline for militias to turn over
weapons in Basra until Apr 8
2008 US carried out air strikes in support of Charge of
Knights campaign in Basra for 1st time
2008 Presidential Council KDP and PUK said they supported
Charge of Knights campaign vs Sadr
2008 1000s marched in Sadr City calling for removal of PM
Maliki
2008 Badr offices in Amarah Maysan attacked Sadrists
arrested in Babil and Qadisiyah Mahdi Army
seized control of Nasiriya and Shatra
in Dhi Qar Fighting in 13 parts of Baghdad
2008 Rockets fired at Green Zone by Mahdi Army
2008 Pres Talabani met with Iranian Rev Guards Quds Force
Cmdr Gen Suleimani about stopping fighting
between govt and Mahdi Army
(Musings
On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His
Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
2009 Counterterrorism Unit arrested Fadhil Sahwa leader in
Baghdad on terrorism charges leading to
firefight
(Musings
On Iraq Sons of Iraq Integration Update)
2010 Supreme Court ruled that any coalition that gained a
majority after elections could get 1st
opportunity to form a new govt Changed
meaning of constitution and made election victory meaningless Ruling undermined
Allawi’s Iraqiya right to form a new govt and gave it to Maliki’s State of Law
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2012 Baghdad said it would pay KRG $558 mil for Kurdish oil
exports from budget
2013 Iran delivered bodies of Iraqi militiamen killed
fighting for it in Syria
2014 Families from Qara Tapa, Diyala started fleeing
militias
2016 PM Abadi said wanted 9 member cabinet with Electricity
and Defense ministers staying
2017 Kirkuk council voted to fly the Kurdish flag over
government buildings in province
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