1933 Rashid al-Gaylani became premier of Iraq, would hold
office 3 times
1971 Ex-Def Min and VP Tikrit
assassinated in Kuwait by Bakr govt
1973 Kuwait sent troops to try to expel Iraq building base
on its territory leading to gunfight 3 killed US
thought part of Soviet plot in
Persian Gulf
1981 Iraqi attack on Susangard in south failed after 1 day
Turning point in war Iraq couldn't capture
anymore Iranian land
1982 Saddam ordered 3rd attack upon Bostan
Khuzistan and failed again
1983 Saddam executed 6 members of the Hakim family including
3 brothers of Ayatollah Hakim
1985 Iran made 2nd attack upon South Majnoon
Island in Basra Gained little
1986 US condemned Iraq at UN for violating international law
by using chemical weapons in Iran-Iraq
War
1987 Saddam held march in Baghdad for not being defeated in
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)
1991 Kirkuk fell to Kurdish rebels Began executing Baathists
and security officials
1991 Kurdish leaders said that all of Iraqi Kurdistan had
been liberated from Iraqi forces
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1991 Ayatollah Khoei made to appear with Saddam on TV to
denounce Shiite uprising Ayatollah Khoei
then placed under house arrest in
Najaf
1991 Report Kuwait and many other Arab govts all believed
Iran behind 91 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)
1995 Op Steel 35,000 Turkish troops invaded Kurdistan to
attack PKK who withdrew forces from border
before op
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
1996 UN and Iraq signed agreement to allow for Oil for Food
program
2003 US Amb to UN Negroponte letter to Security Council said
Iraq failed to comply with weapons
inspectors since end of Gulf War
justifying use of force
(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 book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2003 State Dept legal adviser Taft said Iraq hadn’t complied
with UN resolutions since 1990s justifying
use of force
2003 Gen Franks said Special Forces were in control of Anbar
desert to prevent SCUD missiles
(Musings
On Iraq book review Special Operations Forces in Iraq)
2003 U.S. forces crossed into Iraq and attacked Um Qasr port
in Basra
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2003 British commandos attacked Fao Peninsula in Basra
(Musings
On Iraq book review Target Basra, The
High Octane Story of the Royal Marine Commandos In Iraq)
2003 British received reports Iraqi forces disintegrating in
south
2003 Iraq fired missiles at Camp Commando, Camp Doha and
assembly area of 101st Airborne Division
in Kuwait but none did damage
2003 Saddam speech said war “shameful crime” Said US would
give up out of fear of Iraqi soldiers
2003 Iraq halted oil flows due to start of war
2003 China France and Russia criticized the Iraq invasion
2003 Bush signed executive order freezing all Iraq funds in
US and allow money to be shipped to Iraq to
pay pensions and salaries of Iraqi
public workers
2003 PM Blair thought Iraq wanted to draw Coalition into
cities for street fighting and afraid of WMD
attacks
2003 Bush and PM Blair discussed sudden collapse of Iraqi
forces during start of invasion
2003 ORHA staff went to CENTCOM in Qatar and found military
had parallel post-war admin set up
isolated from ORHA
(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)
2003 UN Sec Gen Annan called on Security Council to change
Oil for Food program so he instead of
Iraqi govt could run it
2003 Turkey asked for written guarantee from US it would
allow Turkish troops into Iraq US said no
2004 Bombings against Shiite pilgrims in Karbala during
Ashura left 165 dead more than 230 wounded
Suicide bombers attacked Shiite
pilgrims at Khadmiya shrine Baghdad
2004 Protest in Khadimiya Baghdad against attacks aimed at
pilgrims in Baghdad and Karbala
2004 Ayatollah Sistani blamed US occupation for not securing
borders for bombings of pilgrims in
Baghdad and Karbala
2004 6 US soldiers charged with prisoner abuse for Abu
Ghraib scandal
2005 Sec Def Rumsfeld blamed Turkey for not letting 4th
Inf Div to invade Iraq from north for violence
in Iraq Claimed if Turkey let US
forces in would have captured more Baathists and lessoned insurgency
2005 Sec Def Rumsfeld said that CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Franks
didn’t want more troops in Iraq after
invasion
2006 Bush talked about successful counterinsurgency in Tal
Afar by US Claimed showed US strategy
working Tal Afar counterinsurgency
by US unit stationed there and not part of larger US strategy in Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 Report 2002 Iraq’s Foreign Min Sabri agreed to work
with US Told US intel Iraq had no biological
weapons Had cache of chemical
weapons Sabri said Saddam wanted a nuclear bomb
2007 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq’s leader Qais Khazali along with his
brother Laith and Hezbollah commander Ali
Musa Daqduq were captured by
British in Basra Documents captured with Khazalis showed that Iran funding
Asaib Ahl Al-Haq $750,000-$3 mil per month Showed Iranian Rev Guard Quds Force
helped provide intelligence for Jan 07 Karbala raid by Asaib Documents showed
that Hezbollah’s Daqduq planned Jan 07 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq raid on Karbala command
center
(Musings
On Iraq article background on AAH-Iranian activity in Iraq and arrest of
Khazali)
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
(Musings
On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
(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)
2007 ISI launched 2nd large attack upon Amiriya
Fallujah in two weeks to battle Awakening forces
(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)
2008 Report Gen Furayji in charge of Basra said militias had
to be defeated in province before
provincial
elections
2008 Fighting restarted between Mahdi Army and police in Kut
after ceasefire negotiated Mar 17
Clashes began Mar 11
2012 Pres Barzani gave speech attacking PM Maliki’s misrule
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
2013 Sadrists ended boycott of parliament over postponement
of provincial voting in Anbar and Ninewa
2014 ISIS held parade in Fallujah
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