1917 1st British
assault on Baghdad turned back by Ottomans
1918 British took Hit Anbar without a fight from Ottomans
1959 End of Mosul Revolt led Kurds to loot city and attack
civilians Communists and Leftists also
attacked pan-Arabists and rich in
city as well
(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)
1974 Bakr govt told Kurds had two days to accept
government’s autonomy plan Kurds objected
because didn't include Kirkuk
Sinjar Khanaqin and wanted new census Bakr said no
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1975 Shah announced Algiers Agreement over border with Iraq
1984 Using chemical weapons Iraq retook all areas in Basra
from Iranians except Majnoon Islands
(Musings
On Iraq article on the origins of Iraq’s WMD programs)
1986 Iraq made 3rd attempt to re-capture Fao
Peninsula
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1987 Iran were outside Rawandaz Kurdistan but ordered to
stop due to threats by Turkey to not
advance anymore
(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 Kurdish rebellion started in Halabja and Arbat
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
1991 Hussein Kamal led Iraqi forces to retake Karbala from
rebels
(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)
1999 Fighting between Iraqi forces and SCIRI’s Badr Brigade
in 2 southern provinces
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
2003 Karbala Div commander memo said main threat was not US
invasion but internal rebellions
2003 PM Blair told Bush he needed a 2nd UN resolution
authorizing force against Iraq to get parliament’s
support for war Bush said he
couldn't wait
2003 PM Blair told Bush UK would back US in Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 Sec State Powell told CNN that European country came up
with new evidence that aluminum
tubes Iraq tried to buy were for
nukes not rockets
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2003 Sec State Powell on Meet The Press Iraq-Niger uranium
story open to investigation and IAEA had
been wrong about Iraq’s nuke
program in 1990s
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
(Musings
On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The
Selling Of The Iraq War)
2004 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate that he told VP Cheney
trailers found in Iraq were not conclusive
evidence of Iraq WMD Said US intel
still unsure about what trailers found in Iraq were used for Said CIA did not
agree with Pentagon paper that Iraq had long cooperation with Al Qaeda
(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)
2004 3 killed 20 wounded in fighting between Arabs Kurds Turkmen
in Kirkuk city
2008 Basra officials said security situation worsening
because of flood of weapons from Iran and called
for Basra Operations commander to
resign
2009 Turkey announced program to train Iraqi army in Turkey
2010 Kurdish Awene newspaper said electoral fraud in Irbil
election and sued by KDP
2013 Babil intel arrested 12 ISI members Claimed they were
backed by Sheikh Sulaiman and Sheikh Abu
Risha who were leaders in Anbar
protests
2013 Free Iraq Intifada leader arrested Group issued ultimatum
to release him or face rebellion Hoping to
turn protests to violence Free Iraq
Intifada Naqshibandi front group organizing protests in Mosul, Hawija Kirkuk
Tikrit
2015 Peshmerga began offensive to take towns south of Kirkuk
city from IS
2018 Report IMF’s Stand By Agreement on hold with Iraq over
2018 budget cutting spending for KRG
and reducing non-oil govt revenue
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