1941 PM Hashemi deposed in Golden Square officers coup after
he tried to remove them Regent escaped to
Anbar with help of US Nuri al-Said
and other pro-UK politicians fled Iraq Golden Square officers immediately
thought UK ws plotting against them
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
(Musings
On Iraq article on 1941 coup)
(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 And Syria
1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance
Against A Fascist State In Iraq and the Levant, 1941)
1941 US and UK believed Iraq coup part of German plan in
coordination with invasion of Balkans
and Libya It wasn’t
1975 Iraqi amnesty offer to Kurdish rebels and army
deserters expired
1975 Iran closed border to Kurds fleeing Iraqi government
offensive against them
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Killing Hope,
U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Great
Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Nixon admin support for Kurdish revolt)
1980 Mustansiriya Univ in Baghdad bombed by Islamic Action
Organization in attempt on life of
Deputy PM Tariq Aziz Iraq blamed
Iran
1981 General uprising in Iranian Kurdistan backed by Iraq
1988 End of 2nd Anfal campaign
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1989 Saddam held elections for new parliament as part of
political reform after Iran-Iraq War 160 of 250
seats went to Baathists
1990 Saddam speech said if US supported Israeli attack on
Iraq he would burn Israel
(Musings
On Iraq article on Saddam’s motivation for threatening Israel before the
Kuwait invasion)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
(Musings
On Iraq review the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait)
1991 Peshmerga repelled govt attack to retake Sulaymaniya
1991 Saddam’s forces put down Kurdish revolt in Zakho
1991 Barzani said 3 mil Kurds had fled to northern mountains
along Turkish border to escape govt attacks
(Musings
On Iraq book review Kurds of Iraq,
Tragedy and Hope)
(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)
2002 UK ambassador to US Meyer warned Bush thinking of war
with Iraq by autumn but no postwar
plans
(Musings
On Iraq article Chilcot Report Volume 2 Sec 3.3 Development of UK Iraq
Strategy and Options April to July 2002)
(Musings
On Iraq Book Review The Report of the
Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 Iraqi commander in south Gen Hamdani recalled to
Baghdad Saddam told him real invasion was
coming from Jordan through Anbar
2003 US attacked Najaf Kut Samawa Hindiya Headed towards
Hillah in Babil
(Musings
On Iraq book review Voices From Iraq,
A People’s History, 2003-2009)
2003 3rd
Infantry Div moved through Karbala Gap and destroyed Medina Republican Guard
Div
2003 ORHA head Garner made 1 day trip to Um Qasr port 1st
time in Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq and Back,
Inside The War To Win The Peace)
2004 CPA adviser Larry Diamond told Bremer that there was a
security vacuum in southern Iraq being
filled by militias
(Musings
On Iraq book review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the
Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)
2004 Mahdi Army attacked CPA compound in Nasiriya
2004 Gen Kimmitt promised to pacify Fallujah after
Blackwater contractors killed
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Battle for
Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)
2004 US intel officer told press regime change in Iraq could
have been promoted as part of war on terror
but admin wanted to scare public
using WMD
2005 Report White House and CIA leadership created
environment where only threat of Iraq WMD
reports were acceptable
2007 PM Maliki told Integrity Commission head Radhi charges
against ministers cabinet presidential
staffs had to be okayed by PM
office as way to block investigations
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
Stuart Bowen on corruption in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with anti-graft US official Vincent Foulk)
2007 Report VP Hashemi and Pres Talabani in talks with
insurgents in Jordan Anbar Salahaddin Diyala
Talabani said insurgents came to
govt for talks 1920 Revolution Brigades Islamic Army Jaish al-Rashideen Omar
Brigades Rayat al-Sood talking about breaking with ISI
2007 Anbar Salvation Council in talks with tribes in Amiriya
Fallujah to split from ISI
2007 Report Zoba tribes started fighting ISI Reports of
clashes between Islamic Army and ISI in Dour
Samarra Tuz Kharmato and Dhiliya in
Salahaddin 2 tribes fighting ISI in Diyala
(Musings
On Iraq article on splits within insurgency)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s Sunni
Insurgency)
2008 PM Maliki sent 1st Quick Reaction Division
from Anbar to Basra to restart Charge of Knights
offensive
2008 PM Maliki said 10,000 tribesmen in Basra would be
organized into a Sons of Iraq program Would
become Tribal Support Council
(Musings
On Iraq article on PM Maliki’s patronage system including Tribal Support
Councils)
(Musings
On Iraq article Disputes over PM Maliki’s Tribal Support Councils)
2008 PM Maliki praised Badr and Dawa militia for helping to
fight Mahdi Army in Basra
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
2008 PM Maliki promised jobs and better services after
Charge of Knights in Basra
2009 National Reconciliation Committee said it began talks
with Asaib Ahl Al-Haq
(Musings
On Iraq article on history of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
2009 Baghdad was supposed to take control of all Sahwa in
Iraq from US forces
2010 Iran said it would host Iraqi parties that wanted to
talk about forming new govt
2010 Gorran head Mustafa taken to court for defamation
against Pres Talabani
2010 Iraqiya announced regional tour of Egypt Qatar Turkey
Syrian and Iran to drum up support for
forming new govt
2011 Protests in Baghdad against corruption and demanded
release of prisoners
2012 PM Maliki said that if Pres Assad lost power there
would be problems throughout the Middle East
Condemned Gulf States arming Syrian
rebels
2012 KRG halted oil exports for Baghdad over payment dispute
2012 VP Hashemi went to Qatar violating his arrest warrant
2013 ISI suicide truck bomb on Tikrit police station and
govt center
2013 PUK said it would run independently of KDP in next KRG
elections
2014 KRG said it would export oil for Baghdad to help with
negotiations with central government over
industry but didn’t happen
2014 Kataib Hezbollah said that it was involved in Shjariya
operation in Anbar
(Musings
On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
2015 Mopping up operations in Tikrit with small attacks in
north
2015 UN received reports that govt forces looting Tikrit
after it was liberated and burning homes
2015 Sadr complained about brazen militias and said any that
broke law should be brought to justice
2015 IS video of Ninewa sheikhs giving it baya
2015 KRG was $17 bil in debt Couldn’t pay public workers
Started large borrowing
2016 PM Abadi’s nominee for Oil Minister in new technocratic
cabinet withdrew name saying no
consensus on changes
2016 PM Maliki faction of State of Law said it would only
support partial cabinet change
2016 Kurdish Alliance said if Fin Min Zebari was replaced
they would not vote on new cabinet
2016 Higher Educ Min Shahristani and Foreign Min Jaafari
refused to step down for Abadi’s cabinet
changes
2016 Solution List complained that Abadi’s new cabinet was
way to exclude some parties from power
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