1961 Qasim sent telegram to
Kuwait emir claiming his country as part of Iraq
1961 Qasim said that all
agreement between Kuwait and England were illegitimate because Kuwait was
part
of Iraq
1980 Iraq held first
parliamentary elections since end of monarchy in 1958 Baath won 187
seats
Independents 63
1982 Saddam ordered Iraqi troops to withdraw to border
Ayatollah Khomeini said war would end
when Saddam was out
1982 Ayatollah Khomeini agreed to Iran going on offensive
and invading Iraq Said that heavy Shiite
casualties had to be avoided
(Musings
On Iraq review of Iran-Iraq War
Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1985 Iran Op Fatah in Basra started
1987 UN Res 598 called for new peace plan to end Iran-Iraq
War Tehran did not reject idea for first
time
1987 Iran Op Nasr 4 Took Mawat Kurdistan
(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 review The Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War
1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The
Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)
1987 Ali Hassan al-Majid issued order for random attacks on
Kurdish areas to kill as many people as
possible Also said that any Kurd
captured between 15-70 should be interrogated then executed
(Musings
On Iraq review of The Kurds, A Modern
History)
(Musings
On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy
and Hope)
2004 Interim PM Allawi said special commando units would be
created Interior Min Naqib used units to
bring in relatives and ex-military
into ministry Allawi thought units would be critical to defeating insurgency
2004 Head of 9/11 Commission said Al Qaeda was closer to
Iran and Pakistan than Iraq
2004 9/11 Comm member said captured Iraqi docs showed 1
Fedayeen Saddam was an Al Qaeda member
Attacked press for claiming Comm
report contradicted Bush admin claims on Iraq-Al Qaeda connections
2004 White House claimed 9/11 Comm proved its argument of Al
Qaeda-Iraq ties when Commission said
no cooperation
2005 UK UN diplomat Ross said he saw 4 ½ yrs of intel on
Iraq WMD and it didn’t support Blair’s
argument for war
(Musings
On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq
Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy
Counterterrorism Group said Al Qaeda’s Libi and INC
reported Iraq provided training to
Al Qaeda Feb 04 Libi recanted his story which was given under torture
(Musings
On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris
Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy
Counterterrorism Group said in 1990 Ansar al-Islam
was working on WMD in Kurdistan
Ansar not created until 2002
2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy
Counterterrorism Group said Iraq supported Ansar al-
Islam Was not true
2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy
Counterterrorism Group said Iraq ran terrorist training
camp in Salman Pak with a plane
fuselage next to a WMD facility raising fears Iraq giving terrorists WMD Was no
active WMD facility in Salman Pak but was a terrorist training camp Stories
were spread by INC
2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy
Counterterrorism Group said he believed 9/11 hijacker
Atta met with Iraqi intel in Prague
in 2001 and never disproven Czech intel said story untrue CIA FBI 9/11
Commission never found evidence of meeting
2006 Michael Maloof who was on Pentagon’s Policy
Counterterrorism Group claimed 2002 NIE was
attempt by CIA to win back debate
on Iraq to WMD instead of terrorism
2006 Fmr head State Dept Intel Bureau Carl Ford said
pre-Iraq war intel showed failure of tradecraft and
analysis of US intel
2006 Carl Ford said US got reports of things like Iraq-Niger
uranium story and aluminum tubes and failed
to analyze and question them
thoroughly
(Musings
On Iraq How US Intelligence Failed The Iraq-Niger Uranium Story)
(Musings
On Iraq How A Contested Aluminum Tubes Story Became The Basis For War With
Iraq)
2006 Fmr Dep Dir CIA McLaughlin said that Feith’s Counter
Terror Group found lots of articles of Al
Qaeda-Iraq meetings but no control
or operational connections
2006 Fmr Dep Dir CIA McLaughlin thought Feith’s Pentagon
group was put together to counter CIA’s
intel on Iraq-Al Qaeda
2006 Fmr CIA bin Laden desk chief Scheuer said Iraq war
devastated CIA’s counterterrorism office by
draining resources
2006 CIA’s Scheuer said CIA didn’t see any threat from Iraq
compared to Al Qaeda Said Dep Sec Def
Feith’s office was set up to
counter the CIA’s reporting no ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda
2006 Scheuer headed CIA’s report on Iraq-Al Qaeda ties and
found no relationship
2006 Gen DeLong Gen Frank’s deputy commader at CENTCOM said
he believed Iraq working with Ansar
al-Islam and Al Qaeda in Kurdistan
pre-invasion
2008 Report Reform and Change front that included 1920
Revolution Brigades reached out to political
parties trying to get involved in
politics
2008 ISF arrested Sadrist deputy governor 2 councilmen 700
police in Maysan during Operation Promise
of Peace against Sadr
(Musings
On Iraq Operation Promise of Peace in Maysan Province)
2008 Report 4 political parties formed from 2 Anbar
Awakening groups and 2 from insurgent Islamic Army
2009 Head of Kurdish list in Ninewa told Bashiqa teachers
they should stop teaching in Arabic and switch
to Kurdish Dispute with Hadbaa List
(Musings
On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings
On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
(Musings
On Iraq Update On Political Dispute In Ninewa)
2009 ISI bombed Shiite mosque killing 73 in Taza Kirkuk
(Musings
On Iraq review The ISIS Reader, Milestone Texts of the Islamic State
Movement)
2010 2 car bombs in front of Trade Bank of Iraq in Baghdad
27 killed 55 wounded
2010 Funeral for protester killed in Basra led to march
calling for PM Maliki to step down
2010 Ayatollah Najafi issued statement condemning
electricity shortages and supported right of people to
protest problem
2011 Sadr statement called for arrest and punishment of
ex-Mahdi Army Abu Dura and his followers
Known as Shiite Zarqawi
2011 PM Maliki and other political leaders met at Pres
Talabani’s house in Baghdad to discuss power
sharing
2012 Sadr MP said 3rd term for PM Maliki would
lead to dictatorship
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Inside Iraqi Politics’ Sowell on whether Maliki
became a dictator)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Historian Phebe Marr comparing PM Maliki with MP
Said)
2012 Sadrist protest in Baghdad claimed govt cracking down
on independent press
2013 Chevron signed new exploration deal with KRG for work
in Irbil
2013 Gazprom met with Pres Barzani to discuss oil deals in
KRG
2013 Shahristani claimed Iraq’s electricity problems would
be solved by end of year
2013 Election Comm said voter turnout only 35% in Ninewa and
37% in Anbar in delayed provincial
elections
2014 Tanker sold Kurdish oil to Israel exported through KRG’s
independent pipeline to Turkey
2014 Fighting between Naqshibandi and ISIS in Hawija killed
17 as IS tried to assert control over area
(Musings
On Iraq Precarious Relationship Between The Islamic State of Iraq And The
Baathist Naqshibandi)
2014 45 bodies found executed by insurgents in Tigris River
in Salahaddin
2014 Turkman leaders in Tuz Kharmato said happy Peshmerga
moved into city but wanted power sharing
2014 Sistani spokesman called for new govt that “avoids past
mistakes” Most took that as criticism of PM
Maliki
2015 Hashd killed a Kurdish civilian in a car leading to
gunfight between Hashd and Peshmerga in Tuz
Kharmato
2015 Civil group claimed Peshmerga killing civilians and
displacing people in Diyala’s Khanaqin Dist
2018 Up to 300 protested in Basra demanding jobs from oil
companies and Industry Ministry Was broken
up by police
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