1915 British forces began campaign to capture Nasiriya from
Ottomans
1923 Govt arrested cleric Khalisi and others blaming them
for posting fatwa on Khadmiya shrine against
Iraqis defending Mosul against
Turks Khalisi would be deported to Persia
1923 Persian mujtahids and businesses in Najaf protested
arrest of cleric Khalisi for his opposition activities
1923 2 mujtahids led protest in Karbala trying to get
clerics and religious students to leave for Persia to
protest Khalisi’s arrest
1954 Parliament dismissed as part of Nuri al-Said’s demands
before he returned as premier
1983 France agreed to lend Iraq 5 Super Etendard fighter
bombers that Baghdad wanted to use to attack
shipping heading towards Iran
1988 Saddam agreed upon offensive to destroy Iranian army to
prevent postwar threat
(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 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)
1990 Iraq’s Revolutionary Command Council meeting gave
Saddam okay to use force against Kuwait
(Musings
On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)
(Musings
On Iraq review from storm to Freedom,
America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
2003 Cheney Chief of Staff Libby told Bob Woodward 2002 Natl
Intel Estimate on Iraq included Iraq trying
to buy uranium from Africa Part of
plan to counter fmr Amb Wilson who said Iraq-Niger deal didn’t happen
(Musings
On Iraq How US Intelligence Failed The Iraq-Niger Uranium Story)
(Musings
On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The
Selling Of The Iraq War)
2004 Bremer got OK from Bush to close CPA Jun 28 to try to fool
insurgency
2006 Under pressure PM Maliki revised amnesty offer made 2
days before to include just those that had
not killed anyone
2007 UK intel report on ISF Maliki govt working on national
security strategy but unlikely to change
situation without reconciliation
Maliki govt had multiple committees on security that competed and didn't
cooperate and ineffective Army developing slowly Police full of insurgents and
militias and probably unreformable Said ISF couldn’t operate without US support
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how
Badr took over Interior Ministry)
2008 Chief Justice Majeed assassinated in east Baghdad
during spate of attacks upon judiciary in
capital
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq’s Judiciary Under Attack)
2008 Suicide bomber attacked meeting of Anbar Awakening
killing 20 including several sheikhs
(Musings
On Iraq Anbar Dispute Between Sunnis Growing)
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