1940 UK Cabinet decided to send
division from India to Basra to pressure PM Gaylani who refused
to break
relations with Italy and demanded changes to Anglo-Iraq Treaty UK Mideast Cmdr
Gen Wavell opposed idea saying it would make situation worse Cabinet cancelled
deployment
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq And Syria 1941,
The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
1943 Mustafa Barzani led
rebellion against govt Iraqi troops backed by British airplanes suppressed
revolt
by Oct 1945
1961 UK sent troops to newly independent Kuwait to protect
it from Gen. Qasim’s call that it be annexed
1985 Def Dept official said that US should watch technology
exports to Iraq because they could be used
for its nuclear weapons program
1986 Iraq escalated air strikes on Iran’s economic
infrastructure
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service With
The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1988 Iraq Foreign Min Aziz admitted that Baghdad used
chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq War but said
Iran started using them first
(Musings
On Iraq Origins Of Iraq’s WMD Programs)
(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
1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The
Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)
1995 Iraq told UN inspectors it had a biological weapons
program and made anthrax and botulinum 1989-
90 Denied it weaponized agents Seemed
like Iraq had finally come clean about all its weapons programs to inspectors
(Musings
On Iraq UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD and 2003
Invasion)
(Musings
On Iraq Chilcot Report Sec 1.1 UK Iraq Strategy 1990 To 2000)
(Musings
On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)
1996 Richard Butler became head UN weapons inspector
replacing Rolf Ekeus Butler was more
confrontational with Iraqis
(Musings
On Iraq review of Iraq In The Eye of
the Storm)
2002 Pentagon memo said US should organize Iraqi opposition
to help with regime change and fill
vacuum after Saddam Said exiles
would help ensure no chaos after invasion Said if US tried to run Iraq without
opposition leaders would backfire
(Musings
On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris
Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy)
2003 Mosque in Fallujah bombed killing 5 wounding 4
2004 CIA official said agency was constantly told to re-do
assessments that said no Iraq-Al Qaeda
connection by White House
2004 Saddam and 11 senior Baathists appeared in court for
first time
2006 Truck bomb Sadr City killed 62 wounded 120
2006 Sunni female parliamentarian and 8 bodyguards kidnapped
in Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A
People’s History, 2003-2009)
2007 Iraqi govt announced 1,227 civilian deaths in June
lowest monthly total in 2007
2008 Report US didn’t have people or plans for postwar Iraq
Chaos that ensued set conditions for
insurgency Were many groups working
on postwar plans but few made it into the war plans Top officials had best case
scenario for postwar Iraq which overrode plans for bad situations Almost all
planning went to war as a result Gen Franks only cared about war which made
accomplishing postwar goals harder NSC provided no strategy despite multiple
requests Left each agency to carry out individual plans Meant no coordination
of planning NSC never mediated between Defense and State Pentagon given control
of postwar plans but cared about war more Created ORHA to run Iraq only 8 weeks
before invasion but didn’t have expertise or personnel to run it Problems
lasted postwar State Dept’s Future of Iraq Project was not a postwar plan
2008 KRG released report that its oil deals were far
superior and Baghdad’s oil plan would be disastrous
for the country
2008 2 Sadrist politicians and an Iraqi army officers said
Hezbollah ran two training camps in Basra
since 2006 Up to 10 Hezbollah
operatives trained Special Groups there Closed during Charge of Knights Said
Hezbollah involved in Jan 07 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq raid on Karbala that killed US
soldiers and involved in AAH kidnapping of 5 Britons from Finance Min in
Baghdad May 07
(Musings
On Iraq Hezbollah’s Role In Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of
Iraq)
2014 IS released recording of its leader Baghdadi declaring
a new caliphate
(Musings
On Iraq review The Caliphate At War,
Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2018 Protests in Waraka and Rumaitha Muthanna over water
services and privatization of electricity
Protest at West Qurna 2 oil field
demanding more pay Hundreds protested outside provincial council building for
jobs threaten to close down foreign companies Protest in Amara Maysan cutting
off roads over power
2019 PM Abdul Mahdi executive order Hashd part of the
security forces Had to follow its rules and
orders of the commander in chief
Individual names of brigades could no longer be used Could not be linked to
political parties Those that did not comply by Jul 31 could no longer carry
weapons Came after 7 attacks by pro-Iran groups due to US-Iran tensions and
Hashd drone attack upon Saudi Arabia Was ignored
(Musings
On Iraq PM Abdul Mahdi Orders Fuller Integration Of Hashd In Response To
Attacks By Iranian Backed Groups In June)
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