1924 First elections held in
Iraq Was for Constituent Assembly
1940 England decided to send Indian Div to Basra after PM
Gaylani wanted to block British troops
moving through Iraq as part of
Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1940 UK Cmdr in Middle East Gen Wavell thought sending
British troops to Iraq would destabilize
region so Indian Div sent to Egypt
instead
(Musings
On Iraq review Rashid Ali al-Gailani,
The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings
On Iraq review Persian Gulf Command,
A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iraq And Syria 1941,
The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
1967 General Tahir Yahya became premier 2nd time
Was later charged with corruption
1978 Former Prime Minister Naif died from gunshot wounds
from assassination attempt by Iraqi agents
in London
1978 England expelled Iraqi diplomats and intel officers for
Naif assassination Iraq retaliated by expelling
British diplomats arresting British
businessmen Embargo on UK
1988 Iraq recaptured 14 mountain peaks in Panjwin area of
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 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 Gulf OPEC members met and agreed to follow quotas which
Iraq had been demanding Iraq needed
to raise revenues after incurring
huge debts from Iran-Iraq War
1991 UN set up camps at Lake Hammar to take in displaced
from southern marshes but govt did not
allow people to enter
2002 Pentagon Defense Policy Board met over Iraq invasion plans
Angry military not thinking
innovatively Wanted generals fired
2003 Iraqi police demonstration in Baghdad saying US forces
in city led to attacks upon police
2003 Sec State Powell told ABC that captured trailers were
Iraqi mobile WMD labs
(Musings
On Iraq How Iraqi Defector CURVEBALL Became Basis For US Claims That Iraq
Had WMD)
2007 US GAO report Pentagon could not account for weapons it
gave to ISF from Jun 04 to Dec 05
Around 190,000 weapons were
unaccounted for US still didn’t have accounting process in place by 2007
2007 Gen Petraeus and Gen Odierno briefed Presidency Council
on Sahwa Pres Talabani supported program
VP Abdul Mahdi asked whether Sahwa
were loyal to govt US general warned council that there was no reconciliation
going on in Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq review Surge, My Journey with General David Petraeus and the
Remaking of the Iraq War)
2008 Report 20% of Iraqis displaced UN said 2nd
largest refugee problem in world Most fled after 06
Samarra bombing Early 07 11 of 18
provinces blocked displaced from returning PM Maliki criticized refugees saying
they should have stayed in Iraq
2008 Report Baghdad hired 12,000 new police in Basra after
Charge of Knights but didn’t pay them
Fadhila still controlled
governorship Dawa and ISCI took over ports and corruption involved with them
2009 US released 5 Iran Rev Guards members it held since
2007 as part of SOFA that said US had to
release all prisoners by 2011
(Musings
On Iraq 5 Revolutionary Guards Members Let Go By U.S.)
2009 KRG parliament agreed to postpone referendum on new
constitution that laid claim to disputed
areas and would have given Pres
Barzani greater powers
(Musings
On Iraq Kurds Agree To Suspend Vote On Controversial Constitution)
2012 During visit to Irbil Pres Barzani tried to get Syria’s
Kurdish National Council and Democratic
Union Party to unite and not align
with PKK
2014 IS’s Dabiq magazine included article with Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi calling for Muslims to conduct
hijra migration to the caliphate
(Musings
On Iraq review The Caliphate At War,
Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2017 PM Abadi declared Mosul freed after 9 month long
campaign Heavy fighting continued in city
(Musings On Iraq Interview
with Ret. Col Witty on the Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Horizon Client Access’ Alex Mello on Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Amnesty International’s Donatella Rovera on Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with International Center for Study of Radicalization’s Charlie Winter on how
IS media dealt with its defeat in Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with BBC’s Quentin Sommerville on the Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Niqash’s Mustafa Habib on Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Reuters’ Stephen Kalin on Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with AFP’s Ahmad Mousa on Battle of Mosul)
(Musings On Iraq interview
with journalist Florian Neuhof on Battle of Mosul)
(Musings
On Iraq Review Shatter the Nations, ISIS and the War for the Caliphate)
2018 Protest in Dhi Qar over jobs water and electricity
Protests in Basra blocked roads to Rumaila and
West Qurna oil fields and Lukoil
offices demanding jobs and justice for protester killed Jul 8
(Musings
On Iraq Summer Protests In Iraq Turn Deadly In Basra)
2019 Shiite Religious Endowment head Musawi had his home
invaded by Asaib Ahl Al-Haq after he said
group would not leave mosque in
Babil Musawi went into govt safe house afterward
(Musings
On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of
Iraq)
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