1920 Banu Hassan tribe joined 1920 Revolt
(Musings
On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The
1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1941 PM Midfai declared martial law in Sulaymaniya to stop
revolt by Barzani
1958 Free Officers led coup overthrowing King Faisal II and
Iraq’s monarchy
(Musings
On Iraq review An Analysis of Hanna
Batatu’s The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq)
1958 Gen Qasim became head of
state King Faisal II and family killed
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
1958 Communists had been in contact with Free Officers
Called out its followers to demonstrate in
streets of Baghdad to support coup
(Musings
On Iraq review Red Star Over Iraq,
Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings
On Iraq Interview with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi
Communist Party)
1959 Kurdish communists and KDP held joint anniversary for
58 coup in Kirkuk city Turkmen held
separate celebration Two sides
clashed leading to 2 days of fighting in city Around 30 killed and 100 injured
1964 Pres Arif announced pan-Arab Iraqi Arab Socialist Union
party
1964 Pres Arif nationalized banks and insurance companies
1968 Coup against Pres Arif planned but called off after
army officers backed out Baath would not drop
coup
(Musings
On Iraq review Socialist Iraq, A Study in Iraqi Politics Since 1968)
1982 Iraqi 3rd Corps counterattacked began
against Iran Op Ramadan in Basra Used tear gas
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume
2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1985 Iran Op Qadir overran Iraqi forces outside Penjwin
Kurdistan and advanced 20 miles into Iraq
Attack into Halabja failed
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume
4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1987 Saddam shuffled military
leadership to get more offensive minded officers in command
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume
3: Iraq’s Triumph)
1988 Iran Op Tawakalna ala Allah 3 expanded into Iranian
territory in center Saddam threatened to
attack towards Ahwz in southern
Iran and seize oil fields if Tehran didn’t withdraw from Kurdistan
1988 Iranian leadership agreed to accept UN Res 598 calling
for end of Iran-Iraq War
(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)
1990 Kuwait said it would reconsider OPEC quotas in Oct Was
considered a breech by Iraq
1990 Pres Mubarak visited Saddam in Baghdad trying to get
him to backdown in confrontation with Kuwait
2003 Article Iraqi scientists said bombings inspections
sanctions unilateral destruction ended Iraq’s WMD
programs before invasion
2003 Columnist Novak exposed Ex Amb Wilson’s wife as a CIA
agent after he criticized Bush admin over
false Niger-Iraq uranium deal Info
came from VP Cheney’s office trying to discredit Wilson
(Musings
On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The
Selling Of The Iraq War)
2003 UK For Sec Straw said CIA believed UK intel on
Iraq-Africa uranium deal
(Musings
On Iraq How US Intelligence Failed The Iraq-Niger Uranium Story)
2003 US Cmdr in Iraq Gen Sanchez memo said only 37% of his
command was staffed
2004 US appointed governor of Mosul assassinated
2004 PM Blair said he expected Iraq’s WMD to be found
2004 Butler Report said UK intel on Iraq WMD based upon
worst case scenarios and exaggerated alleged
stockpiles Said UK intel on Iraq
WMD was “seriously flawed”
2004 Butler Report said UK intel found no evidence of
Iraq-Al Qaeda cooperation
(Musings
On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq
Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2004 Fmr US Army dep chief of staff Gen Keane testified to
Congress that US didn’t expect insurgency
because Iraqi exiles said Americans
would be welcomed for invading
2006 When asked was the US winning in Iraq US Army Chief of
Staff Gen Schoomaker told congressional
aids U.S. wasn’t losing in Iraq
Said war was getting more difficult and was more at the start than the end
2007 PM Maliki said Iraqi forces were ready to take over
security when US left
2007 Fmr State Dept reconstruction coordinator said impact
of Provincial Reconstruction Teams were
negligible because of lack of
security
2008 Report 2005 elections 82,000 Kurds couldn’t prove
residency in Kirkuk and were going to be barred
from election but KDP and PUK
threatened boycott if they weren’t allowed to vote
2008 Report 5000 solar powered street lights installed in
Baghdad city and 1,000 in each of Iraq’s
provinces Extreme heat degraded
batteries and grime and dust cut electricity production of solar panels
2008 Report Mahdi Army and Special Groups using new
armaments Interior Min said came from Iran
Groups being rearmed after Charge
of Knights in Basra and Promise of Peace in Maysan aimed at militias
(Musings
On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms
shipments to Iraqi militias)
2018 Govt shut down Internet to try to stop protest
organizers and news of demonstrations from being
spread PM Abadi warned of
“infiltrators” amongst activists while releasing funds for development projects
demanded by protests
2018 Protests in 9 provinces Babil stormed Dawa and Fadhila
offices 2 marches in Baghdad Badr HQ in
Basra city burned Protests at
Rumaila Majnoon West Qurna oil fields and Um Qasr port Asaib Ahl Al-Haq office
in Najaf burned marches in Dhi Qar Maysan Najaf Qadisiya Wasit
(Musings
On Iraq Protests Continue Across Southern Iraq And Spread To Baghdad)
(Musings
On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of
Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)
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