1920 UK Chief General Staff Wilson heard of 1920 revolt and
ordered dispatch of division from
India to put it down
(Musings
On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The
1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1950 Cabinet resigned when PM Suwaidi complained his brother
not appointed head of Cassation Court
Stayed in office because Regent out
of country and couldn’t call for new govt
(Musings
On Iraq review The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern
Studies)
1952 Mustafa al-Umari became PM
(Musings
On Iraq review The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern
Studies)
1958 Deposed PM Nuri al-Said executed by Free Officers
Regent’s body taken from royal palace Mutilated
Dragged through Baghdad streets
1968 PM Yahya resigned over divisions within military over
running country that would eventually lead
to 68 coup
1979 Saddam had Revolutionary Command Council Secretary
General Mashadi arrested and tortured
Mashadi named Saddam opponents
within Baath Party Those members later accused of a Syrian backed coup
1981 Report senior Shite offices dissatisfied with Saddam’s
leadership of Iran-Iraq War tried 6
assassination attempts over 6
months before being discovered in June 81
1982 Iraqi counterattack against Iran’s Op Ramadan in Basra
regained most lost territory
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume
2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1986 UK Official told Geneva conference that Iraq chemical
weapons had caused 10,000 Iranian
casualties in Iran-Iraq War
(Musings
On Iraq Origins Of Iraq’s WMD Programs)
1988 Iraq Op Tawakalna ala Allah 3 withdrew from Iranian
territory ending offensive Took 5,000-
7,000 Iranian prisoners
1988 Iraq recaptured Sirwan Kurdistan
1988 Iran’s cabinet endorsed decision to accept UN Res 598 ending
Iran-Iraq War but had to convince
Khomeini
1988 Rafsanjani publicly announced Iran’s withdrawal from
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 At Baath Party meeting decided Iraq should make its
case to the world against Kuwait so that it
would not be seen as an aggressor
Izzat al-Duri said Kuwait conspiring against Iraq and part of larger Israeli
conspiracy
(Musings
On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)
(Musings
On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
1990 At Arab League Iraq complained Kuwait tapping into
Rumaila oil field in Basra costing Iraq $1
bil/year Demanded loans from UAE and
Kuwait during Iran-Iraq War be forgiven Threatened force against Kuwait and UAE
saying they were US puppets
1990 Iraq made first deployment of troops for Kuwait
invasion
(Musings
On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)
1991 US troops withdrew from Kurdistan after setting up safe
area for displaced Kurds after Gulf War
2002 Czech Intel head doubted that 9/11 hijacker Atta met
with Iraqi intelligence in Prague in 2001
2002 Fmr Saddam Fedayeen told press Iraq trained Al Qaeda
fighters in Salman Pak False story
2004 UN head inspector Blix accused PM Blair of misleading
public on Iraq threat before invasion
2004 Report in 2003 UK intel found Zarqawi setting up cells
in Baghdad
2006 Insurgents stormed Olympic Committee in Baghdad Took 30
people including committee president
(Musings
On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A
People’s History, 2003-2009)
2007 Report 45% of foreign fighters in Iraq came from Saudi
Arabia More Saudis had been suicide
bombers
than any other nationality US tried to not talk about issue because Saudis
allies
(Musings
On Iraq The Saudi Role In The Iraqi Insurgency)
2011 3 bombs in Karbala left 100 casualties
2012 Iraq complained about KRG-Turkish oil deals saying it
would affect relations between two countries
2018 Protests in 9 provinces Sairoon offices in Babil
attacked Hikma and Badr offices in Nasiriya burned
Police shot at crowds outside Dhi
Qar provincial council building Attempt to burn council building in Maysan Led
to police to kill 3 Mayor’s house in Maysan burned Fadhila Hikma Badr Dawa
offices set on fire in Samawah Muthanna and council building sacked 3 more
killed March in Baghdad broken up by security forces Basra provincial council
building taken over with police killing 4 Protesters rushed gates at Zubayr oil
field leading to 5 being shot and wounded Protest at Um Qasr port Basra Marches
in Najaf and Qadisiya broke up by security forces
(Musings
On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)
2018 Karbala council threatened to take its power station
off the national grid unless protest demands met
2018 PM Abadi again talked about potential threat of
protests Claimed small groups taking advantage of
them to destroy property and attack
govt offices
(Musings
On Iraq Protests Grow Deadlier In Iraq)
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