1920 British worked out ceasefire with Iraqi rebels to end
siege of Abu Sukhair
(Musings
On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The
1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1925 Frontier Commission report to League of Nations on
where border between Turkey and Iraq should
be Said Mosul vilyat should be in
Iraq after British seized it after WW1 armistice Said Assyrians should return
to Turkey
(Musings
On Iraq How The Ottoman Province Of Mosul Became Part Of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Creation of Iraq
1914-1921)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Tragedy of the
Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review State and Society in
Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil,
Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1930 UK intel officer wrote that senior Iraqi army officers
gained positions through corruption and
connections to politicians Said
were divorced from their troops and would follow any politician that could give
them benefits
1951 Iraq made last payment to Turkey of oil revenues in
return for giving up claims to Mosul after
WWI
1958 Gen. Qasim sent delegation to meet with Gen. Nasser of
Egypt to talk uniting 2 countries
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
1968 Baath coup overthrew Pres Arif Gen Bakr became
president Col Naif premier and Col Daud
Defense Minister
(Musings
On Iraq review Socialist Iraq, A Study in Iraqi Politics Since 1968)
1968 Saddam had lawyer Shawkat executed in Baghdad for
refusing him money in 1966
1973 Baath created National Progressive Front with
Communists
(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)
1973 Pres Bakr claimed govt had implemented most of autonomy
plan for Kurds but Kurds were
undermining it
(Musings
On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern
History)
(Musings
On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy
and Hope)
1975 Pres Bakr on 7th anniversary of Baath coup
said Iraq would reach out to Gulf countries to improve
relations
1978 Saddam interview with Newsweek said Palestinians could
come to Iraq to plan terrorist attacks
1979 Public celebrations held for Saddam’s election to
presidency
1979 Saddam called for Iraqi-Iranian friendship after
Iranian Revolution
1980 Iraqi govt took out ad in NY Times praising Saddam’s
rule and comparing him to Abbasid caliphate
1982 Iranian Op Ramadan invasion into Basra Iranian armor
bogged down in marsh Iraq counterattacked
and forced Iranian retreat
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume
2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
1982 Saddam ordered capture of Qasr e-Shirin in center
across from Diyala on anniversary of Baath
coup Iraqis attacked twice but
failed Jordan ended up sending troops to support Iraqis
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume
4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1988 Saddam speech at 20th anniversary of Baath
seizing power Said Iraq wanted to end Iran-Iraq
War Set 5 conditions Direct talks
UN clearing of Shatt al-Arab Free navigation of Gulf End of Iranian attacks on
shipping Prisoner exchange
1988 Saddam ordered Iraqi troops to start withdrawing from
Iran
1988 Rafsanjani went to Khomeini to convince him to end war
Khomeini said he would take
responsibility for war Pres
Khameini wrote UN Secretary General de Cuellar requesting ceasefire and
accepting UN Res 598
1988 Soviet UN Amb Vorontsov made trip to Middle East to
help negotiate end to 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 Saddam accused Kuwait and UAE of overproducing oil Said
some Gulf states were working with
US against Iraq Said if Gulf states
didn’t change their policies Iraq would take action to protect its interests
Said Iraq would protect itself from Israeli aggression
(Musings
On Iraq Why Did Saddam Threaten Israel Before The 1990 Invasion of Kuwait?)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)
(Musings
On Iraq review the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait)
1995 PUK accused KDP of working with Iraqi army to attack
Irbil
(Musings
On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern
History)
2001 Saddam speech on anniversary of Baath coup said tyrants
would not be able to overthrow him and
he would not be defeated
2002 34th anniversary of Baath coup Saddam gave
speech saying he would defeat all the powerful and
evil people arrayed against him
2002 Iraq issued arrest warrant for Zarqawi who had been
traveling through the country from Iran
(Musings
On Iraq review Insurgent Iraq, Al Zarqawi and the New Generation)
2002 Def Sec Rumsfeld told Gen Franks projected war
preparations costs by 12/1/02 would be
around $700 mil US was expanding
air fields and pre-positioning fuel in northern section of Kuwait
(Musings
On Iraq review Shaping the Plan for
Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
2003 CENTCOM cmdr Gen Abizaid said US facing classic
guerrilla war in Iraq
2003 Saddam tape aired on Al Arabiya TV on anniversary of
Baath coup Said Bush and Blair lied to
justify war Condemned Iraqi
Governing Council
2003 Report Pentagon set up its own intelligence office on
Iraq before war
2003 Time reporter govt officials told him fmr Amb Wilson’s
wife was CIA official Talked with Cheney
Chief of Staff Libby about matter
beforehand Libby leaked information about Wilson’s wife in attempt to discredit
him for opposing Iraq-Niger uranium story White House promoted
(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)
2003 Gen Moseley 02-03 US-UK aircraft conducted 21,736
sorties and dropped more than 600 bombs
on 391 targets Air raids were part of
No Fly zones but were aimed at weakening Iraqi defense before 03 invasion
2005 Iraqi court filed charges against Saddam for executing
people in Dujail in 1982
2005 Shiite MP Khuzai said time to bring back militias
because Interior and Defense Ministries had
failed to stop terrorism
2005 Iraq-Iran deal signed for $1 bil line of credit to buy
Iranian products
(Musings
On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
2005 Report Bush signed and then rescinded order to provide
covert aid to candidates in Iraq’s 2005 Jan
elections
2005 Congressional Budget Office reported military and
reconstruction spending on Iraq cost U.S.
$218.2 bil 03-05
2006 Insurgents attacked market in Mahmudiya Baghdad Killed
42
2007 Truck bomb in Amerli Salahaddin killed 156
2008 Report with unemployment est 35-50% Maliki govt
starting job program Hired over 5,000 into
govt
workforce in menial jobs
2008 Cleric and head of Sadr office in New Baghdad Lami
assassinated Was pushing reconciliation
2008 Kuwait named ambassador to Iraq First since 1990
2015 Protest in Basra over electricity ISF fired into crowd
1 killed Protesters shot back Also protest in
Nasiriya and Amara where highway to
Basra blocked
2018 Protests in Baghdad Najaf 2 in Basra 2 in Dhi Qar Most
broken up by police
2018 Govt launched media campaign to discredit protests
claiming they were full of infiltrators Baathists
criminals outsiders and terrorists
2018 Report ISF arrested more than 50 reporters covering protests
and assaulted some
(Musings
On Iraq Government Crackdown Shuts Down Many Protests In Iraq)
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