1926 Turkey and England agreed on final border between Iraq
and Turkey
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Princeton’s Sara Pursley on Sykes-Picot and creation
of Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Creation of Iraq
1914-1921)
(Musings
On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil,
Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1937 Treaty of Tehran Kept 1913
Constantinople Protocol that gave Shatt al-Arab to Iraq Added
that border
between Iran and Iraq ran along the thalweg in the Shatt al-Arab
1979 Saddam accused Revolutionary Command Council member
Mashadi and 4 others of Syrian backed
coup plot Meant to remove Saddam’s
opponents
1980 CIA memo said that border clashes pointed to possible
war between Iran and Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume
4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1988 Iran and Iraq agreed upon ceasefire under UN Resolution
598
1988 Soviet UN Amb Vorontsov arrived in Baghdad Sent letter
to UN Secretary Gen that Iran would
accept UN Res 598 Said ceasefire
would start in Aug
(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 moved 3 tank divisions to Iraq-Kuwait border
(Musings
On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
1990 Saddam demanded that Kuwait repay for allegedly
stealing oil and nullify debt from Iran-Iraq War
(Musings
On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)
1990 Kuwait cabinet believed Iraq threats were to get it to
continue financial aid to Baghdad Thought if
there was military action with Iraq
would just be along border
1990 Sec Def Cheney said US would defend Kuwait Pentagon
later said press exaggerated his statement
1991 UN inspectors found hidden Iraqi missile program and
destroyed equipment
(Musings
On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)
(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)
1998 UN inspectors went to Iraq Air Force HQ Found document
showing Iraqis used mustard gas tabun
sarin gas gangrene during Iran-Iraq
War in huge quantities Iraqis refused to let inspectors keep the document
(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)
2003 Bush said Iraq war due to US and UK intel that Ira was
a clear threat
2003 Pentagon approved CPA’s Vision for Iraq to build a
democratic country
(Musings
On Iraq review Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq)
2003 Sadr attacked Iraqi Governing Council as unbelievers
Announced that he was creating Mahdi Army
to fight US and British occupation
(Musings
On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)
2003 White House answered questions about making Iraq-Africa
uranium claim that CIA opposed Tried
to blame CIA for including
Iraq-Africa uranium claim in Bush State of the Union
2003 Sr White House official asked about problems with WMD
claims in Bush State of Union said
President not a fact checker
2003 Aid to Natl Sec Adv Rice blamed for pushing CIA to
allow Iraq-Africa uranium claim into Bush
State of the Union
(Musings
On Iraq How US Intelligence Failed The Iraq-Niger Uranium Story)
2003 6 US soldiers in Fallujah that complained to news about
extended tours discharged by White House
2004 Insurgents offered $285,000 reward for anyone that
could kill PM Allawi
2005 Ayatollah Sistani said violence in Iraq reaching level
of a genocidal war
2005 Meeting on Iraq reconstruction in Jordan said that US
rebuilding program failed to provide basic
services
2005 Weekly Standard article claimed Iraq considered bin
Laden an intelligence asset in 92 and worked
together in terrorist plots
Included conspiracy theory that Iraq behind 1993 World Trade Center bombing
(Musings
On Iraq Laurie Mylroie’s Convoluted Iraq-Terrorism Conspiracy Theory)
(Musings
On Iraq Laurie Mylroie’s Iraq Conspiracy Theory Was Debunked By Captured
Baath Documents)
2006 Ayatollah Sistani condemned violence in Iraq
2006 Suicide bomber hit Kufa Najaf near Shiite shrine 45
killed 88 wounded
2007 US announced it captured ISI Information Min Mashadani
who fed disinformation to US
that ISI
front for Al Qaeda and Abu Omar al-Baghdad didn’t exist
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on ISI leader Abu
Omar al-Baghdadi)
2008 Report US forces trying to shut down Iranian supply
networks to militias in Basra
Maysan
Wasit Diyala
(Musings
On Iraq Going After Iran’s Supply Lines In Iraq)
(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)
2008 IOM reported 2.8 mil displaced in Iraq Can’t find
housing food medical care water services Many
squatting
2014 IS said all minorities in Mosul had to convert to Islam
pay religious tax or die Started exodus of
Christians from city
(Musings
On Iraq review Christianity in Iraq)
2015 Basra governor said he would meet demands of protesters
by releasing prisoners replacing
electricity director
2017 PM Abadi acknowledged Iraqi forces had committed human rights
abuses during Mosul battle but
said they were individual acts and
they would be punished Said any member of security forces that committed
violations during Mosul battle was either ignorant of consequences or working
with IS Nothing happened
2018 Protests in Babil Baghdad
Basra Activists were taking to Basra govt about demands Govt arrested
and looked for
organizers in Baghdad Qadisiya Dhi Qar Najaf while media campaign to discredit
them continued
(Musings
On Iraq Demonstrations Dwindling Amidst Govt Crackdown In Iraq)
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