1920 Albu Hassan took Kifil from
British 1920 Revolt All of Mid-Euphrates under tribal control
except for
Hillah Babil
1920 TE Lawrence wrote British
officials refused to give Iraq autonomy
(Musings
On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The
1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1923 UK Minister to Tehran arrived in Baghdad to discuss
deportation and immigration of Iraqi opposition
figures to Persia Iraqi govt said
they could return after elections for assembly held
1929 Iraq High Commissioner Sir Gilbert Clayton said giving
Iraq concessions was best way to maintain
good relations with Iraq and bad
negotiations would have opposite effect
1931 Shiite leaders told Yasin
Hashemi they would back him for PM if they got majority of cabinet posts
1979 Televised session of Baath meeting Former Revolutionary
Command Council secretary general
Mashadi claimed there was a Syrian
backed coup Said Syria wanted to remove Iraqi leadership so that two countries
could unite
1979 66 accused coup plotters had names read and then taken
from Baath party meeting Party members
began praising Saddam Accused coup
plotters included 5 of 21 from Revolutionary Command Council Former Oil Min
Hadithi who helped nationalize Iraq Petroleum Company
1979 Another accused plotter Adnan Hussein al-Hamdani deputy
prime minister and head of president’s
office who had been close aide to
Saddam
1979 Court made up of 7 members of Revolutionary Command
Council created to try 66 coup plotters
1983 Iran’s Op Wa al-Fajr 2 took Piranshahr pass Attacked
Haj Omran KDPI HQ and Rayat Mount
Kerman Advanced 10 mi into Iraqi
Kurdistan
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume
4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1988 Iraq Op Tawakalna ala Allah 4 in Qasr e-Shirin in
center and Hoveyzah in south to push Iran
into direct talks Saddam didn’t
believe Khomeini committed to UN Res 598 ceasefire Just wanted break and return
to war Saddam also wanted one last try at victory in Iran-Iraq War with new
offensive Iraqi forces turned back in Kurdistan and Basra but gained 40 mi in
Khuzistan province Iran
(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)
1992 Iraq bombed southern rebels killing 30
1992 Report Sep 89 CIA told Sec Sate Baker Iraq working on
nuclear bomb Bush admin did not put any
limits on tech going to Iraq that
could help with program because policy was to improve relations Oct 89 Baker
told Iraq’s Foreign Min admin would not put any export controls on tech sold to
Iraq Nov 89 Baker played leading role in approving $1 bil in food aid to Iraq
Some of that money used for weapons
2002 DIA officer told to start making secret intelligence
briefings to Rumsfeld on Iraq-Al Qaeda ties based
upon request by Deputy Def Sec
Wolfowitz
(Musings
On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris
Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2002 US Energy Dept assessed Iraq trying to buy magnets
meeting with scientists Niger uranium story
showed that Iraq restarted nuclear
program
(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)
(Musings
On Iraq How US Intelligence Created An Iraqi Nuclear Threat In 2002)
2003 Iraqi Governing Council took office
2003 U.S. forces killed Saddam’s sons Uday and Qusay Hussein
in raid in Mosul
(Musings
On Iraq review Special Operations Forces in Iraq)
2003 UN report said Iraqis becoming frustrated at US plans
for returning sovereignty because would take
too long
2003 Bush speechwriter Gerson found 2 CIA memos from Oct 02
on why Iraq-Niger uranium story should
not be used in Bush speech Gerson’s
discovery came just after White House blamed CIA Dir Tenet for why Niger story
was used in Bush’s Jan 03 State of Union
(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)
2004 Pentagon report acknowledge abuse of Iraqi prisoners
including sexual and physical assault and deaths
2004 9/11 report 1994 or 95 Al Qaeda and Iraqi officials met
Al Qaeda asked for aid and training camps Iraq
didn’t reply Al Qaeda worked with
Ansar al-Islam in Iraqi Kurdistan
2006 1st meeting of National Reconciliation
committee with Pres Talabani PM Maliki Sunni and Shiite
officials
Talked about amnesty law
2006 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey said PM Maliki took no
responsibility for anything Tried to take control of
ISF Casey said Maliki blocked 5 ops
in Sadr City to protect Mahdi Army Maliki gave him list of 10 Shiite notables
that could not be touched by US Sadr and aides at top of list
2006 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey said PM Maliki wanted militias
to gain more control over Baghdad Said
Shiite politicians not serious
about limiting Mahdi Army or death squads Said US forces clearing areas in
Baghdad but Iraqis couldn’t hold them
2006 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey said US had no political
strategy for Iraq since Dec 05 elections
2006 US Iraq Amb Khalizad said Sunnis and Shiite not
accepted each other as equals not willing to
cooperate
2006 NatSecAdv Hadley told Bush US had no security strategy
for Baghdad
(Musings
On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A
People’s History, 2003-2009)
2008 109,087 pardoned under Amnesty Law Govt originally claimed
only had 26,000 prisoners
(Musings
On Iraq Iraq’s Amnesty Law)
2012 ISI head Baghdadi announced it had returned to its
strongholds that it was driven out of by by Surge
2013 ISIS issued paper arguing that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was
fit to be the next caliph
(Musings
On Iraq review The Caliphate At War,
Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2017 Anbar council voted 3rd and final time to
dismiss Governor Rawi on corruption charges
2018 Protests in Baghdad Basra Qadisiya and Wasit for jobs
water electricity Dhi Qar and Muthanna
demonstrators called for governor
to step down
2018 Communications Minister said govt had blocked certain
websites because they were being abused by
demonstrators
2018 PM Abadi said he needed more time to meet demands of
protesters so soon after war with Islamic
State ended
2018 Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights said Iraqi forces
were making arrested protesters sign pledges not
to demonstrate again in order to be
released from jail
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