1933 French deported Assyrians who had fled to Syria Iraqi troops sent to meet Assyrians and disarm
them Assyrians attacked army camp upon return to Iraq believing army was going to kill them 33 soldiers killed 40 wounded Over 500 Assyrians crossed back into Syria and were arrested by French Assyrians caught on Iraqi side were executed by army
(Musings On Iraq review The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review State and Society in Iraq)
1963 Govt troops captured Barzan and Mazna in offensive against KDP in Kurdistan
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
1970 Saddam visited Soviet Union and asked for debt relief Also for Moscow to stop aiding Kurds Soviets
agreed
1986 VP Bush used Egyptian Pres Mubarak to pass message to Iraq that it should expand air campaign
against 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)
(Musings On Iraq review The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict)
1989 FBI raided Italian bank in Atlanta that made $4 bil in unauthorized loans to Iraq $500 mil was
guaranteed by Agriculture Dept Dept believed some of money being used for Iraqi missile program
1990 Bush met Kuwait emir Sabah and said US would free Kuwait and return emir to power
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
1990 Joint statement by US and Soviet Union condemned Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and called for
withdrawal
1990 European Community imposed sanctions on Iraq for invasion of Kuwait
1990 Iraq announced Provisional Government of Free Kuwait
1990 King Hussein said Saddam was a patriot and wanted good Jordan-Iraq relations
1990 White House went over military plans in response to Kuwait invasion Included 200,000-250,000
troops deploying to Saudi Arabia Offensive operations would be possible in 8-12 months Bush ordered offensive plans but only after Saudis asked for help
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
1990 Bush said goal of deploying US forces to Persian Gulf was to protect Saudi Arabia
1990 Mukhabarat agents flown into Kuwait to run internal security
1991 Baath ordered property in Kirkuk to be given to Arabs and building over 2700 new homes for them
1992 Iraqi army shelled Kurdish positions in Kirkuk province
1992 Report Pentagon wanted to set up military exchange in Iraq 3 months before invasion of Kuwait
Came after Saddam threatened to burn half of Israel and Iraq caught trying to smuggle in nuclear triggers State Dept blocked plan
1998 Saddam ended cooperation with UN inspectors Kept monitoring system in tact Saddam demanded
inspectors reflect rotating membership of Security Council and offices be moved to Geneva or Vienna and out of NY to not be influenced by US
(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 Charles Duelfer’s Account Of The End Of The 1990s U.N. Inspections)
(Musings On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
(Musings On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)
2002 UnderSecDefArmsControl Bolton told BBC US didn’t care whether new UN inspections happened
because goal was regime change in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review Wanting War: Why the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
2002 Head of President’s Foreign Intel Board and Frm Natl Sec Adv Scowcroft gave TV interview saying
US should not invade Iraq Said would undermine war on terror and throw Middle East into turmoil Said UN inspectors should deal with Iraq’s WMD
2003 US reopened Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad
2004 Mahdi Army shot down US helicopter in Sadr City Police chief there led celebration for its downing
2004 Sec State Powell told UK Foreign Sec Straw that security in Sunni areas of Iraq was worse than
thought Said it was an indigenous movement with good intel to adapt to situation on the ground
2005 Report large shipment of EFPs captured in northern Iraq coming from Iran
(Musings On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms shipments to Iraqi militias)
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
2006 Sec State Rice said US making progress Iraq strategy not failing US had to stay the course Privately
Rice thought strategy failing
(Musings On Iraq Did the US Ever Have A Strategy To Win In Iraq Before the Surge?)
(Musings On Iraq review The War Within, A Secret White House History 2006-2008)
2006 Sadr organized protest in Baghdad against US occupation
2008 Flyers posted in Baghdad’s Dora warning Shiite families not to return to district Up to 50% of Shiite
families had been driven out during civil war
(Musings On Iraq Only Sunni Displaced Welcomed in Baghdad’s Dora District?)
2015 2 Protests in Sulaymaniya province over lack of services that led to clash with police Over 30 wounded
Also demo in Maysan
2017 Thousands protested in Baghdad over corruption called for by Sadr
2018 8th day sit-in protest West Qurna 1 oil field 7th day sit-in in Muthanna Protest ended in Husseiniya
Baghdad Demonstrations in Dhi Qar Qadisiya 2 others in Basra
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