1920 Nationalist Haras al-Istiqlal decided to increase campaign for independence in Baghdad
Agreed on joint Sunni-Shiite events during annual religious ceremonies
1923 Sir Henry Dobbs wrote US Consul in Iraq that King Faisal was not a strong leader and he
expected trouble from his rule
1941 New German ambassador to Iraq arrived in Mosul with 2 He 111 bombers
(Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1941 Iraqis abandoned Fort Rutba in Anbar allowing British to capture it
1941 UK India cmdr Gen Auchinlek advocated occupying Baghdad Mosul Kirkuk to preclude German
intervention Mideast cmdr Gen Wavell told Auchinlek that Iraq not as important as other fronts and he had limited resources
1941 UK Mideast cmdr Gen Wavell told Churchill attack on Baghdad could start Arab revolt Wavell told
Churchill some Jordanian forces already refused to go to Iraq Wavell finally gave order for forces in Jordan to head for Habaniya Anbar Wavell ordered that Baghdad was not to be occupied
(Musings On Iraq review Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq 1941, The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq review Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq And Syria 1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)
(Musings On Iraq review Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against A Fascist State In Iraq and the Levant, 1941)
1950 Grenade thrown at car company owned by Jews in Baghdad 4 injured 2nd of 7 such attacks on Jews
1950-51
1950 Iraq prosecuted Jews for grenade attacks claiming Zionist plot to get Jews to move to Israel
Opponents argued most Jews already leaving Iraq so no need to scare them
1959 General Federation of Peasant Societies Law passed legalizing peasant groups Big victory for
Communists who were organizing peasants to push Gen Qasim to give it role in govt
(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)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
1967 PM Naji Talib forced to resign by military Pres Abdul Rahman Arif became premier
1976 New Kurdish rebellion led by PUK started Kurds backed by Soviet Union, Syria, Iran, Libya
1991 Iraq rejected US French UK proposal for international police force to deploy to Kurdistan
2002 Gen Franks discussed war plans with Sec Def Rumsfeld who was afraid Iraq might take initiative
and launch a pre-emptive attack
2002 Gen Franks briefed NSC on Middle Eastern countries and their role in invasion plans
(Musings On Iraq review Shaping the Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy)
2002 CIA briefing book on Iraq’s WMD mentioned Iraq-Niger uranium deal
(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 Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim head of SCIRI returned to Iraq from Iran
2003 Outgoing ORHA head Garner flew to Qatar to brief incoming CPA head Bremer on situation in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy)
2003 US forces surrounded Iranian opposition group Mujahadeen e-Khalq camp and demanded they
disarm
2004 Bush told Sec Def Rumsfeld he was doing a super job and US owed him a debt in middle of Abu
Ghraib scandal
2004 Human Rights Min Turki told Guardian Bremer warned in 2003 about prisoner abuse by US
soldiers
2004 PM Blair denied he knew about British forces abusing Iraqi prisoners
2004 US and ISF began returning to Fallujah
2004 Finance Min Chalabi sent letter to judge telling him to stop investigating ministry for corruption
2005 Parliament created 55 member constitution drafting committee but with no Sunni members
(Musings On Iraq interview with constitutional scholar Zaid al-Ali on Iraq’s constitution)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
(Musings On Iraq review The Occupation of Iraq, Winning The War, Losing The Peace)
(Musings On Iraq book review The Struggle For Iraq’s Future, How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy)
2008 Sadr announced ceasefire ending most fighting in Baghdad Led to many Special Groups and
Asaib Ahl Al-Haq to flee to Iran
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
2008 Op Mother of Two Rivers started in Mosul after Charge of Knights ended Mosul main insurgent
base after Surge Offensive announced publicly before started so many insurgents left
(Musings On Iraq The Security Situation In Mosul)
2010 Kurdish list in Ninewa said open to deal with Hadbaa to join provincial council which Kurds had
boycotted since 09
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
2010 ISI carried out coordinated car bombings in Baghdad Hillah Iskandiriya Basra
2010 Iranian helicopters attacked Kurdish villages and got into shootout with Peshmerga trying to target
PJAK
2011 Analyst est Iraq lost $493 bil 03-11 due to bad administration planning and project delays
2011 Army chief of staff Gen Zebari said US withdrawal would be bad for security in Iraq because ISF
not ready to defend country until 2020
2011 Allawi released insulting letter to PM Maliki in response to letter from premier
2011 Protest in Mosul demanding US withdrawal release of prisoners govt reform
2012 KRG complained about PM Maliki holding cabinet meeting in Kirkuk Listed all grievances with
Baghdad over oil Article 140 etc
2012 KRG Natural Resource Min said if Baghdad didn’t deliver regions’ share of budget it would truck
oil for exports independently
2020 Protests re-started in Iraq against election of new PM Kazemi govt
(Musings On Iraq Protests Return To Iraq Can New Govt Respond To Their Demands?)
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