1920 US protested to UK about San Remo agreement that divided up Iraq’s oil between UK and
France saying London promised open door policy in region
(Musings On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1941 Soviet Union recognized PM Gaylani’s govt
(Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Boich World War II In Iraq and Syria)
1941 British reinforcements from Palestine and Transjordan attacked by a German bomber
1941 German air force liaison officer killed while trying to land in Baghdad during dog fight between
Iraqi and British fighter planes
1941 PM Gaylani told German ambassador to Turkey Ankara made offer to be middleman with England
Gaylani feared Turkey would intervene in Iraq
(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)
1948 Railway strike against Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1948 Iraqi air force deployed to Transjordan for Arab-Israeli War
1962 Barzani cut off police battalion in Dohuk area
(Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970)
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings On Iraq review Journey Among Brave Men, Travels in Kurdistan)
1969 Dispute over Shatt al-Arab discussed at UN after Iran protested Iraq expelling 10,000 Iranians
1982 Iranian Op Bait al-Moqaddas Reached Khorrmashahr across from Basra Drove Iraqi forces out of
Susangerd area
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)
(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)
1986 US intel report Iraq was talking with China to build a covert nuclear power plant
1990 Italy said it seized parts headed for Iraq to make a 130 ft long supergun UK Turkey
Greece also found parts for gun
1991 Baghdad took journalists to mass grave with 100 bodies it claimed were killed by Iranians and
Shiite rebels in southern Iraq
1996 Sec State Albright interviewed on 60 Minutes Was asked whether 500,000 Iraqi children dying as a
result of sanctions was worth it Albright said yes
(Musings On Iraq review Out Of The Ashes, The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein)
2003 Paul Bremer arrived in Iraq to take over new CPA During meeting Bremer suggested shooting
looters Remark leaked angering Iraqis
(Musings On Iraq review State of Denial, Bush At War, Part III)
2003 Only 4000 Iraqi police on duty in Baghdad to cover 7 mil inhabitants
(Musings On Iraq interview with Col Ted Spain on how US struggled to establish law and order in post-invasion Iraq)
2003 UK ForSec Straw said that Coalition failed to restore order in Baghdad
(Musings On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2003 Report on INC defector ex-nuke scientist Hamza Saddam’s son-in-law Kamal called Hamza a
liar Hamza and former UN inspector Albright tried to get book published on Iraq’s nuke program Said Iraq failed to build bomb Not published Hamza got new book published Saddam’s Bombmaker claiming Iraq was closer to building a bomb than anyone knew
2004 1800 new pictures of prison abuse at Abu Ghraib released
2004 Sec Def Rumsfeld told Senate US interrogation methods used in Iraq were legal and cleared by
Pentagon lawyers
2006 Bush invited 10 former Secretaries of State and Defense to ask them opinions about Iraq war
(Musings On Iraq Did the US Ever Have A Strategy To Win In Iraq Before the Surge?)
2007 Report US GAO found 100,000-300,000 barrels of oil missing each day Worth est $5-$15 mil
Smugglers likely culprit
2007 Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq dropped revolution from its title Also said that
it would look towards Ayatollah Sistani more than Ayatollah Khamenei Party was trying to distance itself from its pro-Iran history
2008 Sadr issued another ceasefire to try to stop govt offensive against Mahdi Army
2008 United Iraqi Alliance and Sadrists agreed not to attack each other politically after ceasefire
announced
2008 Report US judge who headed anti-corruption effort in Iraq in 07 said State Dept undermined effort
and allowed corruption to continue US embassy State Justice Depts and Iraqi govt ignored effort Jul 07 Amb Crocker told Iraqi official stole $1 bil in medical supplies and selling them on black market and to Syria US did nothing Judge worked on report on corruption Congress asked for copy State classified report and blocked testimony on it Embassy blocked Congress from interviewing anti-corruption officials in Iraq PM Maliki fired Sunnis on Integrity Comm and top investigator Head of Comm Judge Rahdi wouldn’t follow Maliki’s orders When Rahdi asked for asylum in US due to threats US Embassy wouldn’t help him
(Musings On Iraq interview with Special Inspector Gen for Iraq Reconstruction Bowen on corruption in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption in Iraq)
2008 Deputy head of US anti-corruption effort said US did nothing as PM Maliki worked to subvert
Integrity Commission
2008 Iran came out against Iraq signing Status of Forces Agreement with US
2009 PM Maliki had head of Ghazilia Baghdad Sawha arrested Was tortured by ISF
2009 Tribal march in Mosul for Hadbaa list and against Peshmerga and Asayesh presence in province
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
2009 Mass grave in Qadisiyah found with 100 Kurds killed during Anfal campaign
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Anfal Campaign And The Destruction Of The Kurdish Opposition)
2010 US general warned Sadrists carrying out attacks extortion intimidation in southern Iraq
2011 Parliament elected 3 VPs after 2010 elections Mahdi Hashemi and Khuzai
2013 Iraqi paper got memo showing PM Maliki okayed purchase of fake bomb detectors
2013 Supreme Council and Fadhila agreed to form coalition in 7 new provincial govts in south
2015 ISCI accused Kataib Hezbollah of attacking its offices in Basra Baghdad and other provinces
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
2016 IS began final assault on Ramadi with 12 suicide car bombs
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
2018 Iraq held fifth election for parliament 44% voter turnout lowest since elections started in 2005
(Musings On Iraq May 2018 Elections Triumph For Iraqi Democracy Failure Iraq’s Parties)
(Musings On Iraq Seat Allocation Announced For Iraq’s New Parliament)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Election Results All 18 Provinces)
(Musings On Iraq interview with IRIS-Chatham House’s Mansour on 2018 elections)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Edinburgh Univ PhD student Benedict Robin on Sadr-Communist alliance and May election)
2018 PUK attacked Gorran HQ in Sulaymaniya Widespread accusations of voting fraud in Sulaymaniya
and Kirkuk provinces
(Musings On Iraq Growing Crisis Over Elections In Kirkuk and Kurdistan)
2018 Iran’s Quds Force head Gen Suleimani arrived in Baghdad for elections Reportedly started talks
afterward to form anti-Sadr coalition
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
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