1915 Arabs attacked UK ships on Tigris River forcing one to run aground and captured another
1935 UK Foreign Office rejected King Faisal mediating Palestine dispute believing he had
aspirations over territory
1947 Iraq’s Foreign Minister Jamail told UN that creation of Israel would lead to unrest in Middle
East
1958 Shah criticized Iraq for refusing to settle navigation down Shatt al-Arab Pres Qasim responded
by claiming all of waterway for Iraq
1980 Iran’s Op Morvarid continued into next day Iranian planes sunk 7 Iraqi boats Rest of day
Iranian planes bombed Faw port Basra destroying more Iraqi ships In total Iran lost 1 ship Iraq lost 2 oil terminals 100 dead 2 planes 13 ships Was 80% of its ships Iraqi navy was out of commission
(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)
1997 Iraq said inspectors could not go to presidential and sovereign sites
(Musings On Iraq review The Greatest Threat, Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, And The Growing Crisis Of Global Security)
2001 UK intel report Iraq not connected to 9/11 not working with Al Qaeda not giving WMD to
terrorists Said Iraq WMD threat “slight”
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2001 Pentagon officials told Time after Afghanistan US would target Iraq as next step in war on
terror
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2001 Fmr CIA Dir James Woosely told Nightline that Saddam was a danger to world peace
2002 UN inspectors went to Dawrah Foot and Mouth Disease Facility Said facility couldn’t be used for
WMD Reporters said it was mostly destroyed Was abandoned in 1996 US listed it as major WMD site
(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 review The WMD Mirage, Iraq’s Decade of Deception and America’s False Premise for War)
2005 Dep Human Rights Min Usayran and Gen Samarriae told Knight Ridder Iraqi forces torturing
and abusing prisoners
2005 Arrest warrant for police Volcano Brigade commander Gen Gharwai Never given to Interior
Min to carry out
2005 Anbar Gov Alwani hosted meeting of US forces and sheikhs interested in working with US against
insurgents Led to creation of Anbar security council of sheikhs religious leaders and former soldiers
(Musings On Iraq Anbar Before And After the Awakening Pt X, 2005-09 Governor Mamoun Alwani)
(Musings On Iraq The Demise But Not Death of Al Qaeda In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq How A Change In Perceptions Led To The Anbar Awakening)
(Musings On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings On Iraq review Confronting Al Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings On Iraq review The Marines Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings On Iraq review Illusions of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2006 CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Abizaid and US cmdr in Iraq Gen Casey said they opposed troop surge
Said it could only last 6-8 months and better to shift forces within Iraq
(Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Mansoor on the Surge)
(Musings On Iraq review The War Within, A Secret White House History 2006-2008)
2006 Sadrists walked out of parliament and cabinet for PM Maliki meeting with Pres Bush in
Jordan Sadrists had 30 MPs and 5 ministers Came after 6 car bombs killed 215 in Sadr City Sadrists blamed US for insecurity in Iraq
2006 Report US intel official said 1000-2000 militiamen had gone to Lebanon for training by
Hezbollah organized by Iran Summer 06 Mahdi Army commander said he’d sent 300 of his men to Lebanon US officials said Iran providing IEDs and training to militiamen Iran might have directed some attacks by militiamen
(Musings On Iraq Hezbollah’s Role In Iraq)
(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)
(Musings On Iraq Overview of Iran’s Influence In Iraq)
2006 Report after Sadr City bombings Sunni militias expelled Shiites from Dora and allowed Sunnis kicked
out of north Baghdad into homes
(Musings On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)
(Musings On Iraq Columbia University Charts Sectarian Cleansing Of Baghdad)
2006 Report Ninewa Dep Gov said 70,000 Kurds fled Mosul due to violence Fed Police cmdr in
Diyala’s Khanaqin said sectarian civil war going on there Local Khanaqin councilman said around 100 killed there a week Was gun battle between Sunni and Kurdish police in Jalawla when Kurds refused new Sunni Arab police chief
2006 Report on US Marine intel report on Anbar Said Sunnis were fighting for survival Shiites
carrying out “pogroms” against Sunnis in Iraq and was forcing Sunnis into hands of ISI Said Sunnis believed that Iran was taking over Baghdad and Anbar and Sunnis marginalized Said Sunnis couldn’t rely upon US because thought it was going to leave Said no economic revival in Anbar Govt offices had disintegrated Baghdad not paid salaries of Anbar officials and ISF Said US needed 15,000-20,000 more troops and billions in aid to change situation Said violence would be worse without US troops
2008 Japan announced it would end its military mission in Iraq Deployed in 2004
2008 KRG Natural Resource Min Hawrami said KRG would start exports at 100,000 bar/day with goal of
250,000 bar/day by end of 09 Oil Ministry said hadn’t agreed to that
2017 Mujahadeen Coalition announced for pro-Iran Hashd units to run in 2018 elections
2019 Sadr said protests could lead to end of Iraq if PM Abdul Mahdi didn’t resign Abadi
warned of collapse of govt if didn’t resign
2019 60 protesters killed in Nasiriya 10 killed in Najaf 4 killed in Baghdad Police station
burned in Nasiriya in one of deadliest days since unrest started in Oct
(Musings On Iraq One Of The Deadliest Days Of Protests At Least 25 Killed In Nasiriya)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
2019 PM Abdul Mahdi announced crisis cells between military and governors to deal with
protests
2019 Dhi Qar governor got head of new crisis cell to be dismissed for deaths of protesters
Then governor resigned
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