1915 Ottomans began 2nd attack upon British at Kut Breached defense but attack faltered
because of bad coordination
1922 Anglo-Iraq declaration to League of Nations talked about giving Kurds rights and own
govt in their region
(Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970)
1938 Golden Square army colonels overthrew PM Jamil Midfai for trying to remove pan-Arab officers
Backed by Nuri al-Said Taha al-Hashemi Rashid al-Gaylani 1922-58 were 59 cabinets
(Musings On Iraq interview with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
(Musings On Iraq review The Role of the Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
(Musings On Iraq review of Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings On Iraq review The Modern History of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq Between the Two World Wars, The Militarist Origins of Tyranny)
1938 PM Said moved to punish ex-PM Sulaiman
1963 Arif govt promised to settle problems with foreign oil companies
1980 Iraq air force bombed Iran’s main oil terminal at Kharg Island for 1st time Iran bombed Basra
refinery in retaliation
(Musings On Iraq review Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
1980 Iraqi division moved into Iran in north Took control of Rashah and Rayat Passes to block any
Iranian move upon Sulaymaniya
(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 Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
(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)
2002 UK Foreign Sec Straw told Sec of State Powell a 2nd UN resolution was needed to gain UK political
support and legal justification for war
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
2002 Niger Premier said that his country did not try to sell uranium to Iraq
2003 Report President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board found White House disregarded
warnings by CIA about Iraq-Africa uranium story
(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 Def Sec Rumsfeld told troops in Iraq insurgency could be defeated
2005 National Security Adv Rubaie met with Ayatollah Sistani Said Sistani rejected calls for revote
due to complaints and violations Rubaie said Iraq would re-arrest Baathist officials just released by US
2005 Iraq court barred 90 candidates from election for Baathist ties
2006 Acting upon warrants for 62 police officers UK forces raided Basra Serious Crime Unit HQ Found 127
prisoners 80% were tortured Some Basra councilman protested against raid Interior Min Bolani said he would disband Serious Crime Unit PM Maliki Basra Gov Waili and sheikhs all supported raid Crime Unit responsible for death squads Attacks on UK Criminal activity Ties to Mahdi Army
(Musings On Iraq US Army History Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 22 – The Failed Transition)
2006 Interior Min reported 12,000 police killed since 2003 Avg 10 per day
2007 Report US general in charge of northern Iraq said most people in Sahwa were there for $ Of
15,000 Sahwa in north only 20% wanted to join ISF In some areas more people were volunteering for Sahwa then needed Iraqi economy didn’t have enough jobs for Sahwa after US money for program ended
2007 US military said violence in Iraq down 60% from Jun to Dec 07
2008 Iraqi National Dialogue Council left the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF) claiming that the Islamic
Party was attempting to monopolize power Ended IAF
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Accordance Front Beaks Apart)
2009 2nd day of protests in Pirmargrun Sulaymaniya over mayor and lack of services PUK guards
broke up demonstration using gunfire
(Musings On Iraq Anti-Government Protests In Both Southern and Northern Iraq)
2009 3 senior officials in Trade Min given short jail terms of 1-2 yrs for embezzling millions of
dollars from food ration system
(Musings On Iraq interview with Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen on Iraq’s fight with corruption)
(Musings On Iraq interview with former anti-corruption official Vincent Foulk)
2013 PM Maliki ordered ISF to surround Ramadi protest site
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s PM Maliki Goes From Offensive Against Al Qaeda To Crackdown On Anbar Protestors)
2013 Acting Def Min Dulaimi’s convoy hit by IED
(Musings On Iraq Security In Iraq’s Anbar Province December 2013)
2020 Report Iranian Rev Guard Quds Force Cmdr Qaani recently visited Baghdad to warn pro-Iran
Hashd factions to stop attacks on Americans in Iraq out of fear of Trump retaliation
(Musings On Iraq Iran Warns Its Allies About Attacking US Targets In Iraq)
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