1915 Ottoman campaign to try to retake Basra from British failed
1921 Sayid Talib al-Naqib at dinner party with French and Persian consuls to Iraq complained
about campaign to make Faisal king Threatened another uprising Talib wanted to be king
1925 British declined Iraqi request to form Royal Iraqi Air Force
1948 2nd Railway strike against Anglo-Iraq Treaty Part of Wathba/Great Leap
1948 General Student Association formed and joined protests and strikes against Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1969 Bakr govt executed opponents in central Baghdad Meant to rally support for regime
1980 Natl Sec Adv Brzezinski said no differences between US and Iraqi interests and two could work
together
1983 Iraq claimed it repulsed Iran’s Op Wa al-Fajr 1 after counterattack
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1983 Iraqi High Command warned Iran that it had new modern weapons and would use them for first
time in war Meant new WMD capabilities
(Musings On Iraq Origins Of Iraq’s WMD Programs)
1987 Iran Op Fath 5 Iranian Rev Guard and PUK attacked Iraqi 27th Div supply lines in Kurdistan
(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)
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1991 Saddam article on 91 uprising Said Shiites and Kurds were untrustworthy because had been
used by Persians in ancient times Said Turkmen felt superior due to their Turkish origins and never integrated into Iraq Claimed King Faisal brought Kurds and Arabs together but then destroyed by UK who used Kurds in 1936 coup Blamed Barzani for starting Kurdish revolt in 1940s Said Qasim backed Kurds and Communists that undermined pan-Arabism and the unity of Iraq
1992 US UK France warned Iraq to stop military buildup along border with Kurdistan
1993 During trip to Kuwait Iraqi intelligence attempted to assassinate fmr Pres Bush
1995 UN Res 986 created Oil for Food Program allowing $1 bil in Iraq oil exports every 90 days for food
and humanitarian aid
(Musings On Iraq review Invisible War, The United States And The Iraq Sanctions)
1995 Saddam initially rejected UN Res 986 thinking that inspectors would clear Iraq of WMD and
sanctions would soon end Proved wrong
2002 Vanity Fair article talked with Iraqi defector Saadi who claimed Iraq building WMD
2003 Pentagon said major fighting in Iraq was over Bush claimed there was some evidence Saddam was
dead
2003 White House said Iraq had WMD that was what war was about and they would be found
(Musings On Iraq Iraq One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings On Iraq review Hoodwinked, The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War)
(Musings On Iraq review What Happened, Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception)
(Musings On Iraq review The WMD Mirage, Iraq’s Decade of Deception and America’s False Premise for War)
2003 Local tribes in Najaf scattered Sadrists threatening to expel Ayatollahs Sistani Hakim and Fayadh
from city
(Musings On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)
2003 Association of Muslim Scholars founded by Harith Dhari Advocated for armed struggle vs
US occupation
(Musings On Iraq Spiritual Leader To Iraq’s Insurgency Harith Dhari Dies In Exile)
2003 1st joint patrol in Baghdad between Iraqi police and U.S. forces
(Musings On Iraq interview with Col Ted Spain on how US struggled to establish law and order in post-invasion Iraq)
2003 Final IAEA report given to UN Found no active Iraq nuclear program Niger docs were fakes
aluminum tubes for rockets not centrifuges
(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)
(Musings On Iraq How US Intelligence Created An Iraqi Nuclear Threat In 2002)
2003 Report PUK was telling Arabs to leave villages around Kirkuk city
(Musings On Iraq How Did Kirkuk Become Such A Divisive Issue? A Portrait of The City In
2003)
2003 Report 40 people killed in fighting between Kurds and Baathists in Kirkuk City
(Musings On Iraq interview with Petit of 173rd Airborne Bgd on operations in Kirkuk)
2004 UN representative Brahimi outlined power of interim Iraqi govt including positions
(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 13 The Changing Of The Guard, Again Spring-Summer 2004)
(Musings On Iraq review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)
2004 5 bridges connecting central to southern Iraq destroyed limiting movement of US forces
2004 Russia announced it would withdraw 800 civilian contractors from Iraq due to security concerns
2004 Italian security guard became first foreign hostage executed by insurgents
2006 US Amb to Iraq Khalilzad said militias were bigger problem than insurgents due to sectarian
violence
2006 Iraqi general said militias would not put down their weapons as long as ISF couldn’t provide
security
2007 Report Mujahadden Army fighting against ISI in Diyala Set up checkpoints in Baquba More than
100 ISI arrested in Buhriz and Tahrir in province
(Musings On Iraq Diyala Province Backgrounder)
(Musings On Iraq The Demise But Not Death of Al Qaeda In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency)
(Musings On Iraq review The Caliphate At War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2008 Sadr returned to Iraq from Iran Fled to Qom during Surge fearing US would target him
2008 Sahwa in Baghdad and Abu Ghraib formed political party to run in 09 provincial elections
(Musings On Iraq review Illusions of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
(Musings On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
2008 UK military report on Charge of Knights ISF underperformed vs Mahdi Army Relied heavily upon
US for communications rations and air strikes Said ISF had little planning nor targeting of Mahdi Army until US teams arrived Basra police chief said hundreds of police deserted 1st 24 hrs of op and others joined later on National Police sent from Baghad did much better Were mostly from Basra and wanted to fight Mahdi Army Iraqi army lost tactical engagements with Mahdi Army Iraqi Special Forces ineffective until US trainers arrived
2009 Parliament picked Iyad al-Samarraie to become new speaker
2009 VP Mahdi said Sahwa had been infiltrated by ISI and that’s why govt was arresting Sahwa
Said Anbar Awakening was legitimate
2009 Army had to take over 10 checkpoints in Iskandiriya after Sahwa walked off job
because hadn’t been paid
2010 State of Law complained about parties going to other countries to discuss putting together new govt
2010 Dep PM Issawi went to Iran to talk about forming new govt
2010 Iraq asked to buy 24 F-16 fighters from US
2010 Iranian Amb to Iraq said trade between two countries had reached $7 bil in 2009 Was almost all
Iranian imports to Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
2011 State of Law parliamentarians walked out of session to vote on vice presidents stopping election
2011 Media activist beaten by Asayesh in Kalar
2012 KRG official said there were around 700 advisers experts and general managers in Kurdish govt Said
they cost 6.3 bil dinars
2012 Dep PM Mutlaq said arrest warrants for Election Commission members was political move Pres
Barzani said it was attempt by PM Maliki to centralize govt Sadr said Maliki wanted to control future elections
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Prime Minister Takes On Election Commission Once Again)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Inside Iraqi Politics’ Sowell on whether Maliki became a dictator)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Historian Phebe Marr comparing PM Maliki with MP Said)
2012 Integrity Comm reported prisons not following orders to release prisoners found not guilty or who
had served sentences unless got payoffs
2012 Followers of Mahmoud Sarkhi held protest in Baghdad demanding release of their followers
2013 PM Maliki said he would expose politicians connected with terrorism if he was made to appear
before parliament for questioning
2013 PM Maliki said provincial elections would be step to forming majority govt
2013 Were coordinated bombings in Baghdad, Babil, Dhi Qar, Salahaddin, Anbar, Kirkuk, Diyala and
Ninewa
2013 Gorran leader said he was against 3rd term for Pres Barzani
2015 Sinjar militia leader Haider Sesho said that his arrest by KDP was illegal That he would work with
Peshmerga but not follow their orders
2015 New offensive to take Garma from IS in Anbar launched
2016 VP Maliki Allawi and Sadr MPs voted to dismiss Speaker Jabouri but didn’t have votes Maliki and
Allawi wanted to weaken PM Abadi
2017 Report KDP and PUK have agreed on independence referendum Turkey and Iran against
(Musings On Iraq review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
2017 Report 26 members of Qatari royal family kidnapped in south Iraq by pro-Iran group in 2015
Supposed to be released after Qatar helped negotiate moving Sunnis and Shiites from towns in Syria
2018 Kurdistan Islamic Group said KRG had turned over its oil revenue to Baghdad as required by 2018 budget
2018 Report Iraq’s Foreign Min wanted Arab Summit to come out against US airstrikes in Syria
Said they caused instability and helped terrorism
2018 Report Lebanese paper claimed Iran gave $10 mil each to Maliki and Hakim for elections
2021 Pro-Iran groups launched drone strike on Irbil airport hangar used by CIA Fired rockets at
Turkish army base in KRG
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