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1941 PM Midfai resigned over argument with Finance Min Kamal
1965 Coup plot by PM Razzaq discovered He fled to Egypt Pres Arif purged 3,000 Baathists
from govt afterward
1965 Abdul al-Bazzaz became PM 1st civilian PM since 1958 coup Bazzaz said he would
reverse socialist policies of PM Yahya Tried political liberalization but failed Opposed to legalizing political parties because would mean legalizing Communists
1966 PM Talib said he would follow through with ex-PM Bazzaz’s 12 point program with
Kurds Was actually opposed to plan
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970)
1968 Provisional constitution drafted by three jurists and presented to Pres Bakr Included return of
parliament
1980 Iraq letter to UN outlined steps it took to try to work out outstanding issues with new revolutionary
govt in Iran
1990 Revolutionary Command Council said it would not retreat from Kuwait and was ready for mother of
all battles
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
2001 1st CIA report on Iraq and 9/11 found no connection but two had contacts in 1990s Said didn’t think
9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraq intel officer in Prague in 2001 Bush was briefed on findings
2001 DIA analyst at Pentagon’s Office of Special Plans on CIA report Said info good but findings of no
Iraq-Al Qaeda ties should be ignored
2001 Under Sec of Def Feith sent DIA criticism of CIA report that there were no Iraq-Al Qaeda ties to Dep
Def Sec Wolfowitz and Def Sec Rumsfeld
2001 CIA Dir Tenet told Bush CIA Czech office questioned whether 9/11 hijacker Atta met Iraqi intel
officer in Prague Story false
2001 Admin officials told Wash Times Saddam talked with bin Laden just before 9/11
(Musings On Iraq Iraq, 9/11 And The Bush Administration)
(Musings On Iraq From 9/11 To The Invasion of Iraq: Analysis of Bush Administration Decision Making)
(Musings On Iraq review Wanting War: Why the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2001 INC provided Iraqi defector claimed Iraq was training terrorists to take over airplanes
at Salman Pak Been dismissed by US intel because claimed he fled Iraq because he was tortured but he had no marks on his body Story proved false
2002 NY Times article said Bush received detailed Iraq war plan
2003 French Pres Chirac called for US to immediately hand over sovereignty to Iraqis
2003 Report mid to low level Baathists being assassinated in Baghdad
2003 Iraqi Governing Council said they were under increasing attack after 1 member ambushed and shot in
Baghdad
2003 Under Sec Def Feith wrote memo calling for early return of sovereignty to Iraq and giving power to
Iraqi Governing Council
2004 Head of Fallujah Shura Council Janabi said city didn’t need Zarqawi Differentiated between resistance
vs occupation and Zarqawi who led terrorists Janabi said resistance wasn’t about killing innocent Iraqis and Zarqawi had harmed the insurgency and cost it support
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency)
(Musings On Iraq review The Caliphate At War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2005 Anti-occupation demonstration by police in Basra City after Sep 19 battle between UK troops and
police and Mahdi Army
2005 Basra council voted for non-cooperation with British forces in province until compensation paid for
casualties in Sep 19 battle between UK troops and police and Mahdi Army
2005 Sec State Powell wrote PM Blair saying Coalition facing strategic failure and perhaps defeat in Iraq
Could withdraw in 2006 and hand over responsibilities to Iraqi govt not up to task or change strategy by reaching out to Sunnis Found Sunnis willing to reconcile Continue to fight insurgency Integrate military and political operations Back new Iraqi govt and then withdraw
2006 US Cmdr Iraq Gen Casey said war shifting from insurgency against US to war between Iraqis for
power
(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 20 Baghdad Burns, Summer-Fall 2006)
2006 US military turned over Dhi Qar 2nd province to the Iraqi forces
2006 US and Iraqi forces conducted raids on Sadrists in Najaf and Baghdad Arrested Najaf spokesman
Sheikh Salah al-Obaidy Mahdi Army mobilized in Najaf in response
2006 UN reported 3,590 civilians killed in Iraq in July and 3,009 in August
2007 Mahdi Army commander assassinated in Baghdad’s Washash neighborhood Militia retaliated killing 5-
20 Sunnis and driving 30 Sunni families out Violence continued into next day
(Musings On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)
(Musings On Iraq Columbia University Charts Sectarian Cleansing Of Baghdad)
2008 Kurds made another deal with PM Maliki to evacuate govt buildings in Khanaqin dist Diyala Maliki
was attempting to pressure Kurds and assert control of disputed areas
(Musings On Iraq Cold War Between Baghdad and Kurds Turns Hot)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)
2008 Report Sheikh Hayes Sheikh Abu Risha Sheikh Sulaiman formed Anbar Salvation Council to run in
09 elections Was Awakening sheikh’s attempt to gain political control of Anbar from Islamic Party
(Musings On Iraq review Illusions of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
2009 KRG suspended work of DNO for 6 wks Claimed it hurt KRG’s reputation Came after KRG
Natural Resource Min Hawrami implicated in insider trading deal involving DNO
(Musings On Iraq Oil Scandal Hits Kurdistan)
2010 Ninewa Gov Nujafi announced his Hadbaa Party and Kurdish Ninewa Brotherhood List
reached agreement on all their issues except security Kurds boycotted Ninewa govt after 09 elections where Hadbaa took all the positions
2012 Report ISI carried out 7 waves of major attacks since US military withdrawal Dec 2011 Major waves
attacks in at least 10 cities in 1 day Jul 2012 new ISI head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announced Destroying Walls campaign Wanted to release prisoners Return to areas they’d lost Jul 23 attacks with 30 car bombs in 20 cities killed more than 115 Aug and Sep attacks in 19 cities with over 100 dead each time
2012 Fmr Jordanian Media Min said he helped suicide bombers get into Iraq
2012 Iraq and Jordan discussed building oil and gas pipelines Never happened
2012 Report Shell thought about signing oil deal with KRG Inspired by Exxon and Total working there
had 2 talks with KRG in 2007 and 2011 KRG offered better terms than Baghdad
(Musings On Iraq Will Shell Take The Leap Into Iraq’s Kurdistan?)
2012 Report Exxon Total Chevron Gazprom faced little retaliation from Baghdad for signing deals with
KRG Baghdad still controlled pipeline to Turkey for exports Forced KRG to smuggle oil to Turkey Baghdad said Exxon wouldn’t be able to work in south Iraq if worked in KRG Exxon threatened to sue Iraqi govt
(Musings On Iraq The State Of The Kurdish Regional Government In Iraq, An Interview With National Defense Univ’s Dr Denise Natali)
2012 Police raided book sellers on Mutanabi St Baghdad Claimed they were breaking the law Critics
claimed Maliki govt going after social and cultural areas
2012 PM Maliki went to Sulaymaniya to meet PUK Party was trying to get Maliki and Pres Barzani to
reconcile
2013 Elections for Kurdish parliament held
2014 IS captured Saqlawiya Attacked Dujail Salahaddin ISF broke siege of Sjar in Anbar where 400
soldiers were trapped
(Musings On Iraq The Latest Military Fiasco In Iraq The Fall of Camp Saqlawiya, Anbar)
2014 Report IS smuggled up to 80,000 bar/day in oil Controlled 4 oil fields in Iraq Turkey and
KRG said it was cracking down on smuggling Doubted would be enforced KRG didn’t want gas prices to rise if smuggling ended
2015 Protest in Irbil by govt workers over KRG salary cuts
2015 Pres Barzani rejected opposition proposal for presidency to be elected by people with reduced
power or be elected by parliament with full powers
2015 Several Trade Min bodyguards arrested for assassinating reporter Also accused of killing staff
of ministry
2015 Report Argument between ISF and Hashd continued over Anbar Op Hashd took over op
Ended campaign to free Ramadi and shifted to Fallujah over ISF objections
2015 Report Ruling parties blocked PM Abadi’s reforms Upset with losing govt offices
2016 Report Cafes in Basra bombed for hiring women One had flyer posted saying “house of the
devil” Attacks started Jul Casinos also attacked Religious parties blamed
2016 Parliament voted out Finance Min Zebari Was opposed by PM Abadi Split between KDP
PUK Gorran meant Kurds couldn’t stop vote Maliki led vote against Zebari
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Sacks Its Finance Minister)
2016 Amnesty Intl sent PM Abadi details on 105 disappearances of people from 2012-16 in Anbar
Baghdad Diyala Salahaddin Govt did nothing
2016 2 women from Salahaddin village said Hashd had destroyed 100s of homes in area
2017 Ana in west Anbar freed from IS while Shirqat in northern Salahaddin and Hawija in south Kirkuk
attacked by Iraqi forces
(Musings On Iraq Shirqat Freed, Clearing In Anbar, Hawija In The Offing)
(Musings On Iraq Ana Freed In Anbar While Shirqat And Hawija Attacked)
2017 Report Pres Barzani issued decree Jun setting up KRG independence referendum His term
ended 2 yrs ago Kurdistan Islamic Union and KDP only parties to support vote KRG parliament met Sep and majority voted for referendum Included disputed areas that include Arabs and Turkmen Decree said non-Kurdish people would be included in KRG if majority of voters approved referendum Shiite Turkmen Hashd in Kirkuk said Arabs and Turkmen needed to resist vote Sunni Turkmen called for Abadi to declare martial law in Kirkuk and send ISF to stop vote Sep protests in Diyala against vote PM Abadi said vote unconstitutional
(Musings On Iraq What’s Next For Kurdistan After The Referendum?)
(Musings On Iraq review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
2019 Report PM Abdul Mahdi approved new structure for Hashd Included 4 aides to run
operations 25 district and 7 operations commands Dep Chairman of Hashd Commission dissolved which was held by Abu Muhandis Head of Comm Fayad didn’t really run it Muhandis did
2020 Report Climate change predictions had Iraq getting less rain higher temperatures prolonged
and worse droughts while population growing Since 1980s water on Tigris and Euphrates declined 30% due to dam and irrigation projects in Turkey and Syria Expected to decline another 50% by 2030 2/3 of potable water pumped leaked and lost Farming took up to 85% of water resources
2020 3 groups issued joint statement that they would continue protests in KRG if teachers and
govt workers not paid full salaries and on time KRG not paid salaries due to oil/budget dispute with Baghdad
2020 Protests in Baghdad Diwaniya demanding govt jobs
2020 Report KRG Minister of State said Baghdad hadn’t sent monthly budget payment as part of
new deal Apr PM Kazemi stopped payments because KRG not following budget deal Aug 2 sides made new deal
2021 MP called on Kazemi govt to stop power station contract in Basra Chinese company got
contract to build 3000mw station Plant only had capacity of 300mw and cost $5 bil twice original price Financed by UK loan
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