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1920 UK supply ships arrived at UK garrison in Samawa that had been devastated by rebel attacks
during 1920 Revolt
(Musings On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)
1948 Jews forbidden to work in banking or foreign currency transactions in Iraq after creation of Israel
(Musings On Iraq review Iraqi Jews, A History of Mass Exodus)
(Musings On Iraq review Last Days in Babylon, The Exile of Iraq’s Jews, the Story of My Family)
1984 Senate Foreign Relations report said US and Soviet Union both backing Iraq in Iran-Iraq War
(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)
1990 Kuwait formally annexed as 19th province of Iraq
1990 Saddam’s son in law Hussein Kamil told by army chief of staff Gen Khazraji that war with US
led coalition inevitable and Iraq would lose
(Musings On Iraq review Desert Storm, Volume 1)
1990 Egypt’s Pres Mubarak attempted to mediate between Iraq and Kuwait
1990 Saddam allowed western women and children hostages captured during Kuwait invasion to go
home
1994 King Hussein of Jordan and Turkish Pres Demirel called for easing sanctions on Iraq
1996 US provided info to UN that Iraq smuggling oil in violation of sanctions
(Musings On Iraq review Invisible War, The United States And The Iraq Sanctions)
1996 PUK and KDP restarted US brokered peace talks to try to end civil war
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
1996 US warned Iraq not to attack Irbil Would do so 3 days later
2002 Def Policy Board’s Ken Adelman WallStJournal OpEd Said Saddam worse threat than Al
Qaeda
(Musings On Iraq review Wanting War: Why the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
2004 Iraqi insurgents kidnapped 2 French reporters Gave Paris 48 hrs to end ban on schoolgirls
wearing headscarves
2005 Draft Iraq constitution presented to parliament Approved by govt without consensus of
drafting committee More changes made to it afterward
(Musings On Iraq How Faults With Iraq’s Constitution Undermines The Country, Interview with Constitutional Scholar Zaid Al-Ali)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
(Musings On Iraq review The Struggle For Iraq’s Future, How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy)
2006 Dep PM Salah said Iraqi parties agreed on oil revenue sharing with money being distributed to
provinces based upon population and needs Still no agreement over signing oil contracts or making major decisions Oil law never passed
2006 ISF raid in Diwaniya led to major gun battle with Mahdi Army and other militias Captured Iraqi
soldiers were executed in a public square More than 40 killed 90 wounded US military said Diwaniya battle was a major victory for the ISF but was actually ended by political deal with Sadr
2006 Report around 100 Iraqi soldiers from 10th Division in Maysan refused to deploy to Baghdad for
Operation Together Forward II Not 1st time ISF units had refused to leave their home base
2007 After confrontation and arrests between Badr run police and Sadrists day before Mahdi Army
attacked police in Karbala 50 killed 200 wounded Fighting spread to 5 Baghdad neighborhoods and Diwaniya
(Musings On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)
(Musings On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)
2007 PM Maliki headed forces to arrest Sadrists in Karbala after fight with Badr Brigade
2007 Bush said if US withdrew from Iraq Iranian backed militias wound run country
2008 Report power expert questioned claim by Electricity Min it met pre-war production Claimed
ministry was counting electricity imports from Iran and Turkey in Iraqi production
2008 Sadr announced Mahdi Army ceasefire would continue indefinitely Said was part of plan to
transform militia into social group
2008 Chalabi deputy and member of DeBaathificaton Comm Lami arrested by US Accused of
working with Special Groups and attacks on US
2010 Report 04 US built prison in Kahn Bani Saad Diyala Iraq didn’t want it Ran into cost
overruns Manager killed Stopped work 07 after $50 mil spent Example of US no bid contracts Poor planning and execution Cost overruns due to security US built projects too sophisticated for Iraqis to finish and maintain Planning Min said Iraq only took over 300 of 1500 projects US handed over Rest abandoned US built $5.6 mil slaughterhouse in Basra Not finished and not connected to water system US started building sewage treatment plant in Fallujah for $32.5 mil Rose to $104 mil Would only connect to 4300 homes out of 24,500 in city No contract to connect treatment plan to pipeline to houses 04 US built Children’s Hospital in Basra for $37 mil When finished cost $171 mil Still not finished in 2010
(Musings On Iraq Fallujah’s Wastewater Treatment Plant Update)
(Musings On Iraq review Hard Lessons, The Iraq Reconstruction Experience)
(Musings On Iraq review Blood Money, Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq)
2011 Suicide bombing on Um al-Qura mosque Baghdad during Ramadan killed 28
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
2011 Iraq’s cabinet submitted draft of new oil law Never passed
2012 Report Apr KRG stopped oil exports for Baghdad Aug restarted then threatened to stop them
again by Sep Complained Baghdad not paid oil companies in KRG KRG not meeting 175,000 bar/day quota Didn’t provide receipts for costs nor submit to audit 2012 budget included $559.4 mil for oil companies in KRG Baghdad not released money
2012 Electricity Min said it would install meters to provide continuous power if prepaid Would start in
Baghdad
2012 Report 3 Election Commission officials convicted of graft Got 1 yr suspended sentence Gave
$130 bonuses to stop property commission in return for govt land Commission head said deal was legal and was prosecuted because of dispute with PM Maliki
2013 Integrity Commission accused fmr Commission head Judge Ogaili of running secret prison in
Green Zone blackmailing officials appointing criminals giving reports to US and questionable arrests Ogaili said charges fabricated and PM Maliki using Commission for his own political ends
2013 71 killed in Baghdad by ISI bombings Most casualties for any one day in 2013 so far
2013 Report Revenge of the Martyrs security op accused of carrying out arbitrary arrests Detained
many Sunni protesters
2014 Report IS took control of over insurgent groups in Fallujah Told other groups to turn in weapons
Many left instead of giving into IS Majahadeen Army prisoners paraded around city by IS Group had declared war on IS within city
2014 IS killed Mujahadden Army emir from Haditha Anbar Tried him in court in Fallujah
2014 Report Large section of Fallujah destroyed by govt attacks Shelling and helicopter attacks
happened every day Govt still using barrel bombs Fallujah hospital official said 700 dead and 2200 wounded since start of 2014
2015 Protests in Salahaddin Basra, Najaf Karbala Babil Dhi Qar Wasit Diyala
Maysan for reform Muthanna anad Qadisiyia governors resigned due to protests
2015 Sadr told his followers to join Friday protests in Baghdad Wanted to co-opt demonstrations
2016 Report Sadr said Hashd would run in next election Said would militarize govt Said they had
no experience in politics Claimed it would be suicidal for parties to accept Hashd
2016 Election Commission said Hashd part of security forces and couldn’t register as parties for
upcoming election
2016 KRG said Peshmerga would start being paid via US aid KRG didn’t have money because of
oil/budget dispute with Baghdad and debts
2017 Court upheld dismissal of Anbar Gov Rawi on corruption after escaping charges 2 other times
2017 Report Babil govt denied it made any decision on displaced returning to Jurf al-Sakhr Did
say it would sue anyone who called for displaced to return Showed docs that 100 families involved in terrorism UN criticized decision Hashd emptied Jurf al-Sakhr Wouldn’t allow anyone back because along pilgrimage routes
2018 Sit in protest started in Basra city over water crisis PM Abadi ordered water and medicine to
be sent to Basra Repair damaged water networks Stop releasing untreated sewage into water 1000s hospitalized
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Failed To Prepare For Water Crisis)
2018 Pro-Iran Hashd fired rockets at US consulate in Basra
2019 Report 30th Hashd Brigade in Ninewa 2 months after PM Abdul Mahdi ordered it to
leave Staged protests instead Brigade commander sanctioned by US Govt gave in and allowed brigade to stay
2019 Report MP on KRG finance committee said Natural Resource Ministry hadn’t shared
any info on oil contracts with parliament
2019 Amnesty Intl said govt had to stop forced returns of displaced Govt began moving
100s of displaced out of southern Ninewa and Kirkuk
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Trying To End Displacement Crisis By Expelling People From Camps)
2019 Human Rights Watch Govt denying education to IS kids Couldn’t enroll in school
2022 Human Rights Watch KRG using defamation and incitement laws to clamp down on protests
Arbitrarily arrested activists journalists politicians Warned repression could lead to more social unrest
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