1923 Protests against voting on Anglo-Iraq treaty in Karbala
1933 Interior Minister would not let Assyrian leader Mar Shimun leave Baghdad after being
in capital for nearly a month
(Musings On Iraq review The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review State and Society in Iraq)
1940 Iraqi delegation of Foreign Min Said and Justice Min Shawkat went to Turkey to discuss how
to deal with Axis and Syria controlled by Vichy France Iraq asked about supporting Syrian
1947 Communist leader Yusuf and others found guilty and given death sentences UK intervened
and Yusuf given life
1974 Pres Nixon approved CIA plan to increase aid to Barzani to $8 mil/yr
1979 After army killed scores and arrested 3,000 protesting house arrest of Ayatollah Sadiq
al-Sadr Iran’s Arabic radio service called Sadr the Khomeini of Iraq and called on Shiites to replace the tyrants in Baghdad
1981 UK signed trade pact with Baghdad that would expand trade to more than $2 bil/yr
1982 9th Regional Baath Party Congress Saddam said party infiltrated by enemies and made
bad decisions to get rid of dissenters Health Min Hussein who said Saddam might step down was executed Saddam changed party leadership to ensure his control
1984 Iraq air raids resumed on Iranian oil infrastructure with attack on Kharg Island Iran’s
main oil terminal Destroyed docking bay but operating again in 5 days
(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 Iraqi Mirages, The Dassault Mirage Family In Service With The Iraqi Air Force, 1981-1988)
(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 CIA Dir Webster told US defense and national security officials Iraq’s WMD had to
be taken seriously
1991 Inspectors tried to enter Abu Ghraib base but were turned back by Iraqis
(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 Hide And Seek, The Search For Truth In Iraq)
1994 SCIRI claimed govt building new canal to drain southern marshes and drive out
displaced and rebels
(Musings On Iraq How Saddam Destroyed An Eco-System And Its People In The Southern Marshes Of Iraq)
1996 CIA gave photos to inspectors of cars meeting in Baghdad along with radio intercepts that
appeared to show Iraq ordering WMD materials to be moved and hidden
1998 Chief UN inspector Butler briefed Security Council Said Iraq had put anthrax into
missile warheads Iraq said that was a lie
1998 Iraq Dep Prime Minister Aziz said if US maintained sanctions there might be another
crisis
2003 Def Sec Rumsfeld said Iraq had chemical weapons but not nuclear weapons
(Musings On Iraq How US Intelligence Created An Iraqi Nuclear Threat In 2002)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
2003 UN head inspector Blix said inspectors were not impressed with Sec State Powell’s Feb
03 speech to UN on Iraq’s WMD
2003 Weapons search in Maysan led to shootout and death of 6 British soldiers UK intel
report believed Iran backed Mujahedeen for Islamic Revolution in Iraq responsible
2003 Fallujah’s mayor’s office hit by RPG for working with US
2004 Al Qaeda in Iraq carried out multiple car bombs and attacks on police in Baghdad
Baquba Fallujah Ramadi and Mosul killing 92 wounding 285 Took over police station and city hall in Baquba and held city center for 6 hours
2004 Sadr announced unilateral ceasefire with US in Sadr City
2006 US military noted Sunni citizens feared Interior Min Mahdi Army Badr death squads
2008 PM Maliki promised $100 mil for reconstruction in Maysan after Op Promise of Peace
went after Sadrists there
2008 Interior Min declared Amarah Maysan free of militias after Op Promise of Peace went after
Sadrists
2008 Special Groups bombed Sadr City council meeting 6 Iraqis 2 US soldiers 2 State Dept officials
Deputy Provincial Reconstruction Team leader killed Lami from DeBaathification Comm implicated in attack
2009 KRG passed draft constitution Said disputed areas of Kirkuk Ninewa and Diyala were
part of Kurdistan and peshmerga had right to operate in districts UN US and Iraqi parliament all objected to constitution
2010 Report Resigned Electricity Minister Hassan claimed demonstrations over power
shortages had been politicized PM Maliki thought his opponents were behind the protests to remove him
2011 100s protested in Baghdad demanding officials be fired technocratic govt end to
sectarianismbetter services release of prisoners Met by 100s of tribesmen and Dawa counter-protesters organized by PM Maliki Also protest in Nasiriya for services
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Protest Movement Sputters)
2011 Report Diesel fuel used for power stations regularly stolen by contractors and
Electricity Min officials 120 tankers left Baiji refinery and never showed up 250 tankers went missing in Baghdad No way to stop because corrupt officials
2012 Report Dep PM Shahristani visited foreign diplomats warning them not to have their oil
companies sign deals with KRG Said any company that worked in KRG would be blacklisted
2012 Sadr accused PM Maliki of backing Asaib Ahl Al-Haq and increasing its power
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
2012 Sadr said Maliki govt failing Said he would support no confidence vote against PM
Sadr actually backed Maliki
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Sadrist Back Off Attacks Upon Prime Minister Maliki For Now)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
2013 Report Disagreements within PUK High officials complained Pres Talabani controlled
everything Barham Salah threatened to resign with 4 others if reforms not started
2014 Operation to try to free Tal Afar of insurgents launched and failed
2015 RAND report Iraqi army had 14 divisions US est only ½ that strength Iraqi units sent
for US training were 40-70% below strength Many officers didn’t show up Many officers bad More than 40% of ISF units in Baghdad feared IS attack on capital Counter Terror Unit best but suffered heavy casualties
2015 Report KRG est of reaching 1 mil/bar/day in oil exports not realized KRG independent
pipeline to Turkey opened year ago KRG not making enough to pay oil companies Also had large bills for govt workers and war vs IS Oil companies turned to selling oil to KRG domestic market but didn’t make enough Companies stopped plans for new investment Cut staff
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan’s Failed Independent Oil Strategy)
2015 Report Jurf al-Sakhr in Babil Jalawla and Sadiya in Diyala Albu Ajeel in Salahaddin
empty of people Babil govt said IEDs reason why no returns to Jurf al-Sakhr Sheikh said was lie Said govt didn’t trust people
2016 Report 85,000 fled Fallujah Overwhelmed govt and aid agencies Blocked from entering
Baghdad out of fear of IS infiltration Hashd detained men for up to 3 weeks to interrogate them ISF blocked aid from going from Baghdad to Anbar
2017 Parliament’s integrity comm said courts suffered blackmail threats political pressure to
stop corruption cases
2017 Report Oil Min filing lawsuits against KRG independent oil exports
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan’s Failed Independent Oil Strategy)
2018 Protest in Diyala over electricity cuts Province had not received 35% of its power
2018 Human Rights Watch accused army of collective punishment Tribe accused of helping IS got military permission to return to homes freed in Feb 2015 Stopped at checkpoints and put into camps
2019 Najah al-Shammari approved as Defense Min Yassin Taha al-Yassri as Interior Min
Farouq Amin al-Shawani as Justice Min 9 months after govt formed Still no Education Min Abdul Mahdi govt formed Oct 2018
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Finally Has Defense Interior Justice Ministers)
2021 Report More than 70 power towers blown up in last 18 mo by IS across 5 provinces
2021 Nasiriya court issued warrants against families who protested about their relatives
killed in protests
View the Iraq History Timelines
4 comments:
"1979 army killed scores and arrested 3,000 protesting house arrest of Ayatollah Sadiq
al-Sadr" . I think it was Mohammad Baqir Al-Sader, who was detained at that time.
Checked my notes. All my sources say it was Baqir al-Sadr.
Sources:
Cole, Juan and Keddie, Nikki, Shi’ism and Social Protest, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1986
Hiro, Dilip, The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict, New York: Routledge, 1991
Jabar, Faleh, The Shi’ite Movement in Iraq, London: SAQI Books, 2003
Anderson, Liam and Stansfield, Gareth, The Future of Iraq, Dictatorship, Democracy, or Division? New York, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
Marr, Phebe, The Modern History of Iraq, Boulder Oxford: Westview Press, 2004
Terrill, W. Andrew, “The United States and Iraq’s Shi’ite Clergy: Partners Or Adversaries?” Strategic Studies Institute, February 2004
Tripp, Charles, A History of Iraq, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Delhi, 2008
Dai, Yamao, “Transformation of the Islamic Da’wa Party in Iraq: From the Revolutionary Period to the Diaspora Era,” Asian and African Area Studies, 2008
"Checked my notes. All my sources say it was Baqir al-Sadr."
Yes, you are right, Baqir Al-sader not Sadiq Al-sader . and that is what I am saying .
Baqir Al-Sader was the leader of DAWA movement or party and he was arrested in 1979-1980 and then sentenced to death. While Sadiq Al-sader was came into prominence in 1990s and was killed I think in 1999.
So It should be "1979 army killed scores and arrested 3,000 protesting house arrest of Ayatollah BAQIR al-Sadr"
By the way I read your Blog almost daily.You have tremendous knowledge about recent Iraq history. I learned a lot from you. Thank you.
Thank you for reading. What you wrote is actually what I said.
"1979 After army killed scores and arrested 3,000 protesting house arrest of Ayatollah Sadiq al-Sadr Iran’s Arabic radio service called Sadr the Khomeini of Iraq and called on Shiites to replace the tyrants in Baghdad"
Post a Comment