1916 UK parliamentary inquiry began into defeat at Kut
1921 King Faisal’s coronation Started negotiations over Anglo-Iraq treaty
(Musings On Iraq review Britain In Iraq, Contriving King and Country)
(Musings On Iraq review The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies)
(Musings On Iraq review Empires of the Sand, The Struggle For Mastery In The Middle East 1789-1923)
(Musings On Iraq review A History of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Imagining The Nation, Nationalism, Sectarianism and Socio-Political Conflict in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Role of the Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
(Musings On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1950 Nuri al-Said threatened to revoke license of transport company if didn’t fill quota of shipping
500 Jews out of Iraq per day
1965 Col Fakhry retired and 318 officers arrested for being in an underground political
group linked to Communists
(Musings On Iraq review Red Star Over Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)
(Musings On Iraq A History Of The Iraqi Communist Party Interview With Univ of East Anglia’s Johan Franzen)
1969 Bakr govt executed opponents in central Baghdad Meant to rally support for regime
1996 US Asst Sec of State for Nera Eastern Affairs Pelletraeu told Barzani to talk with Talabani to try
to stop fighting Barzani said US had to talk to Iran and stop it from interfering in Kurdistan
2002 Bush told press he had patience on Iraq and was thinking of all the options Part of strategy to
privately work on war plans while publicly denying it
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
(Musings On Iraq Review Hubris, The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, And The Selling Of The Iraq War)
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
(Musings On Iraq review Plan of Attack: The Definitive Account Of The Decision To Invade Iraq)
2003 Sec State Powell asked UN Security Council to pass resolution encouraging foreign countries to
provide troops for Iraq
2003 Ali Hassan al-Majid “Chemical Ali” captured by US forces
2005 Interior Minister Jabr said that stories of Iran supplying weapons to Iraqi militias were
exaggerated
(Musings On Iraq A History Of Iranian Weapons Shipments To Iraq Interview With Arkenstone Blog’s Galen Wright)
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
2005 Islamic Party leader Tariq Hashemi said constitution would not stop violence in Iraq because
most politicians not recognized by public
2005 Isam al-Rawi of Muslim Scholars Association advocated US withdrawal reforming security
forces amnesty for Baathists talks with insurgency
(Musings On Iraq Spiritual Leader To Iraq’s Insurgency Harith Dhari Dies In Exile)
2006 2nd trial started for Saddam accused of genocide during Anfal campaign
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Anfal Campaign And The Destruction Of The Kurdish Opposition)
2006 Sheikh Abu Risha’s Anbar Emergency Council declared war on Al Qaeda in Iraq in Ramadi
Drew fighters from tribes Jaish al-Haq Numan Brigade 1920 Revolution Brigades
(Musings On Iraq Understanding Anbar Before And After The Awakening Part III Sheikh Ahmed Sattar Al-Rishawi Abu Risha)
(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 21 Hope In Ramadi)
(Musings On Iraq review A Soldier’s Dream, Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq)
2006 Al Qaeda in Iraq destroyed new Jazeera police station in Ramadi with suicide car bomb Killed
head of Albu Jassim tribe who aligned with US and provided tribesmen for Ramadi police Beheaded him and left body in desert
(Musings On Iraq How A Change In Perceptions Led To The Anbar Awakening)
(Musings On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings On Iraq review Confronting Al Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings On Iraq review Illusions of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
(Musings On Iraq review The Marines Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings On Iraq review The Sheriff of Ramadi, Navy SEALS and the Winning of Anbar)
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
2006 Bush said Saddam had relations with Zarqawi Disputed by CIA who said no ties between two
(Musings On Iraq review What Happened, Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception)
2007 Report 3 attempts to replace PM Maliki including from ISCI within his own Dawa and from
Allawi U.S. tried to prop up his govt
2008 Report Iraq’s Finance Min counted all money appropriated in budget as spent when little of it
actually was Govt claimed it spent 57% of the 2008 budget by Aug when only 18% had been used
(Musings On Iraq NY Times Finds Iraq Spends Even Less Of Its Budget)
2008 Report US commanders started telling Sahwa in north Iraq program ending and they had to get
jobs because govt wouldn’t integrate them
(Musings On Iraq What’s In The Future For The Sons of Iraq?)
2008 Report Gen Petraeus said Maliki govt purposely not integrating Sahwa Defense Ministry
officials talked about arresting Sahwa by end of 2008
2008 Captured ISI member said group running out of money Could carry out operations but no major
attacks Few foreign fighters coming
2010 Kurdish MP said Peshmerga would remain in disputed areas until Article 140 implemented
Said constitutionally legal for them to stay
2010 KRG made series of demands of Maliki govt Wanted revenue sharing law Oil law Wanted
KRG laws to trump federal laws in disagreements over KRG oil contracts In return Kurds said they would support 2nd term for PM Maliki
2010 100s protested in Dhi Qar over lack of electricity Clashed with police
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Government Banned Electricity Protests)
2012 Report Maliki govt not agreed to pay oil companies in KRG 2010 Baghdad-KRG came to
agreement over KRG exporting oil Baghdad agreed to pay oil companies in KRG Dep PM Shahristani and Oil Min Luaibi not agreed to that Apr 2012 KRG stopped exports over budget dispute Aug KRG restarted exports
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan’s Failed Independent Oil Strategy)
2013 Report MP parliament integrity comm said around $9 bil/yr laundered 10% of govt contracts
payoffs to officials who then laundered money Top officials in Baghdad and provinces involved Made fake govt deals Then laundered money to send it out of Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Corruption In Iraq An Interview With Stuart Bowen Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Trouble Fighting Corruption Interview With Vincent Foulk Former US Anti-Graft Official)
2013 Report ISF unable to stop ISI’s Soldiers’ Harvest Security worsened after PM Maliki ordered
ISF raid on Hawija protest site Afterward insurgents took Suleiman Beq During op to free town Kurdish brigade of 4th Div refused orders Cmdr and 600 soldiers of brigade referred to court martial ISF only able to regain control of Suleiman Beq by making deal with insurgents and local leaders Aug Foreign Min Zebaari asked US for military aid Since 07 PM Maliki made loyalists cmdr in ISF 1 was Gen Ghanam Commanded brigade in 6th Div in Abu Ghraib Criticized for heavy handed tactics Ghanam made cmdr of 2nd Div in Ninewa and also criticized for tactics Ghanam made cmdr 17th Div in southern Baghdad/Babil Jul he resigned Source said 17th Div investigated because troops were going AWOL because of Ghanam’s leadership Afterward Defense Min said it gave amnesty for any AWOL soldiers from 17th Div 10% of ISF ghost soldiers Jul Defense Min replaced head of Anbar Ops Command for refusing to arrest protest leaders
2014 IS and Mujahadeen Army fought in Garma Anbar 4 IS members killed by Naqshibandi in
Jalawla Diyala
(Musings On Iraq review The Caliphate At War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2015 Protests in Baghdad Maysan Dhi Qar Wasit Diyala Basra Kirkuk Qadisiyah Salahaddin Najaf
Karbala Babil demanding reform
2015 Police attacked reporters from 3 TV stations trying to cover day’s protests
2015 Report US announced Haji Mutazz IS commander in charge of military ops in Iraq killed in
drone strike near Mosul
(Musings On Iraq Islamic State’s Second In Command Killed For 3rd Time In Iraq)
2015 Fmr Trade Min Sudani convicted on 3 corruption charges $4-$8 bil missing from ministry
Bought expired food and charged Ministry full price Bought food and kept it for himself to sell on black market Bought goods for double the prices Sudani signed contract with company owned by his son for $50 mil for old tea that was only worth $20 mil Bought contaminated milk from China Found $8 mil in expired food in warehouse Sudani’s brother and nephew got $40 in kickbacks from every ton of sugar imported by ministry Sudani used some of money to fund PM Maliki’s State of Law in 2009-10 elections
2015 Report Est $300-$350 bil stolen from Iraq since 03 Finance Min Zebari said bloated salaries
cost $3 bil/mo PM Abadi said 1 official had 900 bodyguards Head of parliament’s integrity comm said it sent 500 corruption cases for investigation in 2014 but most dropped PM Abadi’s office said it had no power over judiciary and therefore couldn’t reform it
2016 Tribal council in Anbar blamed Hashd for burning houses and orchards east of Ramadi and in
Albu Shihad and another town
2016 Report Peshmerga Min said it would not withdraw from disputed areas after defeat of IS Said
needed territory for defense
2018 Report 2006 Turkey began building Dam Started filling dam Jun 2018 Turkey told Iraq about
construction during entire time 2017 Turkey’s Water Min met with Iraq’s Water Min 4 times in 2017 Iraqi group went to Turkish dam in Dec 2017 Drastically cut water supply to Iraq Govt did nothing during entire process
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Failed To Prepare For Water Crisis)
2018 Report Abadi govt asked US for exemption from Iran sanctions US couldn’t do much to
enforce sanctions Neither could Iraq because had no real control of border Iraq had major energy contracts with Iran
2018 Iran said it would restart electricity exports to Iraq Stopped because Iraq wasn’t paying its
bills
2018 PM Abadi directive cancelled order by Dep head of Hashd Abu Muhandis who told Hashd to
leave liberated cities Abadi said Hashd units couldn’t move without coordination of Joint Ops Command and commander in chief
2019 Deputy head of Hashd Commission Abu Muhandis said US behind attack on Balad Air Base
Said US helped Israeli drones fly from Azerbaijan to hit Iraq
(Musings on Iraq Pro-Iran Hashd Brigades And Now Israeli Strikes Making A Joke Of PM Abdul Mahdi’s Claims Iraq Neutral In Regional Conflicts)
2020 Protesters burned govt office in Basra City after assassinations of activists there
(Musings On Iraq Ebb And Flow Of Protests In Iraq)
2020 Protest activist assassinated in Baghdad as part of intimidation campaign vs demonstrators
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq United Nations Faults Iraq For Failing To Protect Protesters)
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