1921 1st Iraqi cabinet formed under newly coronated King Faisal Abd al-Rahman al-Gaylani became
Iraq’s 1st PM
(Musings On Iraq review The Role of the Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
(Musings On Iraq review The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies)
1922 King Faisal returned to office after appendix removed Thanked UK Iraq High Comm Cox for
silencing opposition even though he’d supported it
1933 PM Gaylani interviewed by Times of London Said he wanted good relations with UK Was
criticized by his ministers from Ikha and Watani parties
1958 Arif dismissed as Deputy Commander in Chief of Armed forces because of his opposition to
Gen Qasim
1960 Gen Qasim convened meeting in Baghdad of Iran Kuwait Saudi Arabia Venezuela to raise oil
prices
(Musings On Iraq Revolutionary Times, Gen. Qasim And Iraq’s 1958 Coup, Interview With Western Kentucky’s Prof. Juan Romero)
1961 Mustafa Barzani forces ambushed army brigade starting Kurdish revolt against Gen Qasim Govt
(Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970)
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings On Iraq review Journey Among Brave Men, Travels in Kurdistan)
(Musings On Iraq Explaining Kurdish Nationalism Interview With Teen Tech Univ Prof Michael Gunter)
1980 Iraq took Saif Saad and 6 border posts in Iran along with 240 sq km of Iranian territory that it
claimed was Iraqi under Algiers Treaty Next 2 wks were 15 border incidents Was jumping off spot for Iraqi invasion
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
(Musings On Iraq review The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict)
1980 Iranian F-14 Tomcat shot down an Iraqi Su-22
1980 Iran’s Foreign Min Hammadi said Iranian troops would not withdraw from disputed areas along
Iran-Iraq border
1990 Iran and Iraq renewed relations as Saddam attempted to secure his eastern border before Gulf
War
1996 70,000-75,000 Kurds fled towards Iran to escape KDP-Iraqi offensive against PUK
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
2001 Time reported Bush administration discussed overthrowing Saddam
2001 US and UK planes hit three Iraqi air defense systems in largest strikes since Feb 01
2002 PM Blair speech said Iraq not an imminent threat but had to be dealt with before it became one
(Musings On Iraq review A War Of Choice, The British In Iraq 2003-9)
2002 Draft of UK dossier on Iraq’s WMD included claim Iraq could deploy battlefield WMD in 45
minutes Came from Allawi’s Iraqi National Accord Said it had bought large amounts of uranium It didn’t Said Iraq had mobile WMD labs It didn’t
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
(Musings On Iraq How Iraqi Defector CURVEBALL Became Basis For US Claims That Iraq Had WMD)
2002 NSC meeting on Bush’s UN speech Def Sec Rumsfeld and VP Cheney argued against going to
UN Draft of speech didn't call for UN action on Iraq
2002 US Intel officers told Wash Post not strong link between Iraq and Al Qaeda
2002 European Commission President Romano Prodi warned that a US unilateral war in Iraq would
undermine US foreign policy and its anti-terrorism coalition
2002 Iraq took journalists to Tuwaitha site that US claimed was a nuclear facility Were shown three
empty and broken down buildings
(Musings On Iraq How US Intelligence Created An Iraqi Nuclear Threat In 2002)
2002 Def Policy Board’s Perle told paper 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Saddam False story
2003 UK Joint Intelligence Committee report on Iran’s Iraq policy Said Iran wanted large influence
over Iraqi govt backed various Shiite groups saw itself as competitor to U.S. Coalition
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Analysis Of Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq Interview With RAND’s Alireza Nader)
2006 Report US delinked Shiite death squads from political parties they came from to not confront
Iraqi govt
2006 SCIRI renewed calls for law to allow southern province region Opposed by Sadr Fadhila Iraqiya
Iraqi Accordance Front
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)
2006 Sheikh Abu Risha met with Mohammed Mahmoud Latif cmdr 1920 Revolution Brigades in
Anbar and Hamas Iraq Agreed to stop fighting US and turn on Al Qaeda in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq US Army History of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 21 Hope In Ramadi)
2007 Gen Petraeus and Amb Crocker began 2 days of testimony to Congress on progress under Surge
Petraeus said sectarian violence down and achieving military goals Crocker said political change slow and Iraq may never meet 18 benchmarks set by Congress
(Musings On Iraq review Surge, My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War)
(Musings On Iraq Inside The Surge An Interview With Prof Peter Mansoor Former Executive Officer To Gen Petraeus)
(Musings On Iraq Reassessing The US Surge, And Recognizing Iraqi Agency In Ending The 2005-2008 Civil War In Iraq An Interview With New America Foundation’s Douglas Ollivant)
2007 Gen Petraeus said sectarian violence went from 2200 deaths in Dec 06 to 1000 in Aug 07 Iraqi
ministries reported deaths went from 2,075 in Dec 06 to 1773 in Aug only 15% decrease raising questions about what US was and wasn’t counting
2007 Report Mahdi Army didn’t sign ceasefire in Basra after British withdrawal Claimed it drove
British out and Basra city now theirs Mahdi Army in Baghdad seen with US rifles Raised questions ISF gave militia weapons
2007 Report by former State Dept official from Baghdad embassy US only counting sectarian
violence missing 35-65% of attacks
2007 Report Iraqi police helped Mahdi Army in Baghdad’s Amil Sunnis only holding on to sliver of
neighborhood Constant fighting in Sunni area Shiite area had businesses open US tried to protect Sunni enclave US official said decline in deaths in Baghdad due to Mahdi Army winning civil war and forcing Sunnis out Fewer areas now contested meant fewer deaths
(Musings On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)
(Musings On Iraq Columbia University Charts Sectarian Cleansing Of Baghdad)
2008 ISF still weak on logistics Base had $51 mil in parts but not distributing them to units forcing
them to strip vehicles for parts
2013 Report 2011 ISI sent Jawlani to Syria to create new organization there Led to Al Nusra Front
Apr 2013 ISI became ISIS Jawlani wanted to be independent and said he gave loyalty to Al Qaeda Many Nusra Front fighters left for ISIS
2013 Ninewa Gov Nujafi said court issued arrest warrant for him over illegal real estate deal Said it
was political move by State of Law before 2014 election Charges dropped
2013 New Baghdad governor said billions of dinars had been stolen from construction contracts Said
one project 80 bil dinars stolen 21 bil dinars stolen from another Said turned over cases to Integrity Commission
(Musings On Iraq New Baghdad Administration Finds Millions Stolen In Corrupt Construction Deals)
(Musings On Iraq Corruption In Iraq An Interview With Stuart Bowen Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction) 6
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Trouble Fighting Corruption Interview With Vincent Foulk Former US Anti-Graft Official)
2013 Agriculture Min said Iraq had reached self-sufficiency in fruits and vegetables Only lasted one
year
2013 Report Sheikh al-Saadi tried to make himself religious leader of Sunni protests Opposed
federalism Rhetoric became more radical Demanded amending constitution Unity of Iraq changing political system Census Ending quota system in govt Islamic Party pushing for Sunni federalism
2013 Transportation Min said it inspected 12 Iranians planes and found no weapons bound for Syria
Ministry said Iraq was following intl resolutions to stop arms going to Syria Foreign Min Zebari said Iraq had stopped Iran shipping weapons to Syria across Iraqi airspace All false statements
2013 Kataib Hezbollah leader threatened 23,000 suicide bombers against US if it attacked Syria
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
2013 Parliament’s security committee questioned ISF for raids and mass arrests in Latifiya Baghdad
after family killed
2014 Report KRG said Baghdad owed it $8 bil in budget payments since Jan 2014 Demanded
Baghdad restart payments in Sep Abadi govt said it didn’t have money
2014 US authorized $25 mil in immediate military aid to Iraq
2014 Obama announced a new coalition to fight IS and strategy to degrade and eventually defeat it
(Musings On Iraq review Airpower in the War Against ISIS)
2014 ISF Hashd and tribes started 2nd op to free Dhuluiya Salahaddin from IS
2015 Protests in Baghdad Babil Karbala Najaf Qadisiyah Muthanna Dhi Qar Wasit Maysan Basra
Diyala demanding reform
2015 Report More than 50 military intel analysts accused White House of manipulating intel on IS
2 senior analysts at CENTCOM complained to inspector general Said intel on IS changed to show progress in war
2015 Report IS killed 34 Naqshibandi in Kirkuk and Salahaddin Accused them of apostasy
(Musings On Iraq review The Caliphate At War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2015 Report Daquq Dist Kirkuk freed summer 2015 Peshmerga still did clearing ops there Arabs
accused Kurds of blocking them returning to their homes Kurds said district unsafe ISF general said district safe and people could return Some houses burned and destroyed Peshmerga blamed IS Arabs blamed Kurds Peshmerga adviser said Peshmerga had done some looting
(Musings On Iraq Kurdish Offensive Into Kirkuk’s Daquq Displaces Thousands)
2015 Report PM Abadi got into argument with Hashd leader Abu Muhandis and Quds Force cmdr
Gen Suleimani PM didn’t want Hashd to lead Fallujah op Suleimani threatened to replace Abadi PM ordered Suleimani to leave 2 hrs later met again Suleimani told Abadi not to give into US demands
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
2016 PUK and Gorran announced alliance Part of Gorran going from opposition to joining Kurdish
establishment
2016 4 Gorran ministers resigned from KRG cabinet Were fired by PM Barzani in Oct 2015 Speaker
of KRG parliament from Gorran blocked from entering Irbil by KDP
2016 Sadr launched new anti-corruption campaign Did nothing
2017 Diyala governor fired mayor of Mandali Happened after Asaib Ahl Al-Haq stormed govt
building Took down KRG flag Threatened officials not to support KRG independence referendum
(Musings On Iraq review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
2017 Arab League secretary general called KRG Pres Barzani to delay KRG independence
referendum Barzani said no
2017 National Reform List MP threatened to dismiss Pres Masum cut off KRG from budget
payments exclude Kurds from govt posts and parliament if KRG held independence referendum
2017 Report KDP tried to expel Yazidis from Sheikhan Ninewa Forced people off land Bulldozed
buildings Gave land to Kurds from Dohuk and KRG officials
2018 Ayatollah Sistani statement said new premier should not come from anyone that had been in
power before
2018 Protest in Basra city restarted after few days break Activists said they had been kidnapped
received threats from Hashd groups and information campaign to discredit them
2018 PM Abadi went to Basra again over protests Said would build new water facilities and
rehabilitate old ones Increase food allowances Stop water waste Jobs for unemployed
2019 Electricity Min said Iraq would have to import Iranian natural gas to fuel power plants
for next 3-4 yrs Would end up being longer than that
2019 Salahaddin governor said displaced camps were a security threat and would close them
2020 Protests in Babil demanding dismissal of governor Protest in Dhi Qar demanding justice for
killers of activists Protest in Basra and Diwaniywa for jobs
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