867 Riot by Turkish soldiers in Abbasid capital Samarra against two top advisers Wasif and
Bugha over salaries Wasif beheaded
(Musings On Iraq review when baghdad ruled the muslim world, the rise and fall of islam’s
greatest dynasty)
1889 Muslim guard demanded large bribe from Jewish gravediggers to bury Rabbi Somech in
Baghdad Jewish mourners stormed into cemetery Were then attacked by Muslim mob Jews complained to Istanbul and London Baghdad governor arrested 70 Jews including 10 rabbis in retaliation
1915 British official in India Office wrote 2nd letter Said MPs and others were questioning
health of troops in Mesopotamia
1936 Planes dropped flyers over Baghdad demanding PM Hashemi’s resignation as troops
marched on capital in coup led by Hikmat Sulaiman and Gen Sidqi Hashemi asked for King Ghazi’s support Sulaiman had been shut out of Hashemi’s govt and Sidqi thought he wouldn’t be promoted When didn't get it offered his resignation Parliament building bombed in coup Def Min Askari was assassinated by Gen Bakr Sidqi for opposing coup Nuri al-Said Yasin Hashemi Rashid Ali al-Gaylani all fled Iraq fearing assassination Opposition Al-Ahali backed coup 1st coup in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against A Fascist State In Iraq and the Levant, 1941)
(Musings On Iraq review Independent Iraq 1932-1958, A Study in Iraqi Politics)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq Between the Two World Wars, The Militarist Origins of Tyranny)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq’s Democratic Moment)
(Musings On Iraq review The Modern History of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
(Musings On Iraq review The Role of the Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
1936 UK Amb Kerr went to Palace Asked King Ghazi if against coup Said he was neutral King
called PM Hashemi Told him coup should not be resisted Led to Hashemi to resign
1936 Hikmat Sulaiman became PM leading to 1st govt without pan-Arabists Sulaiman was
hoping that new govt would lead to liberal reforms but Gen Sidqi wanted to maintain status quo Most of Sulaiman’s followers left govt
(Musings On Iraq review The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies)
1941 PM Said ordered arrest of 41 supporters of ex-PM Gaylani Eventually 350 arrested Included
Communist Party Sec Gen Masoud
(Musings On Iraq review A People’s History Of Iraq, The Iraqi Communist Party, Workers’ Movements, and the Left 1924-2004)
1980 2 Iraqi Tu-22 bombers shot down ending Baghdad’s bombing campaign of Iranian cities
1983 Iraq abandoned Penjwin Sulaymaniya but prevented Iranians from taking it during Op Wa
al-Farj 4
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1986 Iran Op Fath 2 Iranian commandos and KDP attacked air defense radar in Irbil
(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 UN Security Council said overtures to Iraq over Kuwait invasion had failed and talked
about alternatives but came up with nothing
1990 Bush said US wouldn’t rule out use of force against Iraq for Kuwait invasion
(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, Deciding on Conflict)
1992 Nail polish and lipstick for Iraq blocked by UK in UN sanctions committee
(Musings On Iraq review Invisible War, The United States And The Iraq Sanctions)
1997 Tariq Aziz sent letter to UN saying Iraq was ready to cooperate with inspectors but no
Americans would be allowed accusing them of being spies and trying to overthrow Saddam
(Musings On Iraq review The Greatest Threat, Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, And The Growing Crisis Of Global Security)
1997 Iraq sent letter to UN objecting to inspectors using U-2 planes for surveillance because they
were flown by Americans
1997 IAEA suspended all its work in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)
(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 Charles Duelfer’s Account Of The End Of The 1990s U.N. Inspections)
2002 Gen Franks briefed Bush on Iraq war plans again
(Musings On Iraq review Shaping the Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign
Policy Tragedy)
2003 Bush said he supported Bremer’s plan for Iraq but that it could be sped up
(Musings On Iraq review The Endgame, The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from
George W. Bush to Barack Obama)
(Musings On Iraq review My Year in Iraq, The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope)
(Musings On Iraq review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)
2003 Maysan police chief Abu Rashid assassinated by rivals
2004 CIA report said that Iraqi elections would likely lead to opposition from Sunni Arab govts
(Musings On Iraq Did the US Ever Have A Strategy To Win In Iraq Before the Surge?)
2004 1st Lancet report on Iraqi casualties claimed 100,000 civilians died since invasion mostly
due to Coalition 1st Lancet gained huge publicity but was mostly discredited by experts but not in media
(Musings On Iraq Comparing Surveys of Iraqi Deaths During The War)
(Musings On Iraq Major Flaws With The Lancet Reports On Iraqi Deaths Part I)
(Musings On Iraq Major Flaws With The Lancet Reports On Iraqi Deaths Part II)
(Musings On Iraq New Survey On Estimated Deaths In Iraq Refutes Lancet Reports)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Mark Van Der Laan on Lancet Reports)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Prof Michael Spagat on Lancet reports)
2004 Al Qaeda in Iraq beheaded Japanese civilian Shosei Koda
2004 Report US forces reached Al Qaqaa site during 03 invasion then left and site looted of high
grade explosives
2004 US cmdr in Mosul briefed US cmdr in Iraq Gen Casey Said city was near collapse
2005 Def Sec Rumsfeld disagreed with Rice’s Clear Hold Build strategy Said Iraqis were ones
that needed to stand and fight and not rely on US troops
(Musings On Iraq 2006 Clear Hold Build: An Iraq Strategy That Wasn’t A Strategy)
(Musings On Iraq review State of Denial, Bush At War, Part III)
2006 Spec Insp Gen for Iraq Recon report US didn’t track hundreds of thousands of weapons it
bought for ISF and didn’t provide spare parts maintenance personnel training manuals 14,331 assault rifles sub machine guns and pistols went missing
(Musings On Iraq review The U.S. Army In The Iraq War: Volume 1, Invasion, Insurgency, Civil
War, 2003-2006)
2006 Anbar Awakening members met PM Maliki in Baghdad Maliki said Awakening a legitimate
group
2006 Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey called Gen Chiarelli that PM Maliki ordered roadblocks around Sadr
City taken down Roadblocks were aimed at Mahdi Army
2008 US turned over Wasit to Iraqi control 13th of 18th province to do so
(Musings On Iraq Wasit Province Turned Over To Iraqi Control)
2013 Report Khorasani Brigade made its 1st announcement in Sep Said it was fighting outside
Damascus protecting Zainab shrine Said it supported Ayatollah Khamenei
(Musings On Iraq Khorasani Brigade Another Iraq Militia That Returned Home From Syria To Fight The Insurgency)
2013 Report Sadr forbid his followers from fighting with Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Came after several
clashes between the two
2013 Report Iran tried to keep PUK unified Iranian delegation met with PUK leadership in
Sulaymaniya Also met with Gorran and KDP
2014 IS took 40 captured tribal fighters from Albu Nimr and executed them in center of town in
Anbar in front of residents Report IS executed them after they repented to IS Kicked out family members and took their homes
2014 Report ISF largely on defensive in Anbar Army withdrew to bases Police and tribes
fighting on their own Many ISF units understrength poor morale Losses blamed on poor leadership IS took Hit Assassinated Anbar police chief
2014 Report Anbar tribes complained they asked PM Abadi for aid and got nothing Sheikh
Gaood from Albu Nimr said Abadi had only given them promises Sheikhs said Abadi didn’t agree to send any weapons to tribes Sheikh Hardan said Anbar tribes were divided Said govt needed to evaluate tribes before supported them Sheikh Sulaiman said they wouldn’t work with govt until Hashd withdrawn
2014 Report Babil’s Jurf al-Sakhr dist emptied of 80,000 people after it was freed Hashd took
over area Meant to protect Shiite pilgrims going south in Nov Quds Force cmdr Gen Suleimani involved in op to free area Iran posted pictures of him on social media Police said Iranians were in Jurf al-Sakhr Babil councilman said all families from Jurf al-Sakhr were IS supporters
2014 ISF secured Thar Thar Dam in Anbar Moved on Garma and still fighting for Amiriya
Fallujah
2015 VP Maliki said PM Abadi removing Vice Presidents was illegal
(Musings On Iraq A Review Of Iraq Premier Abadi’s Reform Program Interview With Reidar Visser)
2015 Report Pro-Iran groups tried to remove PM Abadi Abu Muhandis leaked letter that attacked
Abadi for blocking funding for Hashd Parliament approved $2 bil for Hashd Abadi cut it to $1 bil Abu Muhandis called for attacking US in Iraq US Sadr ISCI Ayatollah Sistani backed Abadi Many were getting angry with him Abadi appointed his own secretary to cabinet ISCI said they were supposed to get position Hakim and Sadr complained Abadi didn’t consult with them Members of Abadi’s Dawa said same thing
2015 Report Basra Union of Industrialists said there was 15,360 industrial businesses in Basra
Half of those closed since 2003 due to lack of govt support high taxes cheap imports
2015 Report KRG dropped out of budget deal in Jun Thought it could make more money from its
independent oil exports Didn’t work out KRG was not meeting its export quota in budget because focusing upon independent sales Natural Resource Min increased revenues but built up debts to oil traders Fluctuations in production also meant money was up and down Oil traders gave KRG $850 mil/mo in advances for 525,000 bar/day in exports KRG only produced half that Had to use oil fields it seized in disputed areas after Mosul fell Meant future of oil production caught up in legal and political problems KRG took advances from oil traders when oil prices were declining Eventually produced 550,000 bar/day but by then wasn’t enough to pay back oil traders KRG also sold oil at discount because of legal issues with Baghdad KRG spent most of its oil revenue to pay debt By end of 2014 KRG owed $1.1 bil to oil traders 2015 KRG owed up to $1.8 bil Oct KRG was making $160 mil/mo Needed around $700 mil/mo just for govt salaries and pensions 2016 draft budget said Baghdad would deduct money from KRG payments if it didn’t pay for oil exports it owed Even if KRG agreed to new budget couldn’t meet export quota because owed sales to oil traders Debt meant KRG late to pay oil companies who reduced operations as a result KRG owed $3 bil to oil companies Turkish pipeline KRG used also often bombed which shut down exports for long periods
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan’s Failed Independent Oil Strategy)
2015 Genel Energy sold 20% of 1 of its oil fields in KRG for $10 mil Oct Genel Energy said it
was cutting investment until KRG paid it regularly
2015 Sulaymaniya govt passed law that Arabs couldn’t buy property there Claimed too many
Arabs had moved to province changing demographics
2015 Report Oil revenues couldn’t pay for govt salaries and pensions Abadi govt borrowed from
Central Bank of Iraq’s reserves Dollar auctions also reduced reserves Govt spent $9.5 bil on salaries $9.4 bil on pensions $26 bil on perks Govt would have to cut $20 bil in spending to stay liquid and just cover costs Oct Abadi offered new pay scale for govt workers to cut costs Govt workers protested Those cuts didn’t equal $20 bil Would only save $1.7 bil Abadi sold pay cuts as political reforms Then said govt was broke and needed austerity
2016 Report Turkish Pres Erdogan said Tal Afar Ninewa sensitive area and if Hashd tried to free
it Turkey would respond Tal Afar Turkmen town
2016 Hashd started op to free Tal Afar Ninewa Wouldn’t be freed until after Mosul in 2017
2016 Natil Sec Adv Fayad said Syria and Iraq wars overlapped and Iraqi forces might have to
enter Syria to fight IS
2016 Anbar govt said Fallujah residents blocking IS sympathizers from returning Marked their
houses Refused mediation from tribal and religious leaders
2016 Report Oct 21 IS attacked Kirkuk city Came from Hawija in 7 trucks Attacked Emergency
Police HQ PUK sent counterterrorism forces from Sulaymaniya to secure city IS set up ambush to intercept them IS hoped to start revolt by Arabs in city
2017 Pres Barzani said he would step down and defended independence referendum KDP
followers stormed KRG parliament building Attacked press and opposition politicians Burned their offices in Zakho
(Musings On Iraq Barzani’s Followers Respond With Violence To News He Will Step Down)
(Musings On Iraq review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)
(Musings On Iraq review Quicksilver War, Syria, Iraq and the Spiral of Conflict)
2019 Abdul Mahdi’s office and Karbala governor denied any died in Karbala the night before
when 35 were killed General claimed protesters had weapons Karbala governor reportedly behind attack upon protest site
(Musings On Iraq Massacre Of Karbala Protesters As Talk Begins Of PM Abdul Mahdi Resigning)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq United Nations Faults Iraq For Failing To Protect Protesters)
2019 Amnesty Intl ISF used excessive force against Karbala protesters Fired into crowd
Tried to run people over ISF arrested people in hospital afterward
2019 3 universities Teachers’ Union & Bar Assoc on strike and went to Tahrir Sq in Baghdad 2
killed trying to cross into Green Zone 2 protests in Babil and farm workers went on strike Protests in Um Qasr Basra Zubayr Shatt al-Arab and Qurn in Basra Basra Oil Company workers joined strike Um Qasr port entrance blocked Most schools in Dhi Qar went on strike Sit in at Nasiriya Najaf Samawa Diwaniya Protest at Gharraf oil field in Dhi Qar and Karbala
2019 Protests in Baquba for second day and Muqtadiya and Mosul in support of Baghdad
and south
2019 Comm to Protect Journalists said reporters arrested and attacked at protest sites
Govt also shut down Al Dijlah Al Arabiya and Al Hadath TV stations
2019 PM Abdul Mahdi rejected Sadr’s call for early elections Said if Sadr wanted a new govt
he should talk to Amiri since they created the govt Amiri said he would not ask Abdul Mahdi to step down
2019 Pres Salah called emergency meeting of ruling parties to discuss alternative to
Abdul Mahdi
2020 Head of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba threatened to kill US forces in Iraq during press
conference in Tehran Said current attacks on US just fireworks Said wanted revenge for killings of Abu Muhandis and Gen Suleimani
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Sheikh Akram Al-Kaabi and Hezbollah al-Nujaba)
2020 Protests in Karbala Dhi Qar Wasit demanding accountability for those that killed
demonstrators
2020 Public opinion survey 28% felt protests justified 55% said most protests justified 8% said
most of them were spoilers 2% said all of them were spoilers
2021 Report Kurdish youth left KRG in 1000s for Europe looking for jobs Many went to
Belarus first Poland declared state of emergency in Sep Refugee group said 37,000 Iraqis had left country through unofficial means in 2021
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