Musings On Iraq Argument For Maliki Being Iraq’s Next Strongman
Musings On Iraq interview with Reuters’ Parker on Maliki’s biography
Musings On Iraq interview with Inside Iraqi Politics’ Sowell on whether Maliki became a dictator
Musings On Iraq interview with Historian Phebe Marr comparing PM Maliki with MP Said
Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism
Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance
Musings On Iraq review Iraq and the Politics of Oil, An Insider’s Perspective
Musings On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009
Musings On Iraq review The Unraveling, High Hopes And Missed Opportunity In Iraq
Musings On Iraq review The ISIS Reader, Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement
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 The United States And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents
2009
Jan 1 US military handed over control of Green Zone to Iraqi govt
Jan 1 British transferred control of Basra Airport to Iraqi forces
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
Jan 2 UN condemned assassination of two candidates in Ninewa and raids and attacks upon al-
Hadbaa Party before provincial election
Jan 2 Dawa’s Askari accused ISCI of attempting no confidence vote against PM Maliki Said there
was a meeting in Kurdistan between Kurds, Islamic Party and ISCI that discussed removing Maliki
Jan 3 PM Maliki went to Iran Met with Asaib Ahl Al-Haq and renewed ceasefire with it Maliki was
trying to use Asaib Ahl Al-Haq against Sadr
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Jan 3 Oil Min Shahristani said KRG exaggerating how much oil it was producing and claimed
most of it was smuggled
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad-Kurdistan Rivalry Continues)
Jan 3 Iraq opened up 2nd round of auctions for 11 oil and gas fields
Jan 4 Maliki govt took control of Diyala Sahwa Promised 33% jobs in ISF Higher than 20%
promised to Sahwa in Baghdad 2 Sahwa leaders had warrants out for them Maliki had used carrot and stick approach with them to break them up and then co-opt them before provincial vote
(Musings On Iraq Here Comes The Carrot For Diyala’s Sons Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Sons of Iraq Integration Update)
Jan 5 Female suicide bomber hit Shiite pilgrims outside Imam Kadhim shrine in Baghdad 40 killed
72 wounded
(Musings On Iraq The Rise of Female Suicide Bombers0
(Musings On Iraq Motivations Behind Female Suicide Bombers)
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
Jan 8 Marine cmdr in Anbar said he failed because Baghdad didn’t rebuild Anbar after Awakening
helped reduce violence Blamed sectarianism
Jan 9 US general said violence in Iraq down 93% in last quarter of 2008
Jan 9 UN report 2.8 mil displaced 1.2 mil were displaced before 06 1.6 mil displaced 06-08
(Musings On Iraq Refugees International Report On Iraq’s Refugees and Displaced)
Jan 10 Iraqi Union of Industries said 90% of industries had closed since 2003 Said 36,000 small
and medium companies closed Blamed cheap imports lack of tariffs electricity shortages banks not giving loans and skilled workers leaving country as reasons
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Closed Factories)
Jan 10 National Democratic Front quit Iraqi Accordance Front that was now down to just 2 parties
Jan 12 4 MPs from Independent Democratic Gathering left Iraqi Accordance Front National
Dialogue Council and Independent Bloc already left list accusing Iraqi Islamic Party of domination
(Musings On Iraq Who Speaks For The Sunnis?)
Jan 12 Report Many sheikhs in Anbar were having their wives run as candidates in 09 elections to
meet quota for women candidates Meant weren’t serious about having women win seats Wife of Sheikh Hayes of Awakening running as candidate Said she didn’t want to but did it for her husband
Jan 12 Report Security better in Mahmudiya, Baghdad that used to be battleground Had no services
ISF were working with militias
Jan 12 Pres Barzani interview Said PM Maliki was becoming authoritarian
(Musings On Iraq Argument For Maliki Being Iraq’s Next Strongman)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)
Jan 13 Spec Insp Gen Iraq Recon report Found projects over budget little oversight potential of
projects unfulfilled Warned Iraqis not willing or capable of maintaining many US funded projects KRG worked on $146 mil project to improve gas plants in south Brought rotors for gas compressors but didn’t install them Iraqis had no plans to install rotors Plant working at under capacity as a result Jan 05 Iraq ordered KBR to stop project to improve loaing arms at Basra Oil Terminal Didn't want project and didn’t maintain improvements KBR made at facility US built power plant in Baghdad that Iraqis abandoned because turbines broke because Iraqis couldn’t operate them
(Musings On Iraq Iraqis Unwilling Or Incapable Of Maintaining U.S. Reconstruction Projects)
Jan 14 Report New Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Danafar was a member of the Iranian Revolutionary
Guards Quds Force
(Musings On Iraq New Iranian Ambassador To Iraq Confirmed As Revolutionary Guards Member)
Jan 15 Report Iran wanted to increase economic ties with Iraq after it signed Status of Forces
Agreement with US Offered $1 bil loan Wanted to boost trade
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
Jan 17 Report Not enough votes to carry out referendum on Basra federalism
Jan 18 Report PM Maliki removed Wasit police chief after Dawa member accused police of tearing
down Dawa election posters and putting up Iraqiya ones Warrants also issued for officers but not followed through with ISC that ran Wasit council rejected new Maliki appointed chief
Jan 20 Iraq Election Comm announced autonomy plan in Basra failed to gain enough signatures
to hold referendum on issue
(Musings On Iraq Basra Federal Region Plan Fails)
Jan 20 VP Abdul Mahdi said PM Maliki was trying to be an autocrat Accused him of blocking
developing in south Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Argument For Maliki Being Iraq’s Next Strongman)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)
Jan 20 Pres Barzani attacked PM Maliki’s Tribal Support Councils again Said any Kurd that joined
one was a traitor Said council would not be allowed in KRG Compared Maliki to Saddam
(Musings On Iraq Disputes Over Tribal Support Councils)
Jan 20 New poll of Iraqis 73% said they would vote in 09 provincial elections 42% said would vote
for secularists 31% said supported religious parties
Jan 20 Report All the major Awakening heads Abu Risha Hayes etc were running in 09 provincial
elections against each other
(Musings On Iraq review Illusions of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
Jan 21 1st NSC meeting in Obama admin president said he wanted to withdraw from
Iraq but preserve successes Wanted 3 options for Iraq policy
Jan 21 Samira al-Jassim called Mother of Believers arrested Accused of running ISI suicide bomber
cell Accused of training 80 women to carry out attacks 28 did so
(Musings On Iraq The Rise of Female Suicide Bombers0
(Musings On Iraq Motivations Behind Female Suicide Bombers)
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
Jan 21 New poll of Iraqis 23% said would vote for PM Maliki’s State of Law 12.6% Iraqiya 11.4%
ISCI Asked who would be best premier PM Maliki 23% Allawi 17% Jaafari 10%
Jan 22 El Salvador withdrew its troops from Iraq Were in Kut Wasit since 2003
Jan 22 Report govt workers in Basra said Fadhila intimidated them into signing Basra autonomy
petition
Jan 22 NGOs said many returning displaced lacked housing and services Received no govt aid
(Musings On Iraq Refugees International Report On Iraq’s Refugees and Displaced)
Jan 24 Basra Ops Cmd began crackdown in province before Jan provincial elections Continued
until Apr
(Musings On Iraq Massive Security Raids In Basra)
Jan 24 Yazidi MP accused 3rd Army Division of putting up posters for Kurdish parties in Ninewa
Jan 24 Report Integrity Comm found Basra oil workers stealing up to 500K bar/day in oil in early 08
Head of Integrity Comm said corruption deterred foreign investment in Iraq PM Maliki declared 08 anti-corruption year then pardoned 1,023 govt officials who were investigated for corruption Included Interior Min officials who were collecting salaries of 50,000 fake workers and Defense Min official who skimmed money from arms deals
(Musings On Iraq interview with Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen on Iraq’s fight with corruption)
(Musings On Iraq interview with former anti-corruption official Vincent Foulk)
Jan 25 Report PM Maliki tried to remove Kurdish officers from 2 army divisions in Ninewa Ninewa
Ops Command twice said it would remove KDP Dep Governor of Ninewa form office
Jan 26 Yazidi MP from Ninewa accused KDP of attacking his family after he accused Kurds in 3rd
Army division putting up posters for Kurdish parties
Jan 26 Report 16 Tribal Support Councils set up in Qadisiya Run by Dawa member Each member of
council able to hire up to 20 and give them govt jobs Part of patronage system for PM Maliki before 09 elections
Jan 26 Report Late 07 and Dec 08 2 attempts at no confidence vote against PM Maliki Couldn’t
agree on who should replace him US also opposed
Jan 26 Parliament passed Iraq’s 2010 budget for $72.4 bil up from $58.6 bil in 2009 Largest budget
since 03 70% of spending was for govt salaries pensions food ration system services Cut salaries of top officials by 10-20% Was so large because politicians wanted to use in 2010 election
(Musings On Iraq 2010 Iraq Budget Passed)
Jan 28 Early voting in provincial elections
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Provincial Elections And Abuses)
(Musings On Iraq Information On Iraq’s Voting System)
Jan 28 Report 2005 Christians accused Kurds of preventing them from voting in Ninewa Qaraqosh
had no ballot boxes Neighboring town Kurds fixed the vote
Jan 28 Finance Min asked international banks to open branches in Iraq and invest Said would clear
bureaucratic obstacles to doing business in Iraq Part of 2 day conference with banks from US England Turkey Iran Lebanon Jordan Bahrain No reforms ever made to Iraqi economy
Jan 29 Report parties offering money for votes in Dhi Qar Independent candidates asked to take
bribes and give votes to bigger parties
Jan 30 Report Sunnis boycotted 05 election giving Shiites control of Diyala govt Islamic Party tried
to co-opt Sahwa because didn’t have base Sahwa also important for party because used by US to distribute aid in Diyala Islamic Party took credit for US aid PM Maliki attempted to cut power of Islamic Party Created Diyala Support Council that only gave aid to Maliki allies Was given control of recruiting people into ISF US complained Council was undermining stability 08 Maliki created Tribal Support Council to take members away from Sahwa and divide and conquer Sunnis before 09 elections Maliki ordered raid on Diyala govt and arrested Islamic Party member then denied he was responsible Jun 08 Maliki launched offensive in Diyala that ended up going after Sahwa Arrested hundreds Next Maliki moved against Kurds in Khanaqin Dist demanding they leave
(Musings On Iraq Diyala Offensive Begins)
(Musings On Iraq Recent Government And Sons of Iraq Relations)
(Musings On Iraq Kurdish-Baghdad Tensions Over Diyala)
(Musings On Iraq Cold War Between Baghdad and Kurds Turns Hot)
(Musings On Iraq Maliki Ups the Ante on Kahanqin District of Diyala)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)
Jan 31 Provincial elections held Saw heavy Sunni turnout Voter participation was still down to 51%
vs 57% in Jan 05 and 76% in Dec 05
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Provincial Elections And Abuses)
(Musings On Iraq Information On Iraq’s Voting System)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s New Provincial Councils – Update)
(Musings On Iraq Governors, Heads of Councils, and Ruling Coalitions In Iraq’s Provinces)
Jan 31 1920 Revolution Brigade established truce with other insurgents in Diyala to conduct vote
Wanted representation
Jan 31 1000s couldn’t vote in provincial election Names weren’t on voter lists Some couldn’t find
their voting centers Kurds in Diyala and displaced complained
Jan 31 Election monitoring group said violations in Baghdad Ninewa Diyala Soldiers in Mosul
Jan 31 Higher Educ Min said 2,000 fake degrees held by govt officials and faculty 2,000 held by
individuals claiming to be college graduates
Feb 2 Sheikh Hamid al-Hayes said he would burn Ramadi if Islamic Party won election in Anbar
Said he would start a tribal war against the party
Feb 3 Report Displaced in Diyala were not allowed to vote Turnout was only 50% Kurds said
16,000 families in Khanaqin couldn’t vote 700 families protested in Baquba on election day because couldn’t vote
Feb 3 Report European election monitor said registration for displaced was flawed Many were
registered in home provinces not where they were displaced Christians in Ninewa said they were pressured to vote for Kurds Security guards told they would lose jobs if didn’t vote for Kurds Displaced said they were handed out money in return for votes
Feb 4 Gen Austin said Iran still supporting Special Groups and found munitions from Iran in 2009
(Musings On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms shipments to Iraqi militias)
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
Feb 4 Gilbert Burnham that led Lancet study that said 650,000 Iraqi civilians died Was questioned
by American Association for Public Opinion Research about his methods Burnham only gave partial responses Was censured by group for non-cooperation Study was widely refuted by experts
(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)
Feb 5 Report Sheikh Abu Risha said tribes would form own Anbar govt if Islamic party won Said
Islamic Party cheated 4 major parties formed from Awakening sheikhs Abu Risha made alliance with Islamic party before vote Sheikh Hayes said half the votes cast were fake
(Musings On Iraq review Illusions of Victory, The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
Feb 6 Report ISC won 55% of vote in 05 provincial elections Only got 5% in 09
Feb 7 Report Iraq offering jobs to former Saddam era soldiers Meetings began in Jordan
Feb 10 Sen Kerry went to Syria to try to improve relations as part of Obama’s new Iraq
policy of including neighbors in strategy
Feb 10 Report ISCI and Kurds biggest loser in 09 provincial elections ISCI lost in Baghdad and
south ISCI blamed for mismanagement and corruption Kurdish vote in Ninewa went from 75% in 05 when Sunnis boycotted to 25% in 09 Only got 17% in Diyala Maliki’s State of Law won in south but didn’t get a majority
Feb 10 Report Parties that ran on security and services did best over sectarian ones
Feb 10 World Bank Report Iraq’s economic performance better with improved security Cut
inflation Spending more of investment budget Govt slowly rebuilding Unemployment still high Services some of worst in Mideast
Feb 11 Iran’s Foreign Minister came to Baghdad to mediate between Dawa and ISCI after provincial
elections
Feb 11 Report PM Maliki claimed reconciliation almost over Said US could no longer pressure Iraq
Said his govt had fixed all the problems US created since 03
Feb 12 25 lists in Maysan said they would protest results claiming cheating
Feb 12 Iraq-Iran signed new trade deal Iran wanted trade to go from $4 bil currently to $5 bil Almost
all Iranian goods going to Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
Feb 12 Report Syria said 300,000 Iraqi refugees left to go back to Iraq Observers said almost same
number left Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review Children of War, Voices Of Iraqi Refugees)
(Musings On Iraq Refugees International Report On Iraq’s Refugees and Displaced)
(Musings On Iraq January 2009 U.N. Report On Iraq Refugee Returns)
Feb 12 Nawal Smarraiea Women’s Affairs Minister resigned Said she was given no real power Said
ministry was created to give more posts to Sunnis Had no staff and small budget Said women had no real role in govt
(Iraqi Women Before And After The 2003 Invasion, Interview With Prof Nadje Al-Ali Univ of London)
Feb 12 Displacement Min said it would no longer register displaced Meant couldn’t get govt aid
Said would focus upon returns
Feb 13 Asst sec gen of PUK who was also VP of KRG quit over disagreement on how to deal with
corruption within party
Feb 15 Iraq Election Comm said fraud took place in 14 of Iraq’s 18 provinces but only effected
small fraction of votes 30 ballot boxes thrown out No revote
(Musings On Iraq Voter Disenfranchisement In Provincial Elections)
Feb 15 UN report Unemployment 18% Underemployment 10% 28% of men 15-29 not working Only
17% of women worked Warned that without development of private sector 450,000 new people would enter work force and not be able to find work
Feb 15 Transportation Min said budget cuts meant 10,000 workers would no longer have work but
would not fire them or stop paying them
Feb 16 Report US general in charge of training Iraqi army said still needed 3 yrs before it could
handle insurgency on its own Said logistics communications intelligence reconnaissance engineering all needed work Procurement also an issue as went up and down with oil prices
Feb 16 VP Abdul Mahdi said ISCI had dropped idea of no confidence vote against MP Maliki Was
focusing upon results of 09 provincial elections
Feb 16 Defense Min said it was send officials to Egypt Syria Yemen Jordan UAE to try to get former
Baath era officers to return to Iraq for jobs or pensions
Feb 18 Pres Talabani met with PUK officials like Kosrat Rasul and Barham Salah who wanted
reforms within party or were threatening to leave Talabani promised transparency
(Musings On Iraq Pres Talabani Heads Off Political Revolt Within The PUK)
Feb 18 Report Housing price and rent up in Baghdad with violence down UN expected 500,000
refugees to return in 09 63% were from Baghdad Will find it hard to find housing Baghdad had new elite that mostly made money through corruption and reconstruction contracts
Feb 18 KRG PM Barzani said PM Maliki had not kep promises to Kurds Said afraid PM would move
against Kurds after US withdrawal
Feb 18 MP Dani of Iraqi National Dialogue Front said govt had arrested 1 of his bodyguards and his
secretary in Feb Dani accused of mortar attack on Green Zone Bombing of parliament’s cafeteria Apr 07 Robbery Murder of 110 in Diyala
Feb 19 Provincial Election results announced PM Maliki’s State of Law won in 9 of 14 provinces
ISCI biggest loser as lost control of south
(Musings On Iraq Official Iraqi Election Results)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s New Provincial Councils – Update)
(Musings On Iraq Governors, Heads of Councils, and Ruling Coalitions In Iraq’s Provinces)
Feb 19 Electricity Min Wahid said power production passed pre-war levels Took 6 years
Production still didn’t meet demand
Feb 19 Report PM Maliki wanted to undermine Iraqi Islamic Party Said party couldn’t have both
vice presidency and speaker of parliament Thinks Islamic Party wanted no confidence vote against him along with Kurds and ISCI
Feb 19 US found new Iraqi weapons in south Iraq dated 2008
(Musings On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms shipments to Iraqi militias)
Feb 19 2 Baath era generals in exile said they told officers not to take up PM Maliki’s offer to have
them rejoin into army unless deBaathification law nullified
Feb 20 Report US met with fmr Baath era army officers in Jordan to try to get them to return to Iraq
Feb 20 ISF started Operation New Hope to secure Mosul Became main insurgent area after Surge
Feb 20 Report Asaib Ahl Al-Haq was thinking of running in 2010 election to challenge Sadr
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Feb 20 Report Iran said it would stop militia attacks upon British forces in Basra if London
accepted Tehran’s nuclear program
Feb 21 Report Gens Petraeus and Odierno thought US would be involved in Iraq for years Joint
Chiefs thought Iraq strain on troops and resources
Feb 22 Sadr renewed his freeze on Mahdi Army
Feb 22 Report US claimed ISF taking lead in operations US didn’t trust many Iraqi units Still lacked
training Still infiltrated by insurgents
Feb 22 Report 60 Minutes producer went over his kidnapping in Basra in Feb 08 by police who
were part of militia Said he was shown Hezbollah video Freed by Iraqi army
Feb 22 Islamic Party accused its opponents of assassination campaign 1 member escaped car
bombing in Tikrit Two killed in Baghdad in last 3 days
Feb 22 Intl Organization for Migration said govt had no plan to deal with displaced returning 1.6 mil
displaced after Feb 06 Samarra bombing 300,000 returned Iraqi NGO said govt done little for displaced
(Musings On Iraq Refugees International Report On Iraq’s Refugees and Displaced)
Feb 23 Report Ex-Salafi insurgent leader said Saudis funded his group from 03-06
(Musings On Iraq The Saudi Role In The Iraqi Insurgency)
Feb 24 Iraqi police officer killed U.S. soldier, interpreter and 2 Iraqi police and wounded 2 police, 3
Iraqi soldiers and an interpreter in Mosul 3rd time ISF shot at U.S. troops since Nov 08
Feb 24 Kurdish Alliance and Iraqi Accordance Front agreed to coalition to rule Diyala Accordance
Front would get governorship Kurds the head of council
Feb 24 12 Iraqi police in Sadr city arrested for kidnappings and murders Killed sister of VP
Hashemi
Feb 24 Head of Iraq’s Chamber of Commerce said 24,000 factories were either closed or damaged
and govt aid not helping
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Closed Factories)
Feb 26 Iraqi Federation of Industries said 90% of factories closed since 1986
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Closed Factories)
Feb 26 Report Maliki govt put development projects on hold because pay raises on public workers
expansion of security forces and decline in oil revenues
Feb 27 Pres Obama announced withdrawal plan for US forces from Iraq by 2011 Obama would not
be keeping stay behind force as original planned and would not ask Iraqis about issue
(Musings On Iraq on Obama’s withdrawal announcement and US public opinion)
(Musings On Iraq review The United States And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
Feb 27 Incoming Ninewa Gov Nujafi said he would work with Kurds if they stuck to Ninewa issues
If not he would not cooperate Dep Ninewa Gov Goran said Nujafi’s Al-Hadbaa party wanted to get rid of Kurds in Mosul
(Musings On Iraq Al-Hadbaa Party Leader’s Vision For Ninewa)
Feb 27 Migration Minister Sultan said ministry ran out of money to pay refugees who returned to
Iraq Said govt had not helped refugees overall Said ministry lacked plans and resources to help refugees back to their original homes
(Musings On Iraq review Children of War, Voices Of Iraqi Refugees)
(Musings On Iraq Refugees International Report On Iraq’s Refugees and Displaced)
(Musings On Iraq January 2009 U.N. Report On Iraq Refugee Returns)
Mar 1 Pro-PM Maliki Diyala Support Council organized 10,000 to protest against Accordance Front
and Kurdish Alliance creating new provincial council and excluding them
(Musings On Iraq Old And New Alliances Argue Over Control Of Diyala Provincial Council)
Mar 1 UNHCR reported 1.6 mil displaced and 2 mil refugees Since 2003 600,830 displaced
returned home along with 405,396 refugees
(Musings On Iraq review Children of War, Voices Of Iraqi Refugees)
(Musings On Iraq Refugees International Report On Iraq’s Refugees and Displaced)
(Musings On Iraq January 2009 U.N. Report On Iraq Refugee Returns)
Mar 2 Report Kurds asked US military to stay in Kurdistan because afraid PM Maliki would move
against them once Americans withdrew
Mar 3 Report govt money for displaced returns caught up in bureaucracy and has not been
consistently paid out
(Musings On Iraq Refugees International Report On Iraq’s Refugees and Displaced)
Mar 5 Iraq passed 2010 budget Govt facing economic crisis with declining oil prices Only cut 7%
from budget Was for $58.6 bil
Mar 6 PM Maliki called for reconciliation with former Saddam era soldiers Came after talks with
former officers in Feb 09
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad’s Latest Reconciliation Effort)
Mar 7 2nd time PM Maliki called for amending constitution to strengthen power of central govt and
himself Also criticized govt quotas
Mar 7 Report Sex market in Baghdad selling teen girls to Syria Jordan and UAE Human rights
activists believed tens of 1000s of girls sold Govt did nothing
Mar 7 Govt arresting former Baathist era army officers At same time said wanted reconciliation with
Baathists 23 arrested in Baghdad recently
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad’s Latest Reconciliation Effort)
Mar 8 Suicide bombing in Baghdad killed 28 outside police academy
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
Mar 9 Turkey announced program to train Iraqi army in Turkey
Mar 10 Suicide bombing of tribal gathering with army in Abu Ghraib killed 33
(Musings On Iraq review The ISIS Reader, Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement)
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
Mar 13 ISCI’s Hakim said he wanted reforms within National Alliance due to disputes
with Maliki
Mar 18 Sadr issued statement calling on his followers to give up on violence
Mar 19 PM Maliki met with Gen Austin Maliki worried that U.S. would withdraw too fast and
insurgency would make a comeback
Mar 24 Sahwa commander in Salahaddin said that Ansar al-Sunna and ISI had
created new alliance
Mar 25 Iraqi embassy in Jordan announced program to register former soldiers who wanted
to return to Iraq
Mar 25 Spec Insp Gen for Iraq Reconstruction Bowen testified to Congress Said US invaded Iraq
not ready to rebuild country When security deteriorated so did the rebuilding effort CPA wanted to reform Iraq whether it wanted it or not but never had money personnel oversight or coordination to be successful Usually ignored needs of Iraqis and never adapted to situation Wasn’t until 2007 that some effective rebuilding was done
(Musings On Iraq Special Inspector General Testifies To Congress)
Mar 26 US and UN sanctioned Muthanna Dhari for financing ISI 1920 Revolution
Brigade and Islamic Army of Iraq
Mar 28 Counterterrorism Unit arrested Fadhil Sahwa leader in Baghdad on terrorism
charges leading to firefight
(Musings On Iraq Sons of Iraq Integration Update)
Mar 29 Provincial election results announced State of Law won 126 of 440 seats 28% ISCI
went from 200 to 50 seats
(Musings On Iraq Official Iraqi Election Results)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s New Provincial Councils – Update)
(Musings On Iraq Governors, Heads of Councils, and Ruling Coalitions In Iraq’s Provinces)
Mar 29 Maliki govt said in talks with Asaib Ahl Al-Haq to get 5 British hostages it kidnapped
released Iraq UK US Iran Hezbollah worked out deal to release Brits in return for AAH leaders Qais and Laith Khazali, 300 AHH members and Iranian operatives held by US
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Iranians Planned Kidnapping And Held British Captives Taken In Iraq)
Mar 29 PKK rejected call by Pres Talabani and Pres Barzani to disarm
Mar 29 Sahwa in Dora, Baghdad protested over not getting paid by govt
Mar 29 US and ISF disarmed Sahwa in Fadhil, Baghdad after fighting broke out day before
when its commander arrested
(Musings On Iraq Sons of Iraq Integration Update)
Mar 31 British ended military mission in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
Mar 31 Deadline for power sharing and provincial elections in Kirkuk passed with no progress
(Musings On Iraq Kirkuk Remains In Political Limbo)
Apr 1 National Reconciliation Committee said it began talks with Asaib Ahl Al-Haq
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Apr 1 Baghdad was supposed to take control of all Sahwa in Iraq from US forces
Apr 2 Arab Jabour Baghdad Sahwa leader arrested for killing ISI fighters as part of PM Maliki’s
crackdown on Sahwa
(Musings On Iraq Problems With Integrating Sons of Iraq Continue)
Apr 4 Maliki said that Baathists and ISI had infiltrated Sahwa
Apr 4 Sahwa leader in Baghdad said govt was out to destroy Sahwa
(Musings On Iraq Sons of Iraq Integration Update)
Apr 4 Sheikh Abu Risha said he would run with State of Law in provincial elections
(Musings On Iraq Anbar’s Forgotten Sheikh)
(Musings On Iraq Anbar Sheikhs Reach Out To Shiites)
Apr 5 Basra Gov Waeli escaped IED probably done by Special Groups or Mahdi Army
Apr 6 Court issued arrest warrant for former head of Diyala council for stealing
150 bil dinars
Apr 6 PM Maliki had police raid 1st meeting of new Diyala council Had warrants for 6 members
accused of supporting insurgency US stopped arrests Came after Maliki’s State of Law not included in new provincial govt
(Musings On Iraq New And Old Provincial Councils in Diyala Embroiled In Controversy)
(Musings On Iraq Old And New Alliances Argue Over Control of Diyala Provincial Council)
(Musings On Iraq New Political Crackdown In Diyala)
Apr 7 Obama flew to Baghdad and met PM Maliki and Pres Talabani Said lots of political
progress but still issues in Iraq
Apr 9 Sadr had mass rally in Baghdad to mark fall of Saddam in 03 and called for US
withdrawal
(Musings On Iraq Anbar Sheikhs Reach Out To Shiites)
Apr 9 Baghdad said it was committed to Sahwa but it would purge all those who were
Baathist and ISI infiltrators
(Musings On Iraq Sons of Iraq Integration Update)
Apr 11 National Security Min Waili said Iraq Turkey US had new intelligence sharing
agreement targeting PKK
Apr 12 Al-Hadbaa party took all the leading positions in new Ninewa govt Nujafi
became governor after elections Kurds boycotted
(Musings On Iraq Al-Hadbaa Party Leader’s Vision For Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
Apr 12 Sheikh Abu Risha of Anbar said he was open to alliance with Maliki in 2010
national elections
(Musings On Iraq Anbar’s Forgotten Sheikh)
(Musings On Iraq Anbar Sheikhs Reach Out To Shiites)
Apr 13 Sinjar and Makhmour said they would not cooperate with Hadbaa led Ninewa
council
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
(Musings On Iraq Ninewa Struggles Between Arabs and Kurds Continue)
Apr 13 Maliki signed technical military cooperation deal while on visit to Russia
Including fixing equipment and opened door to buying arms
Apr 14 Parliamentarians picked Iyad al-Samarraie to become new speaker
Apr 14 Was reconciliation meeting in Abu Saifan, Baghdad between Sahwa, tribes
and Mahdi Army
Apr 14 VP Mahdi said Sahwa had been infiltrated by ISI while Anbar Awakening was
legitimate
Apr 14 Army had to take over 10 checkpoints in Iskandiriya after Sahwa walked off job
because hadn’t been paid
Apr 14 Insurgents blew up 4 houses belonging to displaced families that had returned in
Baquba Flyers said returnees would be attacked
Apr 15 US stopped Iraqi police from raiding Diyala prov council building and arresting
new councilmen on orders from PM Maliki
Apr 15 Head of Sinjar said district should become independent and join Kurdistan to
protest new Hadbaa controlled Ninewa govt
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
Apr 18 US and British officials went to Jordan to talk with ex-Gen Hamdani to
talk about reconciliation with former regime members
Apr 20 Kurdish Alliance complained about Hadbaa rule in Ninewa excluding them
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
(Musings On Iraq Ninewa Struggles Between Arabs and Kurds Continue)
(Musings On Iraq Troubles Continue In Ninewa Over Results Of Provincial Elections)
Apr 20 Suicide bomber in Iraqi army uniform attacked US soldiers visiting Baquba
mayor killing 11
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
Apr 21 Sahwa in Adhamiya put “X”s on houses of displaced Shiites and told them
not to come back
Apr 22 16 Kurdish towns in Ninewa threatened to not cooperate with new Hadbaa run
Ninewa council calling it Baathist
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
Apr 23 KRG Premier Barzani criticized Hadbaa party for monopolizing all the seats
on Ninewa council
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
(Musings On Iraq Ninewa Struggles Between Arabs and Kurds Continue)
(Musings On Iraq Troubles Continue In Ninewa Over Results Of Provincial Elections)
Apr 23 Iraq claimed it captured IS leader Abu Omar Baghdadi Didn’t happen Coincided with new
wave of bombings in Baghdad Might have been PM Maliki’s attempt to claim his govt was doing something about new violence
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Responds To Renewed Violence Pt. 1: Al Qaeda’s Prince Arrested Or An Imposter?)
(Musings On Iraq on false story of arresting Baghdadi)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi)
Apr 23 AP est that 110,600 Iraqis died since 2003 invasion Said actual numbers might be 10-20%
higher 59,957 were killed during 2006-07 civil war
(Musings On Iraq How Many Have Died In Iraq And By What Means?)
Apr 24 2 suicide bombers targeted Baghdad’s Khadmiya shrine
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
Apr 25 Gorran List founded by former PUK leader Mustafa
Apr 25 Shiites protest in Khalis, Diyala claiming Baathists taking over new provincial
council after elections
Apr 25 Arab tribes in Makhmour and Qaraj demanded Asayesh withdraw claiming
harassment
Apr 27 PM Maliki announced Iraqi forces captured ISI’s Abu Omar al-Bahgdadi Didn’t happen
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Responds To Renewed Violence Pt. 1: Al Qaeda’s Prince Arrested Or An Imposter?)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi)
Apr 27 PM Maliki condemned US raid in Kut that killed 2 civilians calling it a crime
Apr 27 Basra police chief escaped IED laid by either Mahdi Army or Special Groups
Apr 29 Police sent by Integrity Commission to arrest Trade Min Sudani for corruption got
into shootout with guards in Baghdad
Apr 29 Interior Ministry said ISI had successfully penetrated ISF and used agents to
carry out attacks
Apr 30 ISF started 2nd Operation Promise of Good in Diyala
Apr 30 Muthanna last to name new govt after Jan provincial elections PM Maliki’s State of Law
won in 9 of 14 provinces Got ruling coalitions in Babil Baghdad Basra Dhi Qar Qadisiya Wasit Maysan Najaf Karbala
(Musings On Iraq All Of Iraq’s New Provincial Councils Named (UPDATED))
(Musings On Iraq Breaking Down Iraq’s New Provincial Councils)
May 1 Op Promise of Good II started by ISF in Diyala
(Musings On Iraq Local Criticism of New Security Operation In Diyala)
(Musings On Iraq New Political Crackdown In Diyala)
May 2 Sadr made first public appearance in 2 years in Turkey to meet followers Had
fled Iraq over fear of US assassination during Surge
(Musings On Iraq Sadrist Sighting In Turkey)
May 3 Baghdad said it would not extend deadline for US forces to be out of country’s
cities by Jun 30 2009
May 3 Arrest warrants issued for Trade Minister Sudani’s two brothers and other ministry
officials for corruption Charged with stealing up to $400 mil Sudani siphoned off most of the funds for the food rations system to give to Maliki’s State of Law for 2009 and 2010 elections
(Musings On Iraq interview with former US anti-graft official Vincent Foulk)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Special Inspector Gen for Iraq Reconstruction Bowen on corruption in Iraq)
May 3 2 Iraqi soldiers opened fire at U.S. troops at an outpost in Mosul killing 2
and wounding 3 Americans
May 3 Iraqi forces arrested Dhuluiya, Salahaddin Sawha leader Claimed he
attacked Dujail during civil war
May 3 Sahwa in Iskandiriya walked off job for not being paid in months
(Musings On Iraq Sons of Iraq Integration Update)
May 4 Sadr said he had given up on armed struggle against US and wanted to
focus upon politics
(Musings On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)
May 4 ISCI MP from Diyala said that no one trusted ISF or new Op Promise of Good II in
province Said false info being used to conduct arrests Another MP demanded that Gen Ghidan in charge of operation resign
(Musings On Iraq Local Criticism of New Security Operation In Diyala)
May 5 Iraq Central Bank turned down Maliki asking to use surplus to cover budget
deficit
May 5 Farmers tried to sabotage work of CNPC at Ahdab oil field fearing company
would take their land
May 6 Sahwa in Ghaziliya Baghdad complained about his men leaving because not getting paid
by govt
(Musings On Iraq Sons of Iraq Integration Update)
May 6 Dawa MP said new offensive in Diyala would fail because insurgents had fled to Kurdistan
(Musings On Iraq Local Criticism of New Security Operation In Diyala)
May 7 Trade Min Sudani’s brother arrested on corruption charges
May 7 KDP and PUK announced would run together in next election as Kurdish list
May 8 Gov Nujafi stopped by Peshmerga from going to hot air balloon festival in Bashiqa
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
May 8 KRG said they would start exporting oil from Taq Taq and Tawke fields after Oil Min
okayed connecting them to Turkish pipeline Oil Min said it wouldn’t pay oil companies however
(Musings On Iraq Breakthrough On Oil Deal Between Baghdad and Kurdistan? Not Quite)
(Musings On Iraq Companies Exporting Oil From Kurdistan Without Getting Paid)
May 9 US said Iran continued to train Iraqi militias but at lower levels than before
(Musings On Iraq Overview of Iran’s Influence In Iraq)
May 12 PM Maliki had head of Ghazilia Baghdad Sawha arrested Was tortured by ISF
May 12 Tribal march in Mosul for Hadbaa list and against Peshmerga and Asayesh presence in
province
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
May 12 Mass grave in Qadisiyah found with 100 Kurds killed during Anfal campaign
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Anfal Campaign And The Destruction Of The Kurdish Opposition)
May 13 Denmark latest European country to start deporting Iraqi refugees
(Musings On Iraq review Children of War, Voices Of Iraqi Refugees)
May 13 Hadbaa party was in talks with Baghdad to try to force Kurds to participate in
Ninewa council that they were boycotting
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
May 13 ISCI’s Hakim said he wanted the United Iraqi Alliance reformed before the 2010 elections
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Role In The Revival Of The United Iraqi Alliance)
May 14 Trade Minister Sudani resigned before having to appear before parliament for
corruption charges
May 15 Mass grave found in Najaf with 3,000 Kurds killed during Anfal
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Anfal Campaign And The Destruction Of The Kurdish Opposition)
May 15 Oil Ministry said it wouldn’t pay oil companies exporting oil from KRG
May 15 PM Maliki called for majority government and ending sectarian quota system
May 15 PM Maliki claimed US releasing terrorists from prisons resulting in increased in
violence 2008 Maliki govt had negotiated quicker release of prisoners by US
May 16 Maliki promised major crackdown on corruption
May 16 Kurds deployed Peshmerga to Zummar, Ninewa in response to ISF move there
Part of tension with Hadbaa running Ninewa govt
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
May 16 Head of British Army Gen Dannatt said UK’s participation in Iraq damaged its
military reputation with US
May 17 Head of parliamentary integrity committee said Trade Min Sudani covered up
his brothers’ involvement in corruption at ministry
May 17 Kurdish protest in Shikhan against Al-Hadbaa led Ninewa government
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
(Musings On Iraq Ninewa Struggles Between Arabs and Kurds Continue)
(Musings On Iraq Troubles Continue In Ninewa Over Results Of Provincial Elections)
May 17 Oil Ministry criticized KRG’s independent oil deals
May 18 Integrity Commission official said Def Min officials charging $500 to join army
Trade Min selling food rations to businesses
May 18 Defense and Interior Ministries fired 12,000 ghost soldiers and 70,000 ghost police
US officials thought 25% of Defense Ministry payroll stolen
May 18 Head of Islamic Party in Diyala Khazraji and Sawha leader arrested on terrorism charges
as part of Operation Promise of Good II Warrants for 3 other members of Diyala council issued by Maliki dropped due to protests by parliament Arrests part of Maliki’s crackdown on Sunnis Sahwa before and after provincial elections
(Musings On Iraq New Political Crackdown In Diyala)
May 18 Baghdad released tape of man they claimed was ISI leader Baghdadi confessing Was not
Baghdadi
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Responds To Renewed Violence Pt. 1: Al Qaeda’s Prince Arrested Or An Imposter?)
(Musings On Iraq on false story of arresting Baghdadi)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi)
May 19 Pentagon said foreign fighters still coming to Iraq from Syria and Iranian
weapons still being found
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on Iranian arms shipments to Iraqi militias)
May 19 US organized meeting between Sahwa and govt after 17 Sahwa leaders arrested
(Musings On Iraq Sons of Iraq Integration Update)
May 19 Iraqi govt survey found 23% of Iraqis living in poverty Poverty highest in Muthanna 49% Babil
41% Salahaddin 40% lowest in Dohuk 10% Irbil 3% Sulaymaniya 3%
(Musings On Iraq Survey Finds 23% of Iraqis Live In Poverty)
May 20 Report only 17,000 of 94,000 Sahwa given govt jobs so far
May 24 Hashemi resigned as head of Islamic Party
May 25 PM Maliki accepted resignation of Trade Min Sudani charged with corruption He used
stolen money to fund Maliki’s 2009 and 2010 election campaign s
(Musings On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption in Iraq)
May 26 Integrity Comm head attacked PM Maliki for allowing Trade Min Sudani to resign Said it
helped him escape questioning for corruption Sudani had used stolen money to pay for Maliki’s 2009 and 2010 election campaigns
(Musings On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption in Iraq)
May 27 US Army Chief of Staff Gen Casey said US could be fighting in Iraq for next 10 yrs
May 27 Iraq signed 2 year deal with IMF for $7 bil to help with budget deficit
May 28 Protest in Tal Afar to make it independent of Ninewa Complained about Gov Nujafi and
neglect Part of Kurd-Al Hadbaa dispute
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
(Musings On Iraq Troubles Continue In Ninewa Over Results Of Provincial Elections)
May 28 Report Asaib Ahl Al-Haq demanded release of its members from jail and to run in
elections in return for releasing 5 Brits it kidnapped
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
May 28 Maliki said he gave up with outreach to Saudis Said futile and made Iraq look weak
May 28 Last British troops withdrew from Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
May 29 Video emerged of Trade Min Sudani and brothers drinking with prostitutes
talking about Maliki Sudani from Dawa
May 30 Ex-Trade Min Sudani tried to leave Iraq but plane turned around and arrested at Baghdad
airport on corruption charges Used stolen money to fund PM Maliki’s 2009 and 2010 election campaigns
(Musings On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption in Iraq)
May 30 Ex-Trade Min Sudani’s brother arrested trying to leave Iraq by land Tried to
bribe border police Also charged with corruption
May 30 Gov Nujafi accused Peshmerga of human rights abuses and breaking law in
Ninewa
May 31 Ex-Trade Min Sudani placed in Samawa prison for trial after arrested trying
to leave country Charged with corruption
(Musings On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption in Iraq)
Jun 1 Ex-Trade Min Sudani appeared in court to answer questions on corruption
charges
Jun 1 Defense Minister claimed it captured leader of Ansar al-Sunna Mohammed Hardawi
Jun 1 KRG began exporting oil from Tawke and Taq Taq fields
(Musings On Iraq Talk of Renewed Kurdish Oil Exports)
(Musings On Iraq Companies Exporting Oil From Kurdistan Without Getting Paid)
Jun 1 Gun battle between Peshmerga and pro-Al Hadbaa tribes in Sinjar Ninwea 5 killed
(Musings On Iraq Troubles Continue In Ninewa Over results Of Provincial Elections)
Jun 6 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq’s Laith Khazali released and AAH released bodies of 2 British
bodyguards they kidnapped and killed
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Iranians Planned Kidnapping And Held British Captives Taken In Iraq)
Jun 7 Inter Min said it would investigate torture charges in Maysan and Qadisiyah Nothing
happened
Jun 9 Shootout between Peshmerga and Iraqi police in Zummar as Ninewa Councilman visited
area Part of Kurd-Al Hadbaa List dispute
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
(Musings On Iraq Update On Political Dispute In Ninewa)
Jun 10 Def Min Obeidi said he wanted US forces to stay in Iraq for the next 5 years
Jun 10 Mass grave with 500 Kurds killed by Saddam found in Basra
Jun 10 26 killed in car bombing in Nasiriyah
Jun 10 Oil Ministry said it would not pay oil companies working in KRG
Jun 11 PM Maliki said Asaib Ahl Al-Haq head Khazali was a problem for the U.S. not his govt
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Jun 13 Kurdish List in Ninewa said it was thinking of creating alternative administration of
districts that refused to work with provincial govt Part of Kurd-Al Hadbaa dispute
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
(Musings On Iraq Update On Political Dispute In Ninewa)
Jun 15 Gen Odierno said foreign fighters coming to Iraq down and Syria trying to
regulate border
Jun 16 43 police had been arrested for abuse in prisons Done to placate Sadrists
complaining about abuse of their followers
Jun 17 US held talks with Syria to try to stop foreign fighters travelling through country
to Iraq
Jun 19 speaker of KRG parliament said KDP and PUK taking $30 mil of KRG budget
for themselves
Jun 19 2 British guards kidnapped and killed by Asaib Ahl Al-Haq returned to British
embassy In return AAH members released from prison
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Iranians Planned Kidnapping And Held British Captives Taken In Iraq)
Jun 19 Report PM Maliki and ISCI met and agreed to revive the United Iraqi Alliance before 2010
elections Maliki wanted it called State of Law and he would be its leader
Jun 20 Head of Kurdish list in Ninewa told Bashiqa teachers they should stop teaching
in Arabic and switch to Kurdish Dispute with Hadbaa
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
(Musings On Iraq Update On Political Dispute In Ninewa)
Jun 20 ISI bombed Shiite mosque killing 73 in Taza Kirkuk
(Musings On Iraq review The ISIS Reader, Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement)
Jun 21 Mayors in some Ninewa district threatened to join KRG Hadbaa dispute
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
Jun 22 US commander in Diyala said govt had not paid 1000 Sahwa in province nor
integrated them into govt
(Musings On Iraq Sons of Iraq Integration Update)
Jun 22 US turned over security in Anbar to Iraqi forces
Jun 30 US withdrew forces from Iraqi cities
(Musings On Iraq Iraq After The U.S. Withdrawal)
Jun 30 Iraq auctioned eight oil and gas fields to international energy companies Only Rumaila
received a winning bid Auction was considered a failure at first hurting standing of Oil Minister Shahristani who parliament was trying to remove
(Musings On Iraq 1st Oil Bidding Round Flops In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Continued Attempts To Develop its Oil Industry)
Jul 2 State Dept listed Abu Muhandis as a global terrorist
Jul 10 US released 5 Iran Rev Guards members it held since 2007 as part of SOFA that said US
had to release all prisoners by 2011
(Musings On Iraq 5 Revolutionary Guards Members Let Go By U.S.)
Jul 10 KRG parliament agreed to postpone referendum on new constitution that laid claim to
disputed areas and would have given Pres Barzani greater powers
(Musings On Iraq Kurds Agree To Suspend Vote On Controversial Constitution)
Jul 12 VP Hashemi said Baghdad would fight PKK and would form special units to do so Meant
to appease Turkey
Jul 13 IED on US Amb Hill’s convoy in Dhi Qar likely by a militia
(Musings On Iraq The Return Of The Special Groups)
Jul 16 Sadr visited Abdul Hakim in Tehran and said he was willing to rejoin the United Iraqi
Alliance Came as a result of Iranian lobbying to re-unite the Shiite lists for upcoming elections
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Role In The Revival Of The United Iraqi Alliance)
Jul 25 KRG held parliamentary and presidential elections
(Musings On Iraq Implications of the Kurdish Elections On Iraq’s Parliamentary Vote)
Jul 29 Results of KRG election Barzani re-elected president with 69% of vote KDP-PUK list won
57% of parliamentary vote Change 23%
(Musings On Iraq Kurdish Election Results And Implications)
(Musings On Iraq Full Kurdish Election Results)
(Musings On Iraq Ruling Kurdish Parties Try To Co-Opt And Intimidate Opposition)
Aug 2 Maliki govt transitioned 1st batch of 3,331 sahwa Were assigned to ministries and had to apply
for jobs instead of given them as promised
Aug 3 PM Maliki met with Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Claimed group renounced violence and wanted to
run in 2010 elections Agreed to release AAH members held by US Part of plan for Maliki to undermine Sadr before vote
(Musings On Iraq League Of Righteous Breaks Off talks With Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Aug 7 ISI document said that it negotiated contract with Communications Ministry to
give deal to an Arab leader in Mosul In return ISI got % of the contract
Aug 7 ISI bombed Turkmen Shiite mosque in Mosul Killed 38 wounded 140
(Musings On Iraq Political Parties Playing Into Hands Of Insurgent Attacks)
(Musings On Iraq review The ISIS Reader, Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement)
Aug 9 Suicide bomber hit Mosul mosque killing 23 wounding 130
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
Aug 10 2 truck bombs ht Shabak town of Khazan Killed 28 wounded 155
(Musings On Iraq Political Parties Playing Into Hands Of Insurgent Attacks)
Aug 14 PM Maliki told reporters that they had to cooperate with govt and not criticize it
Aug 17 PM Maliki visited Syria and promoted closer ties between the two Major reconciliation
move as Syria had supported insurgents
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Can’t Get Its Story Straight On Aug 18 Bombings)
Aug 18 ISI set off 3 car bombs in Baghdad hitting Finance and Foreign Ministries and Rashid
Hotel killing 101 and wounding 565 PM Maliki blamed Baathists and Syria for bombings even though it was ISI Iraq withdrew ambassador to Damascus in protest 1st of 3 mass casualty bombings ISI would carry out in Baghdad during the year
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Can’t Get Its Story Straight On Aug 18 Bombings)
(Musings On Iraq Fall 09 When Maliki Blamed Islamic State Bombings In Baghdad On Baathists)
(Musings On Iraq Syria-Iraq Dispute Could Be Ending)
(Musings On Iraq Request For UN Investigation Into August Baghdad Bombings Said To Be Turned Down)
Aug 22 Iraqi govt said it was arresting Baathists involved in Aug 18 Baghdad bombings when it
was actually ISI
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Can’t Get Its Story Straight On Aug 18 Bombings)
(Musings On Iraq Fall 09 When Maliki Blamed Islamic State Bombings In Baghdad On Baathists)
(Musings On Iraq Syria-Iraq Dispute Could Be Ending)
(Musings On Iraq Request For UN Investigation Into August Baghdad Bombings Said To Be Turned Down)
Aug 23 Baghdad Operations Command aired taped confession of man who said he was a Baathist
and involved in Aug 18 Baghdad bombings Said attack ordered by Syria Was actually done by ISI
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Can’t Get Its Story Straight On Aug 18 Bombings)
(Musings On Iraq Fall 09 When Maliki Blamed Islamic State Bombings In Baghdad On Baathists)
(Musings On Iraq Syria-Iraq Dispute Could Be Ending)
(Musings On Iraq Request For UN Investigation Into August Baghdad Bombings Said To Be Turned Down)
Aug 24 Sadrists ISCI and Jaafari announced creation of National Alliance
(Musings On Iraq The New National Alliance And Other Political Maneuverings)
Aug 25 Iraqi govt demanded Syria turn over 2 Baathists accused of involvement in Aug 18
Baghdad bombings and expel all terrorists Iraq and Syria ended up withdrawing their ambassadors Ended Maliki’s reconciliation with Syria
Aug 25 ISI claimed responsibility for Aug 18 Baghdad bombings
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Can’t Get Its Story Straight On Aug 18 Bombings)
(Musings On Iraq Fall 09 When Maliki Blamed Islamic State Bombings In Baghdad On Baathists)
(Musings On Iraq Syria-Iraq Dispute Could Be Ending)
(Musings On Iraq Request For UN Investigation Into August Baghdad Bombings Said To Be Turned Down)
Aug 29 Interior Min announced it arrested 14 ISI members behind Aug 18 Baghdad bombings
PM Maliki had blamed Baathists and Syria
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Can’t Get Its Story Straight On Aug 18 Bombings)
(Musings On Iraq Fall 09 When Maliki Blamed Islamic State Bombings In Baghdad On Baathists)
(Musings On Iraq Syria-Iraq Dispute Could Be Ending)
(Musings On Iraq Request For UN Investigation Into August Baghdad Bombings Said To Be Turned Down)
Sep 1 US negotiated joint Iraqi-Kurdish-US patrols in Ninewa after series of mass casualty bombings
Meant to fill security gaps in disputed areas and help Baghdad-Irbil relations
(Musings On Iraq Joint US-Iraq-Kurdish Patrols Okayed In Ninewa Objected To In Kirkuk)
(Musings On Iraq Joint US-Iraq-Kurdish Patrols In Disputed Areas Remains A Political Football)
Sep 4 3rd British guard kidnapped and murdered by Asaib Ahl Al-Haq had body released
(Musings On Iraq League Of Righteous Breaks Off talks With Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Sep 5 500 demonstrated in Hawija against joint Iraq-Peshmerga-U.S. patrols in town Said
only army should be doing security in district
Sep 9 Iraq and Syria agreed to stop media attacks upon each other return ambassadors after PM
Maliki accused Baathists and Syria for Aug bombings in Baghdad Was actually done by ISI
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Can’t Get Its Story Straight On Aug 18 Bombings)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq-Syria Dispute Update)
Sep 12 Report Najaf and Karbala businesses complained that Iraqi parties close to Iran like ISCI
gave Iranian companies monopolies over religious tourism in two cities
(Musings On Iraq Najaf and Karbala Complain About Iranian Business Deals Surrounding Religious Tourism)
Sep 16 US closed Camp Bucca prison which had served as recruiting ground for
insurgents
Sep 18 Report Norway investigated insider trading involving KRG Natural Resource Min Hawrami
and DNO that had oil contract in KRG Oct 08 DNO sold 43 mil shares for $29.7 mil to Genel Energy with Hawrami acting as middleman
(Musings On Iraq Oil Scandal Hits Kurdistan)
Sep 25 Report Sadr was attempting to reconcile with Asaib Ahl Al-Haq before 2010 elections
AAH was to send delegation to Iran to meet with Sadr
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Tries To Reconcile With Breakaway League Of The Righteous)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Sep 30 PM Maliki released over 100 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq members in deal where group said it
renounced violence and would run in 2010 elections
(Musings On Iraq League Of Righteous Breaks Off talks With Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Oct 1 PM Maliki announced new State of Law list to run in 2010 elections
(Musings On Iraq Malik’s New State Of Law List May Not Be Enough)
Oct 5 UN report 71% of Iraqis live in urban areas Of those 57% lived in slum conditions
(Musings On Iraq Almost Half Of Iraqis Live In Slum Conditions)
Oct 11 Insurgents attacked Anbar provincial council building in Ramadi 23 killed 65 wounded
Oct 14 Iraq’s Human Rights Ministry reported 85,694 dead 147,195 wounded civilians and ISF
from 2004 to Oct 2008
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Ministry Counts 85,000 Dead From 2004-Oct 2008)
Oct 15 Sadrists held primary election meant to rally support for 09 provincial elections
(Musings On Iraq The Sadrist Primaries)
Oct 21 US announced it would withdraw its forces from Iraq on Dec 31
Oct 21 Obama told Maliki not getting stay behind US force in Iraq was ok because US
would still have influence
(Musings On Iraq review The United States And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
Oct 25 ISI set off 2 car bombs at Justice and Municipalities Ministries in Baghdad 155 dead 721
wounded 2nd mass casualty bombing by ISI in Baghdad in 2009
(Musings On Iraq Fall 09 When Maliki Blamed Islamic State Bombings In Baghdad On Baathists)
Oct 30 Iraq said Syria and Baathists behind Oct 25 bombings of Justice Min and provincial
council in Baghdad Was done by ISI
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Returns To Blame Game Over Baghdad Bombings)
Nov 2 Eni Occidental and KOGAS signed deal to develop Zubayr oil field in Basra
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Moves Ahead With Oil Deals)
Nov 3 Intl Org for Migration report said 1.6 mil displaced since Feb 06 Samarra bombing 1.5 mil
refugees Baghdad Diyala Ninewa saw 90% of the displacement 58,000 returned since Feb 06
(Musings On Iraq Number of Displaced Returning Likely To Increase, Will Iraq Be Ready?)
(Musings On Iraq review Children of War, Voices Of Iraqi Refugees)
(Musings On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)
Nov 4 BP and CNPC singed deal to develop Rumaila oil field in Basra
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Moves Ahead With Oil Deals)
Nov 4 2 Hezbollah members captured in Baghdad Hezbollah used by Iran to support militias
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Parliamentary Speaker’s Visit Raises Questions About Tehran’s Influence In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Hezbollah’s Role In Iraq)
Nov 5 Oil Min signed deal with Exxon and Shell to develop West Qurna 1 field in Basra Won
auction in Jun 09
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Moves Ahead With Oil Deals)
Nov 8 Parliamentary election law passed expanding number of seats to 325
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Parliament Finally Does Its Job – Passes Election Law)
Nov 9 Sahwa leaders in Dora Baghdad and Baquba Diyala arrested Part of PM Maliki’s crackdown
on Sahwa
(Musings On Iraq Problems With Integrating Sons of Iraq Continue)
Nov 10 Human Rights Watch report After 03 Kurds kicked out Arabs around Mosul Helped lead
to insurgency in Ninewa Insurgents targeted Christians Yazidis Shabaks Oct 08 insurgents tried to drive Christians out of Mosul 40 killed 12,000 fled Kurds tried to co-opt Ninewa minorities via patronage intimidation threats attacks
(Musings On Iraq Human Rights Watch: Ninewa’s Minorities Under Pressure From Both Sunni Insurgents and Kurds)
(Musings On Iraq review Christianity in Iraq)
Nov 11 Guardian paper fined £52,000 in Iraqi court for Apr 09 article saying PM Maliki was
acting like an autocrat
Nov 12 PM Maliki told sheikhs in Sadr City that enemies of Iraq were going to use 2010 elections
undermine the country
(Musings On Iraq Maliki Returns to Sectarian Politics)
Nov 15 PM Maliki said that Baathists would use 2010 elections to return to power but he would
never let that happen Maliki had been emphasizing Baathist threat since Aug Baghdad bombings which were actually done by ISI
(Musings On Iraq Maliki Returns to Sectarian Politics)
Nov 16 PM Maliki said Baathists would not be allowed to run in 2010 elections Maliki had been
emphasizing Baathist threat since Aug Baghdad bombings which were actually done by ISI
(Musings On Iraq Maliki Returns to Sectarian Politics)
Nov 16 NY Times editorial by US economist Gunter said unemployment in Iraq 17.3%
Underemployment 29.4% for total 46.7% Men aged 15-29 yrs had unemployment rate of 28% Problem was govt couldn’t employ young population and private sector to small to contribute Warned could lead to social unrest
(Musings On Iraq Former US Economic Adviser Warns Of Impending Jobs Crisis In Iraq)
Nov 17 Transparency Intl ranked Iraq 4th most corrupt country in world Was #3 in 2008
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Moves Down List Of Most Corrupt In The World)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Vincent Foulk former US anti-graf official)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Stuart Bowen Special Inspetor General for Iraq Reconstruction)
Nov 17 Displaced families in Diyala protested against election law which said displaced could
only vote in their home provinces Threatened a boycott
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Displaced Forgotten In Debate Over Election Law)
Nov 18 VP Hashemi vetoed parliamentary election law saying it would reduce Sunni seats
Kurdish Alliance State of Law ISCI amended law to cut possible seats for Sunnis
(Musings On Iraq VP Hashemi Shoots Himself In The Foot With Veto Of Iraqi Election Law)
Nov 20 ISCI head Hakim said Baathists should be able to take part in Iraqi politics if didn’t have
blood on their hands Was counter to PM Maliki increasingly talking about Baathist threat before 2010 elections
(Musings On Iraq Maliki Returns to Sectarian Politics)
Nov 20 Fadhil Baghdad Sahwa head Mashhadani sentenced to death for murder during civil war
Part of PM Maliki’s crackdown on Sahwa
(Musings On Iraq Fadhil Sons of Iraq Leader Sentenced To Death)
Nov 21 Report on failed US funded reconstruction projects $270 mil water plant in Nasiriya only
worked at limited capacity because too sophisticated for Iraqi workers $4 mil maternity hospital in Hilla didn’t have staff or enough supplies Iraqis never trained on equipment US installed $98 mil wastewater treatment plan in Fallujah only reached 1/3 of homes because govt doesn't deliver fuel $7.9 mil hospital in Baghdad didn’t have staff or supplies so it was closed $165 mil Basra Children’s Hospital was $115 mil over budget
(Musings On Iraq More On Wasted Reconstruction Projects In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Hard Lessons, The Iraq Reconstruction Experience)
Nov 22 Baghdad aired video confession of 3 men claiming they were Baathists behind Oct 09
Baghdad bombings Were actually done by ISI
(Musings On Iraq Maliki Returns to Sectarian Politics)
Nov 24 England started Chilcot Inquiry into causes of Iraq War
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
Nov 24 Report Govt workers in Baghdad created fake workers and pocketed $20 mil in salaries
Nov 26 Former UK Amb to US Meyer testified to Chilcot Inquiry Said US decided on Iraq war
before UN weapons inspectors returned in Nov 02 Said US already had invasion plan with war starting Jan 03 which was pushed back to March Meyer said UN inspectors had no time to finish their work US and UK only wanted a smoking gun to justify war
(Musings On Iraq Former British Diplomat Confirms that U.N. Inspectors Were Means To War With Iraq)
Dec 1 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq ended talks with PM Maliki over running in 2010 elections because
leader Qais Khazali not released
(Musings On Iraq League Of Righteous Breaks Off talks With Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Dec 8 ISI set off 5 car bombs hit Finance Justice Foreign Ministries in Baghdad killing
127 wounded 448 3rd mass casualty bombing in Baghdad US and Interior Min warned Baghdad Ops Cmd in morning of an impending car bomb
(Musings On Iraq Terrorists Strike Baghdad With Massive Bombings For Third Time)
(Musings On Iraq Islamist Terrorists Return To Sectarian Attacks)
(Musings On Iraq Incompetence Of the Iraqi Security Forces Before the December 8 Baghdad Bombings?)
Dec 8 PM Maliki dismissed Baghdad security chief Gen Qanbar and called for Interior Min Bolani
to resign after Baghdad bombings Dawa tried to blame Bolani for attacks
(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Bombings Set Off Political Bickering Amongst Iraqi Elites)
Dec 8 Parliament demanded to question Interior Defense National Security ministers head of Iraqi
intelligence head of Baghdad Ops Cmd and PM Maliki over Baghdad Maliki refused saying would only help his enemies
Dec 11 Oil Min started second auction for international energy companies to invest in oil fields 3
bids accepted
(Musings On Iraq First Day Of New Bidding Round On Iraqi Oil Fields)
(Musings On Iraq 2nd Round of Bidding On Iraq’s Oil Fields Ends As A Success)
Dec 12 Iraq ended 2nd auction for international energy companies to invest in oil fields 4 more
bids accepted for total of 7 Oil Min Shahristani claimed Iraq could reach 12 mil/bar/day in capacity in 6 yrs Would reach a quarter of that mark
(Musings On Iraq Will New Oil Deals Provide Jobs For Iraqis?)
(Musings On Iraq 2nd Round of Bidding On Iraq’s Oil Fields Ends As A Success)
Dec 12 Blair said he would still have removed Saddam without WMD and that
Saddam was a threat to world no matter what
(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)
(Musings On Iraq Hans Blix Replies To Tony Blair)
Dec 12 Maliki questioned by parliament over Baghdad bombings starting in August
MPs complained about lack of coordination by ISF
Dec 14 Fmr head UN weapons inspector Hans Blix replied to Tony Blair interview where he said
he would have invaded Iraq without WMD because Saddam was a threat Blix said UK was more interesting in invading Iraq than disarming it
(Musings On Iraq Hangs Blix Replies To Tony Blair)
Dec 18 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq issued fatwa on Syria War saying it wasn’t about defending Sayid
Zeinab shrine but fighting infidels and defending Islam
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Dec 18 Iranian soldiers occupied Well No 4 in Fauqi oil field in Maysan PM Maliki said nothing
Interior Min said was not important Foreign Min said Iran and Iraq would talk about border soon
(Musings On Iraq Disputed Oil Field Leads To Flare Up Between Iraq And Iran)
(Musings On Iraq More Questions Than Answers On Iran-Iraq Oil Field Dispute)
Dec 20 Iran said it withdrew its troops from Well No 4 in Fauqi oil field in Maysan it occupied 2
days later but Iraqis said they were still on Iraqi territory
(Musings On Iraq More Questions Than Answers On Iran-Iraq Oil Field Dispute)
(Musings On Iraq Disputed Oil Field Leads To Flare Up Between Iraq And Iran)
Dec 23 Protest in Pirmargrun Sulaymaniya turned into a riot after mayor said population didn't
appreciate his improvements to the community People complained about corruption and lack of services Asayesh and riot police called out
(Musings On Iraq Anti-Government Protests In Both Southern and Northern Iraq)
Dec 23 Protests in Karbala and Anbar against Iranian troops occupying Well No 4 in Fauqi oil
field in Maysan
(Musings On Iraq More Questions Than Answers On Iran-Iraq Oil Field Dispute)
Dec 24 2nd day of protests in Pirmargrun Sulaymaniya over mayor and lack of services PUK
guards broke up demonstration using gunfire
(Musings On Iraq Anti-Government Protests In Both Southern and Northern Iraq)
Dec 26 Pilgrims to Karbala launched protest against PM Maliki over corruption and Iranians
stealing oil
(Musings On Iraq Anti-Government Protests In Both Southern and Northern Iraq)
Dec 27 Barzani held meeting to create Peshmerga Ministry in attempt to unify KDP and PUK’s
forces
Dec 27 Dep US Cmdr in Iraq said govt integration of Sahwa would have to wait until after 2010
elections Maliki govt originally agreed to integrate them by end of 2009
(Musings On Iraq Integration Of Sons Of Iraq Delayed Until Mid-2010)
Dec 30 British hostage Peter Moore released by Asaib Ahl Al-Haq in return for release of leader
Qais Khazali Moore and 4 bodyguards kidnapped from Fin Min building Baghdad in May 2007 Op planned by Iran’s Rev Guard Brits were held in Iran for most of 2 year captivity 4 bodyguards were killed
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Iranians Planned Kidnapping And Held British Captives Taken In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval Postgraduate School’s Ostovar on history of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)
(Musings On Iraq review Vanguard of the Imam, Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard)
Dec 30 2 suicide bombers hit provincial council building in Ramadi killing 27 and injuring 100
including Gov Fahadawi
(Musings On Iraq Voter Dissatisfaction Growing In Anbar?)
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
2010
Jan 3 PM Maliki said Baghdad and Irbil should talk about oil contracts Said talked about issue
with KRG PM Salah
(Musings On Iraq Talk Of Renewed Kurdish Oil Exports)
Jan 5 Report that US was in talks with Baathists in Iraq to try to get them to reconcile Maliki
govt criticized talks
(Musings On Iraq Is The U.S. Negotiating With Baathists?)
Jan 7 Accountability and Justice Commission banned 511 candidates from 14 lists from election
for Baathist ties Was part of move by Shiite parties to make Baathists part of election
(Musings On Iraq Accountability And Justice Commission Attempts To Interfere In 2010 Elections)
(Musings On Iraq Return Of Sectarian Politics To Iraq)
Jan 11 US general said 10,000 Sahwa had gotten jobs in ISF and 30,000 were employed in
ministries Left 78,000 unintegrated
(Musings On Iraq More Sons of Iraq Integrated While Others Walk Off The Job In Diyala)
Jan 12 US Amb Hill met with PM Maliki over banning of Sulah al-Mutlaq from 2010 elections by
Accountability & Justice Comm Hill said no grounds for banning Mutlaq as he’d already served in parliament Maliki accused Mutlaq or working with Baathists in Syria in a conspiracy against him Claimed he was powerless to stop the ban
Jan 13 Joint Iraq-Peshmerga-US checkpoints opened in Diyala’s disputed territories to increase
cooperation amongst parties
(Musings On Iraq Joint Iraq-Peshmerga-U.S. Patrols Begin In Disputed Territories)
Jan 14 Election Comm approved Accountability and Justice Comm banning of 500 candidates
before March parliamentary vote
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Election Commission Okays Ban On Mutlaq And Others From 2010 Vote)
(Musings On Iraq The Continuing Saga Of The Candidate Banning In Iraq)
Jan 14 Joint U.S.-Iraqi-Peshmerga patrols announced for Mosul to increase cooperation between
Baghdad and Irbil on security
(Musings On Iraq Joint Iraq-Peshmerga-U.S. Patrols Begin In Disputed Territories)
Jan 17 Chemical Ali sentenced to death for Halabja attack
Jan 18 KRG said it was willing to talk with Baghdad about energy Said it would publish deals it
signed with foreign companies in 2009 something Baghdad had demanded KRG wanted to restart its independent oil exports Kurds demanded that Baghdad pay the oil companies in KRG In return KRG would share profits from exports
(Musings On Iraq Talk Of Renewed Kurdish Oil Exports)
Jan 19 Report Maliki govt claimed 15,000 Sahwa gotten jobs in ISF 33,000 positions in govt Said
by middle of 2010 all Sahwa would be integrated Never happened
(Musings On Iraq More Sons of Iraq Integrated While Others Walk Off The Job In Diyala)
Jan 21 Report Iraq reconciliation committee holding talks with insurgents and Baathists in Jordan
UAE Syria Before Maliki had criticized US for similar talks
(Musings On Iraq Is The U.S. Negotiating With Baathists?)
Jan 23 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq kidnapped US contractor Issa Salomi which it swapped for 4 of its
members held in prison
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Jan 23 Report Diyala Sahwa told to abandon posts by commanders due to Maliki govt crackdown
Sahwa sheikh claimed 425 Sahwa and 25 senior leaders had been arrested by govt on charges they belonged to ISI
(Musings On Iraq More Sons of Iraq Integrated While Others Walk Off The Job In Diyala)
Jan 25 3 international hotels bombed
Jan 29 Blair testified to Chilcot Inquiry that Saddam was a threat to the world that had to be dealt
with That if Iraq wasn’t invaded in 2003 world would have to deal with Saddam later and could have been more difficult Said 9/11 changed perceptions of Iraq in both US and England
(Musings On Iraq Was Iraq An Imminent Threat To The West?)
Feb 1 Ninewa Gov Nujafi visited Wana Was met by Kurdish protest Nujafi’s convoy was shot at
Mayor or nearby Qosh who went to visit Nujafi was harassed by Asayesh Nujafi’s bodyguards arrested people charging them with shooting at convoy Kurds responded by taking hostages Gen Odierno sent Emma Sky to negotiate end to confrontation
Feb 3 Iraq appeals court ended ban of candidates for Baath ties before parliamentary elections
Sadr said court decision was betrayal of Iraqi people Maliki said ending bans was US interference in Iraqi elections
(Musings On Iraq Accountability And Justice Commission Attempts To Interfere In 2010 Elections)
Feb 8 Sheikh Abu Risha said he formed ruling coalition in Anbar to keep Islamic Party out of power
Had talk with Mutlaq of Iraqi National Project who is also against Islamic Party
Feb 8 Report KRG PM Barzani accused PM Maliki of trying to move troops into Kirkuk to take it
over Complained about deployment of army’s 12th Div Asked U.S. to intervene
Feb 9 Report 30,000 displaced returning home per month Main problem occupied houses Govt has
no process to deal with issue Courts can’t handle it
Feb 11 Iraqi Special Forces with US advisers raided Kataib Hezbollah in Maysan killing 8
Iraqi politicians condemned raid After raid Maliki ordered all raids be authorized by him personally Led several Iraqi commands to suspend ops with US
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
Feb 15 Maliki reversed order to have all raids authorized by him Came after he protested
US-Iraq raid on Kataib Hezbollah
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
Feb 16 ISI set off 4 suicide car bombs targeting hotels in Baghdad where foreign press stayed
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
Mar 7 Parliamentary elections held leading to 2nd Maliki term
Mar 9 Kurdish Awene newspaper said electoral fraud in Irbil election and sued by KDP
Mar 10 Iran invited Shiite politicians to celebrate Nowruz and pushed them to reunite
behind Maliki
Mar 11 US captured ISI governor for Baghdad Rawi who provided intel that led to killing of ISI
leaders Masri and Baghdadi
Mar 22 9 provinces from central and southern Iraq demanded recount in election
Mar 22 Iran got Shiite parties to agree to keep Talabani as president
Mar 24 Maliki announced new anti-corruption campaign
(Musings On Iraq interview with Vincent Foulk former US anti-graf official)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Stuart Bowen Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction)
Mar 25 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq released US contractor it kidnapped Issa Salomi
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Mar 25 State of Law threatened lawsuit unless Election Commission made a recount of national
vote
Mar 25 State of Law members protested in Basra, Najaf, Karbala, Kut calling for recount
Mar 26 Election results announced Iraqiya 91 seats State of Law 89 National Alliance 70
Kurdish Alliance 43
(Musings On Iraq review The Unraveling, High Hopes And Missed Opportunity In Iraq)
Mar 26 Pres Talabani and VP Mahdi went to Tehran to talk about national elections
Mar 26 State of Law met with Sadr in Qom to try to win his support for 2nd Maliki
administration
Mar 26 State of Law protest in Amara called for recount in national elections
Mar 26 Human Rights Min said it found 84 mass graves in Baghdad and Diyala all from
post-03 violence
Mar 27 Kurdish Alliance said wanted assurances on Kirkuk and Article 140 before it joined
any new govt
Mar 28 Supreme Court ruled that any coalition that gained a majority after elections could get 1st
opportunity to form a new govt Changed meaning of constitution and made election victory meaningless Ruling undermined Allawi’s Iraqiya right to form a new govt and gave it to Maliki’s State of Law
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
Mar 29 Peshmerga withdrew from Jalawla, Diyala after argument over control of
disputed areas with Baghdad
Mar 30 Allawi complained about Iran’s interference in forming new Iraqi government
Mar 30 VP Hashemi said Iran trying to unite Shiite parties behind 2nd Maliki term
Mar 31 VP Hashemi said an Arab should be president no longer a Kurd
Mar 31 Iraqiya said it would implement Art 140 on disputed areas to try to get Kurdish
backing for Allawi as premier
Mar 31 Sadr said there would be a referendum on who his followers wanted as premier
Apr 1 Iran said it would host Iraqi parties that wanted to talk about forming new govt
Apr 1 Gorran head Mustafa taken to court for defamation against Pres Talabani
Apr 1 Iraqiya announced regional tour of Egypt Qatar Turkey Syrian and Iran to drum
up support for forming new govt
Apr 2 Maliki said he was going to form alliance with Kurds and backed Talabani to
remain as president to form new govt
Apr 2 Sadrists began referendum amongst followers to see who they wanted to be new
premier
Apr 2 PM Maliki’s talks with National Alliance failed as ISCI’s Hakim opposed Maliki’s 2nd term
Apr 4 3 car bombs on Iranian Egyptian and German Embassies in Baghdad killed 41
Apr 5 World Bank gave $250 mil loan to Iraq to help with budget
Apr 5 UNAMI held meeting between Hadbaa and Kurdish Alliance in Ninewa to try to
repair relations
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
(Musings On Iraq Arab-Kurdish Divide Over New Ninewa Provincial Council)
Apr 6 7 bombs in Baghdad destroyed 7 buildings and killed 35 over 100 wounded
Apr 6 Dir of Central Organization for Statistics said 25% of Iraqis lived below
poverty level
Apr 7 Sadrist referendum on who movement wanted as new premier picked Jaafari
after national vote
Apr 9 Sadrists held demonstration in Najaf to mark fall of Saddam and protested US
occupation
Apr 10 Iranian Amb said next Iraqi govt should be national unity one with Sunnis
implying that Allawi’s Iraqiya should be included
Apr 10 Insurgents like 1920 Revolution Brigades held meeting in Istanbul to discuss
Iraq after US military withdrawal
Apr 11 State of Law called for recount in 5 provinces claiming voter fraud after national
elections
(Musings On Iraq review The Unraveling, High Hopes And Missed Opportunity In Iraq)
Apr 11 Report that Sadrists asked for 10 ministries in return for supporting Maliki’s 2nd
term
Apr 11 Sadr called Maliki a liar and blamed him for arresting Sadrists
Apr 11 ISF withdrew from Salahaddin provincial council building after occupying it
for 2 months on orders from Maliki to block federalism move
Apr 12 KRG said it had reached agreement with Oil Ministry over oil exports Baghdad
would split revenues with it
Apr 12 Maliki said Sahwa had a role in helping with securing country
Apr 12 CIA ranked Iraq 160th in world in per capita income 2nd lowest in Middle East
Apr 13 State of Law said it didn’t have any red lines with Iraqiya but said some members
were tied to Baathists
Apr 13 Basra announced free trade zone with Iran
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
Apr 13 KRG parliament passed regional budget Gorran and Islamic Group dissented
saying that no reforms included in it
Apr 14 State of Law complained about parties going to other countries to discuss
putting together new govt
Apr 14 Dep PM Issawi went to Iran to talk about forming new govt
Apr 14 Pres Talabani said when Shiite parties agreed on premier Kurds would support
them
Apr 14 Iraq asked to buy 24 F-16 fighters from US
Apr 14 Iranian Amb to Iraq said trade between two countries had reached $7 bil in 2009
Was almost all Iranian imports to Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
Apr 15 VP Hashemi went to Saudi Arabia to talk about forming new govt after national
vote
Apr 15 Iran said it wanted all parties to be included in new govt after national vote
Apr 16 Maliki said new government would include Allawi’s Iraqiya Iraqiya said it won so
it should be only party trying to put together new government
Apr 16 State of Law said it and National Alliance would soon merge into one list
Apr 18 U.S. and Iraqi forces killed ISI leaders Abu Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi near Tikrit
(Musings On Iraq interview with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on ISI leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi)
Apr 19 State of Law called for revote after lost to Iraqiya Charged fraud but no
irregularities found
(Musings On Iraq review The Unraveling, High Hopes And Missed Opportunity In Iraq)
Apr 21 State of Law said Sadr reason no new govt after elections because Sadr opposed
to Maliki 2nd term
Apr 22 Parliamentary election results were supposed to be certified but political disputes
delayed that
Apr 23 5 car bombs hit Shiite mosques in Baghdad kill 72
(Musings On Iraq review The ISIS Reader, Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement)
Apr 25 Iraqi Airways flew to London for first time in 20 years
Apr 25 Court upheld Accountability and Justice Comm banning 52 winning candidates
for Baathist ties
Apr 26 Baath exile faction led by Ahmad Yunis said wanted to unite with other faction
led by Izzat al-Duri during meeting in Damascus
Apr 26 Human Rights Watch interviewed prisoners who were held at secret
prison at Baghdad Muthanna Airport and tortured by ISF
Apr 26 Kurdish member of Kirkuk council said displaced Arabs had to leave province
and go home
Apr 28 Court acquitted former Trade Min Sudani of corruption for lack of evidence after
witnesses disappeared or changed testimony under State of Law pressure
Apr 28 Accountability and Justice banned Iraqiya members of Diyala council for Baath
past
Apr 28 Baathists held meeting in Damascus trying to unify two factions of Mohammed
Yunis and Izzat al-Duri
Apr 29 Maliki said that there were no secret prisons in Iraq after one at Muthanna Airport
prison was revealed Claimed that torture victims at Muthanna prison gave themselves scars to fake abuse
Apr 29 US accused Iran of using Hezbollah to carry out attacks against its forces in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Hezbollah’s Role In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
Apr 29 Sadrists said Maliki could not get a second term as premier
Apr 30 Def Min said that ISI had lost its direction after 2 leaders Masri and Baghdadi
killed
Apr 30 PM Maliki claimed foreign countries were plotting coup against him
(Musings On Iraq review The Unraveling, High Hopes And Missed Opportunity In Iraq)
Apr 30 Iraqiya threatened boycott after courts banned winning candidates for Baathist
past
May 2 Pres Barzani said he believed in dividing Iraq into 3 federal areas along
ethnosectarian lines
May 2 Iran Iraq announced deal to develop 5 oil fields that straddle two countries
May 3 Abu Abdullah al-Shafi emir of Ansar al-Sunnah was captured in Baghdad
May 3 Baghdad started recount requested by Maliki after came in 2nd in election to
Allawi
May 4 Baathist leader apologized for mistakes of party Said wanted to join politics
Public needed to remember achievements of party
May 4 State of Law and National Alliance announced joining to form National Coalition
after national elections after meetings organized by Iran
May 6 Maliki govt announced start of 5 year anti-corruption plan
(Musings On Iraq interview with Special Inspector Gen for Iraq Reconstruction Bowen on corruption in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq interview with fmr anti-graft official Vincent Foulk on corruption in Iraq)
May 8 Pres Barzani set up investigation into murder of journalist Zardasht Osman
KDP was accused of involvement
May 9 Protests in front of KRG parliament over murder of journalist Zardasht Osman
May 10 Kurdish list in Ninewa said open to deal with Hadbaa to join provincial council
which Kurds had boycotted since 09
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
May 10 ISI carried out coordinated car bombings in Baghdad Hillah Iskandiriya Basra
May 10 Iranian helicopters attacked Kurdish villages and got into shootout with
Peshmerga trying to target PJAK
May 11 US arrested Kataib Hezbollah commander accused of attacking US and Iraq forces
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
May 11 Report that Iran Rev Guards Quds Force’s Gen Suleimani helped negotiate State of Law-
National Alliance merger into National Coalition
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
May 12 US general warned Sadrists carrying out attacks extortion intimidation in southern
Iraq
May 13 Iraqi general said Sahwa were like a militia that needed to be disarmed and that
members of Maliki govt distrusted them
May 13 Christian party said insurgents were threatening Christians and Assyrians in
Mosul trying to drive them out of city
(Musings On Iraq review Christianity in Iraq)
May 14 Election Commission finished recount in Baghdad requested by Maliki who
claimed cheating Found no problems
(Musings On Iraq review The Unraveling, High Hopes And Missed Opportunity In Iraq)
May 14 Abu Suleiman became new War Minister for ISI after Masri killed by US April
2010
May 14 Iraqi general said 32 of 43 ISI commander had been killed
May 16 Abu Bakr al-Bahgdadi named new leader of ISI after Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
killed April 2010
May 17 China’s CNOOC and Turkey’s TPAO signed deal to develop Maysan oil field
May 17 KRG Natural Resource Min said Kurdish oil exports wouldn’t start until new
Iraqi govt formed
May 18 Interior Ministry source claimed Iranian explosives and shells used in recent
bombing in southern Iraq
May 18 Sadrists said they supported Jaafari to be PM not Maliki
May 19 Talks held between Hadbaa and Kurds over Ninewa provincial council which
Kurds had boycotted since 09 elections
(Musings On Iraq Tit For Tat In Ninewa)
May 20 Sadr said he was returning to Iraq after leaving for Iran in 07 over fear of US
assassination during Surge
May 20 Sadr leader said that Sadrists opposed 2nd term for Maliki
May 20 US said Iran training and arming militiamen to destabilize Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)
May 20 KRG said it would start oil exports the next day and Baghdad okayed it Demanded
Baghdad pay oil companies in KRG
May 21 Reports that both Iran and US supported 2nd term for Maliki
May 23 ISF blamed U.S. releasing prisoners for increase in violence In 2008 Maliki had
negotiated quicker release of prisoners by US
May 29 Sadrists said they would not allow dictatorship or autocracy to return to Iraq
referring to Maliki
(Musings On Iraq Argument For Maliki Being Iraq’s Next Strongman)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Inside Iraqi Politics’ Sowell on whether Maliki became a dictator)
(Musings On Iraq interview with Historian Phebe Marr comparing PM Maliki with MP Said)
May 30 Diyala police chief complained his forces were infiltrated by insurgents
May 30 Maliki met with Pres Barzani in Irbil to lobby for 2nd term
Jun 1 Parliamentary election results were certified
Jun 1 Maliki attended PUK congress to lobby for new term as PM
Jun 1 PKK ended ceasefire with Turkey hoping to spark peace talks Didn’t happen
Jun 1 Electricity Min doubled bills for users to cut consumption but Iraqis unused to
paying for power No effect
Jun 2 Adm Mullen said ISI had been devastated by deaths of leadership
Jun 2 Pres Barzani met with Turkish PM Erdogan to talk about security
Jun 3 Pres Barzani went to Turkey for first time in 6 years Said he would stop PKK
operations
Jun 4 Gen Odierno US cmdr in Iraq said 34 of ISI’s 42 leaders had been killed or
captured
Jun 5 Iraqi army banned Sahwa in Diyala carrying weapons Sahwa replied they would
stop working with govt
Jun 5 Iraqiya member Faris Jabouri assassinated in Mosul 3rd member of Iraqiya
killed in city before and after elections
Jun 5 Iraqiya member killed in Qaim, Anbar by IED
Jun 7 Oil Min said oil production would reach 12 mil/bar/day by 2017 Didn’t happen
Jun 10 State of Law merged back with other Shiite parties after elections in National
Coalition giving them 159 seats
Jun 10 Protests in Baghdad Babil Qadisiyah Nasiriya Najaf Kirkuk Karbala Ninewa
Basra Chanted against Maliki and for better services
Jun 13 Iraq Central Bank attacked by ISI dressed in military uniforms Started
with 7 suicide bombers 25 killed 50 wounded
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
Jun 14 New parliament seated 3 months after elections Only met for 18 minutes Was
supposed to start work on electing new president but didn’t Maliki adjourned session indefinitely to stall for time
Jun 15 1st session of new parliament held to meet deadline Was supposed to elect new
speaker but didn’t because of political disputes
Jun 16 Turkey sent troops into Kurdistan and bombed areas chasing PKK fighters
after attack on Turkish army base
Jun 16 State of Law and National Alliance in talks to try to limit powers of next
PM in negotiations to form new govt
Jun 16 Maliki met with Kurdish list claiming he would implement Article 140 on
Kirkuk and disputed areas
Jun 19 Protest in Basra over power shortages 1 demonstrator killed by police
Jun 19 Sahwa leader in Diyala warned that ISI using carrot and stick against sahwa
members in attempted comeback in province
Jun 20 2 car bombs in front of Trade Bank of Iraq in Baghdad 27 killed 55 wounded
Jun 20 Funeral for protester killed in Basra led to march calling for Maliki to step
down
Jun 20 Ayatollah Najafi issued statement condemning electricity shortages and supported
right of people to protest problem
Jun 21 ISF broke up protests in Nasiriya over lack of electricity Protests in Basra too
Jun 21 Electricity Minister Hassan resigned due to protests
Jun 22 Protests in Ramadi and Nasiriya over lack of electricity
Jun 22 Army arrested sons of protest organizer in Basra demanding leader turn himself
in Basra council condemned Army’s move
Jul 3 VP Biden made surprise visit to Iraq to try to help form new govt after elections
Jul 26 ISI bombed Al Arabiya TV station
Aug 17 ISI suicide bomber hit army recruits in Baghdad killing 60
(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)
Aug 25 ISI coordinated attacks in Mosul Kirkuk Tikrit Dujail Baquba Muqtadiya
Ramadi Fallujah Karbala Kut Basra Baghdad
Aug 31 US officially ended combat operations in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review The United States And Iraq Since 1990: A Brief History with Documents)
Sep 25 Report US donated 8,080 computers worth $1.8 mil to schools in Babil Customs in Basra
refused to release them Investigation found 4,200 computers sold in Aug 2010 for $45,700 Rest of computers disappeared
(Musings On Iraq interview with Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen on corruption in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq interview with anti-graft US official Vincent Foulk)
Oct 1 National Alliance picked Maliki as its candidate for premier due to Sadr switching to
back Maliki under Iranian pressure
Oct 2 KRG Natural Resource Min Hawrami said Kurds were ready to send 60 bil cubic
meters of natural gas to Turkey
Oct 6 Obama adm review of Iraq policy VP Biden said wanted Maliki to stay as PM &
Obama agreed
(Musings On Iraq review The Unraveling, High Hopes And Missed Opportunity In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Endgame, The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from
George W. Bush to Barack Obama)
Oct 12 Turkey opened consulate in Irbil as part of improved relations with KRG
Oct 20 KRG Natural Resource Min Hawrami said Kurds were ready to send 60 bil cubic meters of
natural gas to Turkey
Oct 21 Maliki went to Turkey to try to help his attempt to form new govt
Oct 22 Wikileaks released thousands of classified US reports on Iraq
Oct 31 ISI attacked Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad Took 100 hostages Goal was publicity
and gain donations 68 killed
(Musings On Iraq review Christianity in Iraq)
Nov 3 KRG issued demonstration law saying protesters had to registers 48 hours before any event
Nov 7 Turkey’s Foreign Min Davutoglu travelled to Iraq to try to help form new govt
Nov 10 Pres Barzani called meeting and agreed on new govt Maliki would remain PM Talabani
stayed Pres Allawi would head new strategic council Nujafi would be speaker of parliament Called Irbil Agreement
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
Nov 11 New parliament had 2nd session in 5 months Elected Nujafi new speaker
Dec 21 PM Maliki finally put together new govt 9 months after elections Cabinet approved by
parliament
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