1917 Al-Arab paper established Said it was for Arabs but was
actually run by British eventually
under Gertrude Bell
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Gertrude Bell
And Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Gertrude Bell,
Explorer of the Middle East)
1937 Iraq-Iran Frontier Treaty signed Meant to resolve
border dispute Accepted demarcation process that
was done by Ottomans and Persians
pre-WWI Set up commission to finish border and created a body to work out
navigation of Shatt al-Arab most of which was given to Iraq Political
instability in Baghdad and outbreak of WW2 meant treaty never implemented
Treaty angered pan-Arabists and led to 1938 coup by Golden Square officers
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Creation of
Iraq 1914-1921)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Rashid Ali
al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)
1940 Regent of Iraq asked England to occupy Syria that had
joined Vichy France so that pan-Arab union
could be formed of Iraq Syria and
other Arab countries
1969 Iraq signed technical agreement with Soviets to help
with oil
1986 Iraqis launched counter attack but failed to retake
Mehran, Iran Iran Op Karbala 1 entered
second phase to invade Iraq
1988 Iraq 5th Corps attacked Haj Umran Rawandiz
and Lake Dukan in Kurdistan
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Iran-Iraq War
1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War, The
Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War
Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)
1991 Parliament passed law allowing opposition parties but
with restrictions on their activities
1992 Kurdistan Regional Government formed in safe zone
1994 Barzani and Talabani announced they were still unified
against Iraqi govt while PUK and KDP were
in middle of civil war
1995 Turkey launched new operation to attack PKK in northern
Kurdistan
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Kurds, A
Modern History)
1998 IAEA report to UN Iraq did not have nuclear weapons
Iraqi scientists had not given complete access
IAEA would focus upon long term
monitoring
(Musings
On Iraq article UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD
and 2003 Invasion)
2003 Marines in control of Najaf set provincial elections
for this date but were cancelled by CPA
2003 US arrested 32 Turkish special forces in Sulaymaniya
Accused them of plotting to assassinate
Kurdish officials
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Kevin Petit of the 173rd Airborne Bgd On Kirkuk
In The Aftermath Of The 2003 Invasion)
2003 Arrest of Turkish Special forces led to protests in
Turkey and bombing of US consulate in Istanbul
2003 Saddam tape aired on Al Jazeera Blamed US and UK for
destroying Iraq looking for WMD that didn’t
exist Saddam said he would lead
resistance to occupation of Iraq
2005 US found 170 prisoners at secret prison in Baghdad run
by Interior Min Were told to leave it alone by
commanders
2006 Abu Risha tribe in Ramadi district made first police
recruiting drive as part of Awakening
(Musings
On Iraq article on change in perceptions that led to Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Carter Malkasian on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Confronting Al
Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Marines
Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Illusions of Victory,
The Anbar Awakening And The Rise Of The Islamic State)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Sheriff of
Ramadi, Nvy SEALS and the Winning of Anbar)
2006 Bush told US troops they were winning war in Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2007 US captured ISI media emir Mashadani Told US lie that
Abu Omar Baghdadi was a fake and ISI still
under Al Qaeda control
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Naval War College’s Prof Whiteside on ISI leader Abu
Omar al-Baghdadi)
2007 Bush speech Said Al Qaeda in Iraq was same group that
attacked US on 9/11 Said US withdrawal
wrong Would be terrorist victory
and would attack US next Said insurgents could take over Iraq and use its oil
to blackmail the US Part of PR campaign to gain support for Surge
2007 US accused Iran of using Hezbollah to train Iraqi
militias based upon arrest of Ali Musa Daqduq
Daqduq sent to Iraq in 2006 by Iran
Rev Guard Quds Force Said Hezbollah trainers worked with Iraqi militiasin 3
camps near Tehran Said Quds Force gave up to $3 mil/mo to militias Daqduq also
said Iran planned Jan 07 attack upon US base in Karbala
(Musings
On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iran’s Iraq policy)
2014 Baghdadi declared caliphate from Nouri Mosque Mosul
ISIS would now be Islamic State He was
Caliph Ibrahim
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Caliphate At
War, Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State)
2014 1st issue of IS’s English language Dabiq
magazine came out saying caliphate was a de facto state
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