1921 UK Cabinet approved Colonial Sec Churchill’s choice of
Feisal as new
ruler in
Mesopotamia
1973 Kuwait demanded Iraq withdraw its troops from its
territory after gunfight
on Mar 20
Iraq refused
1974 CIA memo said neither US nor Iran wanted a Kurdish govt
but didn't want its
conflict
with Iraq resolved
1975 Iran ended military aid to KDP
1977 Baath Regional Command kicked out members who wanted
leniency after
anti-govt
riots during Karbala pilgrimage
1981 Iraq fired missiles at Dezful and Ahvaz Iran in shift
in war as Iraq stopped
major land
attacks
1982 Iran launched Op Fath ol-Mobin to retake Shush Was
largest military operation
up to that
time in Iran-Iraq War
1983 Helicopter crash revealed Italy providing advanced
electronic equipment to Iraq
1984 Soviet Union agreed to build a new nuclear power plant
in Iraq to replace Osirak
facility
destroyed by Israel in 1981
1985 Tehran Tabriz Shiraz and Isfahan bombed by Iraqi air
force War of Cities
1988 Start of 2nd Anfal Campaign to destroy PUK
and DKP bases in Sulaymaniya and
Kirkuk
1988 Qara Dagh, Sulaymaniya hit with chemical artillery
shells as start of 2nd Anfal
Campaign
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anfal campaign)
1990 Canadian Gerald Bull working on supergun for Iraq found
dead in Brussels
Mossad
believed to be responsible
1991 US shot down another Iraqi fighter after warned it no
flights during uprisings
1991 UN diplomat Martti Ahtussari issued report that
sanctions had hurt ability of Iraq to
feed its
people
2002 UK Foreign Office Pol Dir Ricketts memo to Foreign Sec
Straw said US
scrambling
to find Iraq-Al Qaeda links and argument unconvincing
2002 UK Foreign Office Pol Dir Ricketts memo to Foreign Sec
Straw said no signs
Iraq
working on its WMD or nuke programs
2002 MI6 Dir Gieve letter to Home Office secretary said no
evidence Iraq involved
in 9/11
2002 MI6 Dir said Iraq not involved in anti-west terrorism
since 93 attempt on ex-Pres
Bush
2002 UK Def Min Hoon warned Blair if UK helped overthrow
Saddam it would
have to
stay in Iraq for years
2002 Bush said that Iraq had not allowed verification of its
destruction of its WMD
2003 British forces seized Rumaila oil field in Basra
2003 US forces reached Nasiriya and secured bridges across
the Euphrates
2003 US bombed Baghdad again
2003 Saddam received report large U.S. force attacking west
Iraq Led him to believe
invasion
coming from Jordan not Kuwait
2003 CIA officials told Wash Post they were always skeptical
of Iraq-Niger uranium
story that
was used in Bush State of Union
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 Rumsfeld demanded that all Americans to run Iraqi
ministries be from Pentagon
ORHA head
Garner said no time for replacements
2003 International protests in several major cities against
Iraq war
2004 Unemployed protest in Basra turned violent Stones and
Molotov cocktails
thrown at
British forces
2004 Rice Wash Post OpEd said would have been irresponsible
not to look for link
between Iraq and 9/11
2008 Maliki told Gen Petraeus of his plans to attack Mahdi
Army in Basra for 2nd
time
2010 9 provinces from central and southern Iraq demanded
recount in election
2010 Iran got Shiite parties to agree to keep Talabani as
president
2011 Gorran told Pres Barzani had to make good on his
promises of reform after
protests in
Sulaymaniya
2011 When police tried to break up protest in Halabja
violence broke out with one
policeman
killed
2013 IS took over Buhriz, Kirkuk
2013 Anbar councilman filed lawsuit over provincial vote
being postponed in Anbar
2015 Badr head Ameri called Iraqi army weaklings for asking
for Coalition air strikes
2016 Sadr said he had come up with 90 nominations for
Abadi’s new cabinet
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