1916 Ottomans retreated up Tigris after defeat at Battle of
Wadi only to lose
again to
British at Battle of Hanna
1948 Demonstrators against Anglo-Iraq Treaty fired upon
again Led Regent to
repudiate
treaty
1970 Pres Bakr announced failed coup by ex-army officers
and special tribunal to try
plotters Accused
Iran of backing coup
1970 Imam Khomeini started lectures in Najaf outlining his
concept of vilayat al-faqih
1987 Saddam sent letter to Iranians asking them to
challenge Khomeini’s right to
rule and
conduct of Iran-Iraq War
1999 SCIRI rejected any U.S. aid
2002 Weekly Standard OpEd by Robert Kagan and William
Kristol called for Iraq to be
attacked as
next step in war on terror
2003 Bush said that Saddam was not interested in disarming
and that time was
running out
on Iraq
2003 Blair said 2nd UN resolution not necessary
for use of force against Iraq
2003 DeptSecState Armitage spoke at US Inst of Peace
saying US trying to avoid war
but Iraq
not accounted for its WMD
2004 VP Cheney said there was overwhelming evidence Iraq
and Al Qaeda connected
2005 Knight Ridder analysis Violence in Iraq increased
after every US benchmark such
as capture
of Saddam handing over sovereignty etc
2009 1st NSC meeting in Obama admin president
said he wanted to withdraw from
Iraq but
preserve successes Wanted 3 options for Iraq policy
2011 3 bombs hit Shiite pilgrims during Arbayeen
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