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Iraq


2006 Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is killed by U.S. forces in Iraq

2006 Al-Askari Mosque is bombed, setting off protests and violence across Iraq

2005 Saddam Hussein's trial begins in Iraq

2005 Parliamentary elections in Iraq, the first since 1958

2004 Margaret Hassan, humanitarian, director of Care in Iraq who was murdered by terrorists, dies at 59

2004 American military deaths in the Iraq War reach 1,000

2003 President George W. Bush declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over

2003 David Bloom, TV journalist, died in Iraq of non-war-related causes, dies at 39

2003 Michael Kelly, journalist, Atlantic Monthly - died in Iraq in an accident, dies at 45

2003 United States, Briain, Australia and Poland invade Iraq without United Nations sanction

2003 United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said there is no evidence that Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction

2003 The United Nations reported that there is no link between al Queda and Iraq

2002 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush likens Iraq, Iran and North Korea to an 'axis of evil'

1997 U.N. pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq

1997 Muhammad Fadhel, PM of Iraq (1953-54), dies

1994 Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed

1994 U.S. F-15 accidentally shoots 2 U.S. helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die

1993 Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/Engl/Neth actor (Best Thing in Life), dies at 34

1991 U.N. weapons inspectors ends 5-day standoff with Iraq

1991 U.S. troops leave northern Iraq

1991 U.N. Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration

1991 U.S. begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq

1991 U.N. Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq

1991 Planeloads of U.S. troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured

1991 Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait

1991 Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over"

1991 Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait

1991 Iraq releases 6 U.S., 3 British and 1 Italian POW

1991 U.N. votes in favor of U.S. resolutions for cease fire with Iraq

1991 U.S. and allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire

1991 U.S. insists Iraq publicly announce it is leaving Kuwait by 12 PM EST

1991 Bush and U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal

1991 U.S.S.R. announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War U.S. calls the plan unacceptable

1991 Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel

1991 Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel

1991 Operation Desert Storm begins - U.S. led allies vs Iraq

1991 US and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US time)

1991 UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait (they don't)

1991 U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq

1991 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq

1991 Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th

1991 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak

1990 Iraq begins a military draft of 17 year olds

1990 Saddam says Israel will be Iraq's 1st target

1990 Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait

1990 US accuses Iraq of dragging its feet on dates for talks

1990 Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages

1990 Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks

1990 Bush proposes U.S. - Iraq meeting to avoid war

1990 U.N. Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq

1990 Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait

1990 Iraq announces it will free all German hostages

1990 Iraq says it is preparing for a "dangerous war"

1990 Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages

1990 President Bush at U.N., condemns Iraq's takeover of Kuwait

1990 U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq

1990 Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George Bush

1990 Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq

1990 Bush and Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait

1990 Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq

1990 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq

1990 U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq

1990 Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields)

1990 Iraq orders 4,000 Britons and 2,500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq

1990 Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories

1990 Iraq annexes Kuwait as its 19th province

1990 U.N. Security Council votes 13-0 to place economic sanctions against Iraq

1990 European community proposes a boycott of Iraq

1990 Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia

1990 Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait

1990 U.S. Ambassador tells Iraq, U.S. won't take sides in Iraq - Kuwait dispute

1990 U.S. warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait

1990 Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq

1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market

1989 Ruins of Mashkan-shapir (occupied 2050-1720 BC) found in Iraq

1988 Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war

1988 Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war

1988 Iran says Iraq uses poison gas in the war

1988 Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran

1986 Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao

1986 Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq

1984 U.S. and Iraq regain diplomatic relations

1984 U.S. accuse Iraq of using poison gas

1984 Iran offensive against Iraq fails

1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran

1984 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq

1982 Iran "Ramadan-offensive" in Iraq

1982 Iran offensive against Iraq

1981 French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq

1980 Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway

1980 Iraq (Saddam Hussein) signs accord with Algeria

1979 Premier/president al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein

1978 Iraq declares Ayatollah Khomeini an undesirable person

1978 Abdul Razak al-Naif, premier of Iraq, murdered

1977 Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and S Yemen

1976 Dr. Patrick J Hillery elected president of Iraq

1975 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq

1973 3 Palestinians hijack KLM B747 above Iraq, to Dubai

1972 U.S.S.R. and Iraq sign friendship treaty

1970 Iraq's constitution goes into effect

1970 Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation

1968 Iraq adopts constitution

1967 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end "6-Day War" with United Nations help

1964 Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market

1963 Abdul Karim Kassem, PM of Iraq (58-63), assassinated in Baghdad at 48

1961 Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)

1961 Iraq demands dominion over Kuwait

1960 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form OPEC

1960 Iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem

1959 PM Kassem of Iraq, assassinated

1959 U.S.S.R. and Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor

1959 Iraq terminates milt assistance pact with U.S. due to neutrality

1959 Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/Engl/Neth actor, Goede Tijden Selechte Tijden

1959 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact

1959 Iraq and U.S.S.R. sign economic/technical treaty

1959 Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq

1958 Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed

1958 Jordan and Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months

1958 General Abdul K Kassem forms a military government in Iraq

1958 Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered

1958 Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), assassinated at Baghdad

1958 Noeri el-Said, premier of Iraq, murdered

1958 Jordan and Iraq form Arab Federation

1958 Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq

1958 Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan forms

1956 King Faisal of Iraq begins visit to England

1955 British government signs military treaty with Iraq

1955 Pact of Baghdad between Iraq and Turkey signed

1955 Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance

1953 Feisal II installed as king of Iraq

1951 Great-Britain and Iraq sign new oil contract

1948 Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement

1948 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel

1941 British troops occupy Bagdad Iraq

1941 British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis

1941 Rasjid al-Gailani forms pro-German regime in Iraq

1941 Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq

1939 Iraq and Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany

1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq

1939 Ghazi I, King of Iraq (19??-39), dies in car accident

1937 Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies

1937 Saddam Hussein, [At-Takriti], president of Iraq, 1979-

1935 Faisal II, King of Iraq, 1939-58, /son of Ghasi I

1933 Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria, dies at 50

1932 Iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations

1931 Egypt and Iraq sign peace treaty

1931 Iraq and Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty

1930 Great-Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq

1929 Persia and Iraq sign friendship treaty

1927 Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain

1914 Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq, 1958-63

1883 Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria

1806 Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor/viceroy of Bosnia/Iraq



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