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1991 Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait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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