Friday 4 July 2014

History of Iraq , Who rule when in Iraq?

Iraq war porn area starting from Ottoman Empire in 1534.  When we look into the history of  Iraq it is observed that  desert land  most of the time was a battlefield. Key event in the Iraq History:
1534 - 1918 - Region is part of the Ottoman Empire.
1534-1918 - Ottoman rule.
1917 - Britain seizes control, creates state of Iraq.
1932 - Independence, followed by coups.
1979 - Saddam Hussein becomes president.
1980-1988 - Iran-Iraq war.
1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait, putting it on a collision course with the international community.
1991 - Iraq subjected to sanctions, weapons inspections and no-fly zones.
2003 - US-led coalition invades, starting years of guerrilla warfare and instability


Violence intensifies
2012 December - President Jalal Talabani suffers a stroke. He undergoes treatment in Germany and makes progress through the winter and spring.
Sunni Muslims stage mass rallies across the country over several months, protesting against what they see as marginalisation by the Shia-led government.
Thousands of Syrians have fled to neighbouring countries, including Iraq, to escape civil war at home
2013 April - Troops storm a Sunni anti-government protest camp in Hawija near Kirkuk, leaving more than 50 dead and prompting outrage and clashes in other towns.
Insurgency intensifies, with levels of violence matching those of 2008. By July the country is described as being in a full-blown sectarian war zone once again.
2013 July - At least 500 prisoners, mainly senior al-Qaeda members, escape from Taji and Abu Ghraib jails in a mass breakout.
2013 September - Mass killing at Camp Ashraf housing Iranian exiles - members of the People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran.
Regional parliamentary elections in Iraqi Kurdistan, won comfortably by Kurdistan Democratic Party.
Series of bombings hits Kurdistan capital Irbil in the first such attack since 2007. Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq says it was responding to alleged Iraqi Kurdish support for Kurds fighting jihadists in Syria.
2013 October - Parliamentary elections set for April 2014.
Government says October is deadliest month since April 2008, with 900 killed. By the year-end the UN estimates the 2013 death toll of civilians as 7,157 - a dramatic increase in the previous year's figure of 3,238.
2013 December - At least 35 people killed in twin bombing of Baghdad churches on Christmas Day.
2014 January - Pro-al-Qaeda fighters infiltrate Fallujah and Ramadi after months of mounting violence in mainly-Sunni Anbar province. Government forces recapture Ramadi but face entrenched rebels in Fallujah.
2014 March - The electoral commission board tenders resignation in protest at what it says is political interference ahead of parliamentary elections, amid allegations opposition candidates are being barred using a controversial legal clause.

2014 April - Iraqis vote in first parliamentary election since 2011 withdrawal of US troops.

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