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Jan 13, 633
Muslims conquered Syria and Iraq
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Jan 13, 1076
The Mizamiyya mosque-university was established in Baghdad
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Feb 10, 1258
Baghdad invaded by Mongols
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British troops occupied Baghdad
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The League of Nations sets the border between Turkey and Iraq
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Iraq was created as independent state under the monarchy of Faisal I
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General Bakr Sidqi came to power in Iraq
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Saddam Hussein was born
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British troops invaded Iraq to install a pro-British government
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Feisal II became king of Iraq
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Iraq, Turkey, Britain, Pakistan, and Iran signed a treaty pledging economic and military cooperation. This agreement was technically called the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO),
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Kuwait, a British protectorate since 1899, declared independence.
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Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Egypt, and three other members of the Arab League severed diplomatic relations with West Germany because that country had established formal diplomatic ties with Israel
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05, 1977 Egypt broke off diplomatic relations with Syria, Algeria, Southern Yemen, Libya, and Iraq because of those governments' efforts to undermine the peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt
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The war between Iran and Iraq began when Iranian and Iraqi air and naval forces clashed over disputed territory escalates.
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General Saddam Hussein named successor
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Iraq invaded Kuwait
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During his State of the Union speech, President George Bush lists Iraq, Iran, North Korea and Syria as part of an "axis of evil."
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Around 2:30 GMT the United States begins its invasion of Iraq by launching a series of air strikes against Baghdad in the hopes of quickly killing leaders of the Iraqi government
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Four mercenaries, all U.S. civilian contractors, are killed in a grenade attack on their vehicle by guerrillas in Fallujah, Iraq . After the attack, a violent mob moved in to pull out and mutilate the charred bodies. Two were hung from a bridge over the E