1929 Jews attended meeting of Arab nationalists in Baghdad against UK and Zionists in Palestine
Accused the Iraqi government of being under British influence
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1929 Jews attended meeting of Arab nationalists in Baghdad against UK and Zionists in Palestine
Accused the Iraqi government of being under British influence
Benson, Colonel Kevin, Expectation of Valor, Planning For The Iraqi War, Casemate, 2024
Colonel Kevin Benson who was the chief planner for the 3rd Army wrote Expectation of Valor, Planning For The Iraqi War in response to the conventional wisdom that the U.S. military did not prepare for postwar Iraq in 2003. The author writes that the army did spend time coming up with ideas on how to secure and stabilize the country after the fall of Saddam. However he blames Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, General Tommy Franks and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) for undermining the work that was done.
1915 British forces launched campaign to capture Baghdad starting in present day Wasit
(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)
(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)
The “Theft of the Century” where $2.5 billion was stolen from the government remains one of the biggest stories in Iraq. The main figure involved in the scandal Nour Zuhair was arrested, paid bail and then disappeared while the head of the country’s anti-corruption Integrity Commission claimed that one of the judges in the case colluded with Zuhair.
1921 1st Iraqi cabinet formed under newly coronated King Faisal Abd al-Rahman al-Gaylani became
Iraq’s 1st PM
(Musings On Iraq review The Role of the Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
(Musings On Iraq review The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies)
1929 Jews attended meeting of Arab nationalists in Baghdad against UK and Zionists in Palestine Accused the Iraqi gove...