Saturday, February 8, 2025

This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 8 Baathist-military coup overthrew Gen Qasim


 

1922 UK Sec of War Evans wrote cabinet Iraqi army weak British military presence small

Iraq vulnerable to Turkey tribal unrest so UK should withdraw from Mosul

Friday, February 7, 2025

Review Adeed Dawisha, Iraq, A Political History from Independence to Occupation, Princeton University Press, 2009

Dawisha, Adeed, Iraq, A Political History from Independence to Occupation, Princeton University Press, 2009


 

Adeed Dawisha’s Iraq, A Political History from Independence to Occupation attempts to trace the history of the formation of the Iraqi state and its political system. He begins with the British Mandate when Iraq was created up until the middle of the U.S. occupation. His main theme is that Iraqi democracy has always been flawed.

This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 7 Report Trump said PM Abadi and Iraqis he met at White House were greatest group of thieves he’d ever met


 

1916 British withdrew from Butaniya and attacked by tribesmen British suffered 373 casualties Arabs

            1,000

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Trump Ends Iraq’s Exemption To Buy Energy From Iran


Iraq has been worried about what the new Trump administration might do to it for its ties to Iran and got its first news in February.

This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 6 Bakr govt put down protests led by Dawa killing 16 Arrested 2000 including Ayatollah al-Hakim


 

1919 Gertrude Bell met with Naqib of Baghdad who said he wanted British rule in Iraq under Sir Percy Cox

Warned that Shiites should not be trusted Said didn’t want any of the Sharifan family to rule because were not from Iraq

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(Musings On Iraq review A Quest in the Middle East, Gertrude Bell and the Making of Modern Iraq)

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Restless Pro-Iran Groups Likely Behind Drone Strike On Khor Mor Gas Field


On February 2 the Khor Mor gas field in Sulaymaniya was hit with a drone. No damage was reported. The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Counter Terrorism Directorate said that the attack came from the Bashir area which is just below the city of Kirkuk. The Kurds blamed militias for the attack referring to the pro-Iran Hashd factions known as the Islamic Resistance.

This Day In Iraqi History - Feb 8 Baathist-military coup overthrew Gen Qasim

  1922 UK Sec of War Evans wrote cabinet Iraqi army weak British military presence small Iraq vulnerable to Turkey triba...