Thursday, March 30, 2023

This Day In Iraqi History – Mar 31 Iraqi Communist Party founded

(Alamy)

 

1934 Iraqi Communist Party founded

(Musings On Iraq review Red Star Over Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam)

(Musings On Iraq A History Of The Iraqi Communist Party Interview With Univ of East Anglia’s Johan Franzen)

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Review The War In The Cradle of The World

Egan, Eleanor Franklin, The War In The Cradle of The World, New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1918


 

Eleanor Franklin Egan was an American journalist who travelled to Mesopotamia to see the British war there during World War I. She left for Japan, sailed across Asia, and then travelled up Mesopotamia to Baghdad. Her The War In The Cradle of the World is more about her trip than the war.

This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 30 UK Cairo Conference decided on indirect rule in Iraq Faisal would be made king with pro-UK govt allowing British forces to withdraw

(Wikipedia)

 

1921 Cairo Conference decided on indirect rule in Iraq Would make Faisal King of a pro-British

Iraqi govt allowing withdrawal of British forces 

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Coordination Framework Moves To Re-Write Iraq’s Election Rules

(The National)

On March 27 Iraq’s parliament
voted to amend the Election Law and return to the old system of having each province be its own voting district. This overturned the 2021 amendment that broke up governorates into multiple districts which allowed the emergence of several new parties and led to large defeats for some of the more established ones.

This Day In Iraqi History - Mar 29 Sayid Salih Jabr became Iraq’s first Shiite PM

(Wikipedia)

 

1946 Iraq-Turkey Friendship Treaty Would cooperate over Tigris and Euphrates security

education communication economies

Monday, March 27, 2023

This Day In Iraqi History – Mar 31 Iraqi Communist Party founded

(Alamy)   1934 Iraqi Communist Party founded ( Musings On Iraq review Red Star Over Iraq, Iraqi Communism Before Saddam...