On the night of November 26 pro-Iran groups launched two drones against the Khor Mor gas facility in Sulaymaniya. One hit a storage tank setting off a fire that temporarily shut down the plant. In the aftermath the Sudani government set up an investigative committee and promised to name names of those responsible. That did not happen.
1914 Ottoman forces surrendered in Qurna, Basra 1,034 Ottomans taken prisoner End of 1st
phase of Mesopotamian campaign
Donald Trump has been called a transactional president. He expects things in return for his actions. It was recently revealed that Trump took this approach with Iraq and the Gaza War.
1925 Turkey told League of Nations it refused to accept League as arbiter of Mosul’s future
1914 UK made 2nd attack on Qurna, Basra forcing Ottomans to retreat Lost around 200 killed
130 taken prisoner UK lost 10 killed 118 wounded
(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)
1915 UK cmdr Gen Townsend sent his cavalry and transport south from Kut so would have fewer mouths
to feed Believed relief coming from Basra
Jackie Spinner was a reporter for the Washington Post in Iraq from 2004-05. Her book Tell Them I Didn’t Cry, A Young Journalists Story Of Joy, Loss And Survival In Iraq gets its name from the time the author was almost kidnapped. She wanted the staff to know that she never cried when men were trying to take her. Her writing is like a journal about her time working in Iraq along with letters from her twin sister about how her trip was affecting her family.
On the night of November 26 pro-Iran groups launched two drones against the Khor Mor gas facility in Sulaymaniya. One h...
