This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 11 League of Nations announced the British mandate in Iraq

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1914 Ottomans declared war on England and France

Musings On Iraq In The News

 

I was quoted in this article by Paul Iddon in Forbes “The Prospect Of An Israel-Iraq War Over Iran-Backed Militias”

 

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Vice President Cheney’s Role In The Iraq War

 

Almost the entire senior leadership of President Bush’s national security team was for regime change in Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney was out in front making accusations against Saddam Hussein to justify the invasion. Since he recently passed here is a review of his role in the lead up to the Iraq War.

This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 10 Irbil Agreement led to PM Maliki’s 2nd term Allawi to head new strategic council Deal never implemented

 

1958 Iraqi Communist Party issued plan for Kurdistan saying it supported Kurdish self-govt within

Iraq

(Musings On Iraq review A People’s History Of Iraq, The Iraqi Communist Party, Workers’ Movements, and the Left 1924-2004)

(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)

This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 9 US Marines killed 24 civilians in Haditha after Marine killed by IED

1914 With English attack on Basra coming locals went to Shiite clergy asking for help to defend

city

This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 8 British forces took Karbala one of centers of 1920 Revolt

 

1914 British troops after landing at Faw Peninsula Basra captured Ottoman Faw Fort

(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)

Review Robert Weiner, Live from Baghdad, Gathering News At Ground Zero, Doubleday, 1992

 

Weiner, Robert, Live from Baghdad, Gathering News At Ground Zero, Doubleday, 1992

 

Robert Weiner was a CNN producer who was in Iraq during the start of the Gulf War. He provides an inside look at how the news is put together. It’s actually not as interesting as a reporters’ accounts and things don’t really get going until the bombs started dropping.