Friday, July 24, 2020

This Day In Iraqi History - Jul 24


1915 British forces captured Nasiriya Ottomans had 2000 casualties British 500 casualties
1920 British regiment driven from Kifl during 1920 Revolt after losing 180 men killed and 160
captured
(Musings On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)
1923 Turkey signed Treaty of Lausanne agreeing to League of Nations deciding future of Mosul 
(Musings On Iraq How The Ottoman Province Of Mosul Became Part Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review The Creation of Iraq 1914-1921)
(Musings On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)
1983 Saddam and Adnan Khairallah went to Kurdistan Khairallah took control of defenses against Iran
(Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988)
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings On Iraq review The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict)
1986 Saddam said unwise to clash with rising Islamism in Arab World but Iraq should be ready to strike
against it if threatened
1986 Saddam decided to reach out to Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan
1990 US military exercise with UAE Spokesman said US committed to defending its friends in the Gulf
Saddam said he felt betrayed by US forces moving through the Persian Gulf
1990 White House said it was concerned about Iraqi troop buildup along Kuwait’s border
1990 State Dept US had no defense treaties or special relationship with Kuwait Did support Gulf States
right to self defense
1990 DIA reported weaknesses in Iraqi logistics meant low chance Iraq would invade Kuwait
1991 Operation Provide Comfort II started to enforce northern fly zone and contain Saddam
1993 Kurds threatened retaliation if Iran didn’t stop shelling of border region trying to hit Iranian Kurdish
groups
2002 Kurds claimed Iraq coordinating with Ansar al-Islam and Al Qaeda in pre-invasion propaganda
campaign
(Musings On Iraq Why Didn’t Bush Strike Zarqawi And Ansar al-Islam In 2002?)
2003 Spain Foreign Min Palacio said no evidence Iraq had a nuclear bomb program
2004 Zalmay Khalilzad became new US ambassador to Iraq Wanted to defeat insurgency not withdraw
which was existing plan
(Musings On Iraq Did the US Ever Have A Strategy To Win In Iraq Before the Surge?)
2004 500 marched in Sulaymaniya demanding an independent Kurdistan
2005 Allawi’s Iraqiya threatened to boycott constitutional commission because it wasn’t taken seriously
the concerns of Sunni delegation
(Musings On Iraq interview with constitutional scholar Zaid al-Ali on Iraq’s constitution)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)
2006 Report US 4th Div carried out mass incarcerations abused Iraqi prisoners while stationed in Salahaddin
03-04
2006 Report Inter Min fired all Anbar police during 2004 Battle of Fallujah and police never rebuilt No
police in Rutba Ana Haditha few in Rawa
2006 City wide battle started between Al Qaeda in Iraq ISF and US forces in Ramadi with insurgents
beaten back
2007 US-Iran held 2nd talks about Iraq US accused Iran of sending weapons and training militias Iran
accused US of occupation
2008 US Amb Crocker said insurgency had lost most of its relevancy
(Musings On Iraq Demise of Al Qaeda In Iraq Update)
2008 Female suicide bomber killed Sahwa leader and 7 others 24 wounded in Baquba
(Musings On Iraq 25th Female Suicide Bomber of 2008)
(Musings On Iraq Motivations Behind Female Suicide Bombers)
2014 IS attacked State Company for Pharmaceutical Supplies in Ninewa to capture bomb supplies
2017 Ammar Hakim announced he was leaving Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq and forming new Hikma
Party
2017 Protesters in Babil cut Babil-Baghdad highway over lack of water due to drought

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