This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 23 UK High Commissioner for Iraq Cox led crackdown against anti-UK forces in Baghdad exiling and deporting opposition leaders

(National Portrait Gallery)

 

1922 Iraqi National Party and Iraqi Awakening declaration called for protests against British and a

Shiite premier Mohammed al-Sadr

1922 Royal dinner in Baghdad Anti-British demonstration occurred led by Iraqi National Party and

Iraqi Awakening Backed by King Faisal

1922 King Faisal struck by appendicitis leading to surgery UK High Commissioner for Iraq Sir

Cox demanded king arrest anti-UK protesters but he refused With king sick Cox assumed control of govt He banned opposition, exiled and deported its leaders banned 2 opposition papers Silenced opposition and Shiite leaders

(Musings On Iraq review The Shi’is Of Iraq)

1924 American Consul in Iraq said King Faisal had no popular support and many were openly opposed to          him

1952 Communist led strike at Basra port over pay Broken up by police Started year of protests against

Regent

(Musings On Iraq review The Modern History of Iraq)

(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)

1962 Govt census in Jazeera listed 120,000 Kurds as aliens during Kurdish revolt

1986 1000 Turkish soldiers invaded Kurdistan Captured 40 KDP Peshmerga

(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)

1988 UN said that Iraq used poison gas in attack on Oshnaviyeh Iran in Aug 87 that wounded around

2,600 civilians 7^th time UN documented use of WMD by Iraq

(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)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)

1990 Saddam appeared on state TV with western hostages in Iraq Told them they were being held to

prevent war

1996 US ceasefire between KDP and PUK began Barzani said KDP captured or killed 400 PUK

Peshmerga Lasted less than 24 hrs

(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)

2002 UK intel said it knew little about Iraq’s WMD since 1988

(Musings On Iraq Review The Report of the Iraq Inquiry, Executive Summary)

2003 CPA created Dep of Border Enforcement but gave it little money to control Iraq’s borders

(Musings On Iraq Special Inspector General For Iraq Reconstruction’s Hard Lessons Chapter 12 Reconstructing Iraqi Security Forces)

2003 Turkmen held parade for rebuilt Shiite shrine in Tuz Kharmato Salahaddin Led to argument with

Kurds who tried to destroy shrine with RPGs Led to Turkmen riot Turkmen were already mad at US for appointing Kurdish mayor and police chief in town

(Musings On Iraq How Did Kirkuk Become Such A Divisive Issue? A Portrait of The City In

2003)

2005 US embassy report said Gen Casey’s plan for handing off security to Iraq had no chance of succeeding

and argued for counterinsurgency to defeat insurgency

(Musings On Iraq Did the US Ever Have A Strategy To Win In Iraq Before the Surge?)

(Musings On Iraq review The War Within, A Secret White House History 2006-2008)

(Musings On Iraq review The Endgame, The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from

George W. Bush to Barack Obama)

2005 Sunni members of constitutional committee said they rejected draft Said committee didn’t create

consensus on draft

2005 Members of Allawi’s Iraqi National Accord also voiced concerns over draft constitution

(Musings On Iraq How Faults With Iraq’s Constitution Undermines The Country, Interview with Constitutional Scholar Zaid Al-Ali)

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq From War To A New Authoritarianism)

2006 Gen Barbero Joint Chief deputy chief of ops said Iran training funding arming Iraqi militias

(Musings On Iraq A History Of Iranian Weapons Shipments To Iraq Interview With Arkenstone Blog’s Galen Wright)

(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq Overview of Iran’s Influence In Iraq)

2006 UK Intel report Said Maliki govt unable to deal with militias because afraid of break up of United

Iraqi Alliance

2008 Report 2 Mahdi Army men said Hezbollah training the militia in Lebanon

(Musings On Iraq Continued Reports of Iranian and Hezbollah Training of Shiite Militants)

(Musings On Iraq Hezbollah’s Role In Iraq)

2008 Sistani cleric killed in ambush Critic of militias and Sadrists in Basra

2008 Report Maliki govt went after sahwa Govt said job program for sahwa only temporary ISF raided and

arrested sahwa in Abu Ghraib Arrested sahwa leader in Baquba Diala and closed most sahwa checkpoints there

(Musings On Iraq Diyala Province Backgrounder)

(Musings On Iraq What’s In The Future For The Sons of Iraq?)

2009 Baghdad Operations Command aired taped confession of man who said he was a Baathist and

involved in Aug 18 Baghdad bombings Said attack ordered by Syria Was actually done by ISI

(Musings On Iraq Baghdad Can’t Get Its Story Straight On Aug 18 Bombings)

(Musings On Iraq Fall 09 When Maliki Blamed Islamic State Bombings In Baghdad On Baathists)

(Musings On Iraq Syria-Iraq Dispute Could Be Ending)

(Musings On Iraq Request For UN Investigation Into August Baghdad Bombings Said To Be Turned Down)

2012 Iraq used fake bomb detectors despite maker Jim McCormick being arrested in UK and more sales to

Iraq banned Detectors tested and found didn’t work Afterward PM Maliki called for investigation Govt spokesman Dabbagh said devices worked 50% of the time Baghdad Ops Command said detectors only prevented 19% of bombings Interior Min bought detectors for $119.5 mil from 07-08 US military objected to purchase saying they didn’t work Were bought at inflated price through middle man Iraq bought them for $37-$54,000 each when could be bought for $3,000 each Corrupt officials led to higher price

(Musings On Iraq Fake Bomb Detectors At Center Of Corruption Case At Iraq’s Interior Ministry)

(Musings On Iraq Conviction Of Fake Bomb Detector Maker In England Changes Nothing On The Ground in Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Interior Ministry Finally Deals With Fake Bomb Detectors)

2012 CEO of Genel Energy said major oil companies signing deals with KRG meant that deal with Baghdad

would happen soon Didn’t happen

2012 KRG PM said region had become center for human trafficking Said kids brought to KRG for begging

and sex trade

2014 KRG Finance Min said it sold 1^st batch of oil exports via 2 tankers for $180 mil

2015 Police opened fire on demonstrations in Babil Wounded 4 Reporters in Diwaniya said they were

threatened by gunmen not to cover protests Um Qasr port blocked for 2 days by demonstrators Protest in Karbala

2015 Report 2014 KRG tried to export oil internationally via tankers Tanker to US stopped by lawsuit

filed by Oil Min Stopped KRG effort KRG now selling via oil traders who sold to Israel Italy France and more KRG increased sales after export deal with Baghdad collapsed Since May KRG sold 40 mil/bar

2015 Report Israel bought 19 mil/bar of oil from KRG in May and Aug France and Greece other major

buyers KRG exporting oil via oil traders

2015 Report crime grown in Basra during war vs IS More kidnappings fighting between tribes fighting

between political parties Councilman said citizens rather than govt handled security Oil companies reduced staff and postponed projects due to lack of security

2016 Report More than 700 Sunni men missing for 2 months after Fallujah op Hashd blamed Hashd

killed 66 men and abused 1500 others during op Abadi govt said there were a few incidents but most were exaggerated 1^st abuse reported May 2016 in Sjar Hashd and ISF stopped displaced and took 73-95 men according to Anbar governor Never seen again Later Hashd took 20 displaced men and killed them Police showed up when only 3 left and took them away Federal Police found 50 men hiding in house and executed 17 of them Jun Kataib Hezbollah rounded up around 1500 displaced in Saqlawiya Were beaten Kataib Hezbollah said it was taking revenge for Speicher massacre Killed 49 Another 643 never seen again Jun Anbar governor said 100s of men were missing

(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)

(Musings On Iraq Crimes And Misdemeanors Of Kataib Hezbollah During War Vs ISIS Interview With Free Lance Journalist Jonathan Lee Krohn)

(Musings On Iraq Missing 600 From Anbar’s Saqlawiya Finally Found Dead?)

(Musings On Iraq Abuses Of Iraq’s Hashd In Fallujah Operation)

2017 Oil Min approved Shell selling its share of Majnoon oil field Shell couldn’t work out details

over investment budget and production Part of major oil companies withdrawing from Iraq

2017 Report Tuz Kharmato was traditional producer of concrete blocks After freed by Hashd brigades

set up checkpoints and charged taxes on truckers Made selling blocks unprofitable and factories stopped selling them Each Hashd unit in area charged taxes which stifled business and trade Hashd have checkpoints across country

(Musings On Iraq Expansion of the Hashd al-Shaabi’s influence In Iraq, Interview With Clingendael’s Erwin van Veen)

2018 Planning Min said 15-29 yr olds unemployment rate 22.6% IMF said it was more than 40%

Youth labor participate rate only 36%

2019 2 US officials confirmed Israel behind recent air strikes on Hashd bases in Iraq

(Musings on Iraq Pro-Iran Hashd Brigades And Now Israeli Strikes Making A Joke Of PM Abdul Mahdi’s Claims Iraq Neutral In Regional Conflicts)

2019 Report Israel hit 4 Hashd bases in Iraq Claimed they were sending Iranian weapons to

Syria for Iranian Rev Guard

2019 Ayatollah Haeri in Iran issued fatwa forbidding US troops in Iraq

2020 Kurdish protests expanded from Sulaymaniya to Irbil 50 arrested Metro Center for

Journalists Rights and Advocacy and UN complained about KRG suppressing demonstrations

(Musings On Iraq Protests In Iraq’s Kurdistan Over Economic Conditions And Mismanagement)

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