This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 1 PM Taha Hashemi overthrown in coup by pan-Arab Golden Square officers Regent fled along with leading politicians

 

872 Brother of the Caliph Muwafaq defeated by Zanj slave rebellion in Basra

Musings On Iraq review The Revolt Of African Slaves In Iraq in the 3^rd/9^th Century

 

1922 Leading cleric Mahdi al-Khalisi invited Sunni and Shiite sheikhs to Karbala to come up

with response Wahabi Ikhwan threat to Iraq

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

1941 PM Hashemi deposed in Golden Square officers’ coup Army surrounded royal palace

but Regent escaped to Anbar with help of US ambassador Nuri al-Said and other pro-British politicians fled Iraq

(Musings On Iraq interview World War II In Iraq and Syria Interview With Case Western’s Prof Broich)

(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s First Battle Of Fallujah 1941)

(Musings On Iraq review Persian Gulf Command, A History of the Second World War In Iran and Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Rashid Ali al-Gailani, The National Movement in Iraq 1939-1941)

(Musings On Iraq review The Role of the Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq And Syria 1941, The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War)

(Musings On Iraq review Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against A Fascist State In Iraq and the Levant, 1941)

(Musings On Iraq review The Modern History of Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq Between the Two World Wars, The Militarist Origins of Tyranny)

1941 US and UK believed Iraq coup part of German plan in coordination with invasion of

Balkans and Libya It wasn’t

1955 PM Said announced 1930 Anglo-Iraq Treaty would be terminated Said new Anglo-Iraq

treaty would be signed Apr 4 Air bases would be turned over to Iraqi control

1962 Mustafa Barzani ambushed govt forces disrupting Baghdad’s spring offensive

(Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)

(Musings On Iraq review The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970)

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

(Musings On Iraq review Journey Among Brave Men, Travels in Kurdistan)

(Musings On Iraq Explaining Kurdish Nationalism Interview With Teen Tech Univ Prof Michael Gunter)

1975 Iraqi amnesty offer to Kurdish rebels and army deserters expired

1975 Iran closed border to Kurds fleeing Iraqi government offensive against them

(Musings On Iraq review Killing Hope, U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II)

(Musings On Iraq review The Great Betrayal, How America Abandoned The Kurds And Lost The Middle East)

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq & the Kurdish Question, 1958-70)

(Musings On Iraq When The Shah and Nixon Manipulated The Kurds)

1980 Mustansiriya Univ in Baghdad bombed by Islamic Action Organization in attempt on

life of Deputy PM Tariq Aziz Iraq blamed Iran

(Musings On Iraq review The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict)

Musings On Iraq review Saddam’s War, An Iraqi Military Perspective of the Iran-Iraq War

1981 General uprising in Iranian Kurdistan backed by Iraq started

1988 End of 2^nd Anfal campaign

(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Anfal Campaign And The Destruction Of The Kurdish Opposition)

1989 Saddam held elections for new parliament as part of political reform after Iran-Iraq

War 160 of 250 seats went to Baathists

1990 Saddam speech said if US supported Israeli attack on Iraq he would burn Israel

(Musings On Iraq Why Did Saddam Threaten Israel Before The 1990 Invasion of Kuwait?)

(Musings On Iraq review The Saddam Tapes)

(Musings On Iraq review the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait)

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq in Wartime, Soldiering, Martyrdom, and Remembrance)

(Musings On Iraq review Saddam’s War, An Iraqi Military Perspective of the Iran-Iraq War)

1991 Peshmerga repelled govt attack to retake Sulaymaniya

1991 Saddam’s forces put down Kurdish revolt in Zakho

1991 Barzani said 3 mil Kurds had fled to northern mountains along Turkish border to

escape govt attacks

(Musings On Iraq interview with National Univ of Singapore’s Fanar Haddad on the Impact of the 1991 Uprising)

(Musings On Iraq Remembering The 1991 Uprising In Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq Saddam’s View of Iraq’s 1991 Uprising)

(Musings On Iraq When The US Helped Start A Rebellion In Iraq That It Didn’t Want)

2002 UK ambassador to US Meyer warned Bush thinking of war with Iraq by autumn but no

postwar plans

(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Report Section 3.2 Development of UK Iraq Strategy and Options, January to April 2002 – “Axis of Evil” to Crawford)

(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Report Sec 3.3 Development of UK Iraq Strategy and Options April to July 2002)

(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Inquiry Section 6.1 Development of the Military Options for an Invasion of Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq Chilcot Inquiry Section 6.4 Planning and Preparation For A Post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, Mid-2001 to January 2003)

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

2003 Republican Guard II Corps cmdr Gen Hamdani recalled to Baghdad Saddam told him real

invasion was coming from Jordan through Anbar

(Musings On Iraq review Iraqi Perspectives Project, A View of Operation Iraqi Freedom from Saddam’s Senior Leadership)

2003 Republican Guard Al Nida Div ordered to move towards Baghdad to defend city Was combat ineffective with most soldiers having deserted

2003 US attacked Kut Hindiya Headed towards Hillah and Numaniya to cross Tigris Rangers took Haditha Dam to prevent Saddam from blowing it up

(Musings On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)

2003 3^rd Infantry Div moved through Karbala Gap and destroyed Medina Republican Guard Div

2003 British army took Zubayr, Basra

2003 ORHA head Garner made 1 day trip to Um Qasr port 1^st time in Iraq

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq and Back, Inside The War To Win The Peace)

2003 Def Sec Rumsfeld wrote Bush VP Cheney and NSC Argued for interim Iraqi govt Said couldn’t have long debate within NSC about issue

2004 CPA adviser Larry Diamond told Bremer that there was a security vacuum in southern

Iraq being filled by militias

(Musings On Iraq review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)

2004 Mahdi Army attacked CPA compound in Nasiriya

2004 Gen Kimmitt promised to pacify Fallujah after Blackwater contractors killed

(Musings On Iraq review The Battle for Fallujah, Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq)

2004 US intel officer told press regime change in Iraq could have been promoted as part of

war on terror but admin wanted to scare public using WMD

2004 CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Abizaid argued to White House killing of Blackwater

contractors in Fallujah insignificant

(Musings On Iraq US Army History Of Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 12 Things Fall Apart Apr 2004)

2005 Report White House and CIA leadership created environment where only threat of Iraq

WMD reports were acceptable

2007 PM Maliki told Integrity Commission head Radhi charges against ministers cabinet

presidential staffs had to be okayed by PM office as way to block corruption investigations

(Musings On Iraq Corruption In Iraq An Interview With Stuart Bowen Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction)

(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Trouble Fighting Corruption Interview With Vincent Foulk Former US Anti-Graft Official)

2007 Report VP Hashemi and Pres Talabani talked with insurgents in Jordan Anbar

Salahaddin Diyala Talabani said insurgents started talks 1920 Revolution Brigades Islamic Army Jaish al-Rashideen Omar Brigades Rayat al-Sood talking about breaking with ISI

2007 Anbar Salvation Council in talks with tribes in Amiriya Fallujah to split from ISI

2007 Report Zoba tribes started fighting ISI Reports of clashes between Islamic Army and ISI

in Dour Samarra Tuz Kharmato and Dhuliya in Salahaddin 2 tribes fighting ISI in Diyala

(Musings On Iraq Diyala Province Backgrounder)

(Musings On Iraq The Demise But Not Death of Al Qaeda In Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency)

2008 PM Maliki sent 1^st Quick Reaction Division from Anbar to Basra to restart Charge of

Knights offensive

2008 PM Maliki said 10,000 tribesmen in Basra would be organized into a Sons of Iraq

program Would become Tribal Support Council

(Musings On Iraq Argument For Maliki Being Iraq’s Next Strongman)

(Musings On Iraq Disputes Over Tribal Support Councils)

(Musings On Iraq Maliki’s Tribal Support Councils Appear To Be Paying Off)

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)

2008 PM Maliki praised Badr and Dawa militia for helping to fight Mahdi Army in Basra

(Musings On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)

2008 PM Maliki promised jobs and better services after Charge of Knights in Basra

2009 National Reconciliation Committee said it began talks with Asaib Ahl Al-Haq AAH in

talks with Maliki govt over releasing 5 Brits it kidnapped Wanted its leaders and followers released from US prisons PM Maliki also wanted to use AAH against Sadr in 2010 vote

(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)

2009 Baghdad was supposed to take control of all Sahwa in Iraq from US forces

2009 Report Baathist Naqshibandi now one of largest insurgent groups Got money from

Iraqi exiles in Syria

(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Resurgent Insurgency Interview With Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi)

2010 Iran said it would host Iraqi parties that wanted to talk about forming new govt

2010 Gorran head Mustafa taken to court for defamation against Pres Talabani

2010 Iraqiya announced regional tour of Egypt Qatar Turkey Syrian and Iran to drum up

support for forming new govt

(Musings On Iraq Turkey, Saudi Arabia, And Iran’s Role In Putting Together A New Iraqi Government)

2011 Day of Innocent Detainees Protest in Baghdad against corruption and demanded

release of prisoners Activist who helped organize Feb Day of Rage protests arrested and not seen since

2011 4 wounded in protests in Kalar Sulaymaniya calling for reforms in KRG 2 of them were

from Gorran list Gorran MP said party’s followers were being targeted by security forces

2012 PM Maliki said that if Pres Assad lost power there would be problems throughout the

Middle East Condemned Gulf States arming Syrian rebels

(Musings On Iraq Understanding Iraq’s Syrian Policy)

2012 KRG halted oil exports for Baghdad over budget dispute

(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Central And Regional Governments Reach Third Oil Deal, But Will It Last?)

(Musings On Iraq Kurds May Be Fighting Losing Battle With Iraq’s Central Government Over Oil Exports)

(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Government Increases Pressure Upon Kurdistan For Its Oil Policy By Threatening To Cut Its Share Of The Budget)

(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan’s Failed Independent Oil Strategy)

2012 VP Hashemi went to Qatar violating his arrest warrant

2013 PUK said it would run independently of KDP in next KRG elections PUK said it wanted

to focus upon winning back votes from Gorran

2014 KRG said it would export 100,000 bar/day of oil for Baghdad again to help with

negotiations over oil and budget

2015 UN received reports that govt forces looting and burning homes in Tikrit after it was

liberated

(Musings On Iraq Divisions Over Iraq War Exposed In Victory In Tikrit)

(Musings On Iraq Human Rights Watch Finds Iraq Government Forces Destroyed Tikrit Area After Its Recapture)

2015 Sadr complained about brazen militias and said any that broke law should be brought

to justice Response to Hashd looting and destroying homes in Tikrit area Hashd also his political rivals

(Musings On Iraq Hashd al-Shaabi’s Threat To Iraq’s Established Shiite Religious Parites)

2015 IS released video of Ninewa sheikhs giving it allegiance

2015 Report KRG was $17 bil in debt Couldn’t pay public workers Started large borrowing

2015 Kataib Hezbollah said it was involved in Shjariya op in Anbar Came after pro-Iran

Hashd said it would not take part in Anbar ops due to US involvement in freeing Tikrit

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

2016 PM Abadi’s nominee for Oil Minister in new technocratic cabinet withdrew name

saying no consensus on changes to govt

(Musings On Iraq A Review Of Iraq Premier Abadi’s Reform Program Interview With Reidar Visser)

(Musings On Iraq Complaints About Iraq PM Abadi Undermine His Cabinet Reshuffle)

(Musings On Iraq Candidates For Iraq Cabinet Reshuffle Withdrawing)

2016 Maliki faction of State of Law said it would only support partial cabinet change

2016 Kurdish Alliance said if Finance Min Zebari was replaced they would not vote on new

cabinet

2016 Higher Educ Min Shahristani and Foreign Min Jaafari refused to step down for Abadi’s

cabinet changes

2016 Report Asaib Ahl Al-Haq ran Al-Ahd network Major themes Sunnis killed Ali, Hassan

and Hussein and that was reason why Sunnis were killing Shiites today Portrayed most Sunnis as supporting IS Said world was pro-Shiite Said Iraqi state was corrupt and failing Rejected West Threatened those who criticized Hashd

(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)

2017 Ayad Jumaili aka Abu Yahiya IS war minister killed in Iraqi air force strike in Qaim

Anbar

2017 IS seized control of neighborhood in west Mosul 1^st time it had taken any area since

battle for west Mosul began

(Musings On Iraq Mosul campaign Day 166-167 March 31-April 1, 2017)

2018 PM Abadi announced 5 yr economic plan Called for diversification away from oil Expanding agriculture Didn’t happen

2018 PM Abadi’s spokesman said that KRG had to pay govt workers full salaries and end austerity measures because of budget payments from Baghdad KRG Finance Min said govt would start new austerity plans

2018 1000s protested in Irbil Sulaymaniya Diyala against KRG austerity measures due to oil and budget arguments with Baghdad

2018 Report Turkey built 3 new military bases in Kurdistan to fight PKK Turkey had forces in Iraq since 1990s

2019 2^nd time PM Abdul Mahdi issued executive order telling Hashd to leave Mosul and

Ninewa Plains Was ignored again

2021 Muthanna activist kidnapped Hashd blamed

(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)

(Musings On Iraq United Nations Faults Iraq For Failing To Protect Protesters) 

 

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