Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance
2018
Oct 2 Parliament elected Barham Salah new president Salah picked Adel Abdul Mahdi as
future premier Iran tried to block Salah’s election but failed
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Parliament Throws Out Rules And Convention To Elect President And Name Premier Designate)
Oct 18 Out going Oil Minister Luabi transferred 9 state oil companies to new Iraq National
Oil Company that he heads PM Designate Mahdi warned that his govt would cancel any orders it felt illegal
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Starts Reviving National Oil Company)
Oct 20 Official results of KRG election announced KDP won 45 seats PUK 21 seats Change
12 New Generation 8 Kurdistan Islamic Group 7 Towards Reform 5
(Musings On Iraq Official Results Announced for Iraq’s Kurdistan, Big Win For KDP)
Oct 20 Oil Ministry reversed its order to transfer 9 state oil companies to new Iraq National
Oil Company after PM Designate Mahdi warned against it
(Musings On Iraq Oil Minister Reverses Transfer Of 9 Companies To National Oil Company He Will Head)
Oct 24 Parliament voted on 14 of PM Abdul Mahdi’s 22 candidates for cabinet
Oct 25 Adel Abdul Mahdi sworn in as prime minister
Oct 31 Basra Human Rights Commission said that activists were going to restart protests in
province
(Musings On Iraq Protests Return To Iraq’s Basra After Having Failed To Achieve Goals During Summer)
Nov 1 Protests restarted in Basra over water crisis jobs and better governance
(Musings On Iraq Protests Return To Iraq’s Basra After Having Failed To Achieve Goals During Summer)
Nov 3 Protest in Basra City over jobs water crisis demanded PM Abdul Mahdi include a
minister from province
(Musings On Iraq Protests Return To Iraq’s Basra After Having Failed To Achieve Goals During Summer)
Nov 8 Protest in northern Basra over jobs and services
(Musings On Iraq Protests Return To Iraq’s Basra After Having Failed To Achieve Goals During Summer)
Nov 9 Protest in Basra demanding referendum be held to turn province into autonomous
region
(Musings On Iraq Protests Return To Iraq’s Basra After Having Failed To Achieve Goals During Summer)
Nov 10 Sit in protest started at West Qurna 2 oil field in Basra
(Musings On Iraq Protests Return To Iraq’s Basra After Having Failed To Achieve Goals During Summer)
Nov 15 Oil Ministry began sending oil through KRG pipeline to Turkey once again after year
hiatus
(Musings On Iraq Kirkuk Oil Fields And US Pressure Lead Iraq To Agree to Use Kurdish Pipeline Again)
Nov 17 Pres Salah announced free trade zone with Iran despite US sanctions against Tehran
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Announces Free Trade Zone With Iran In Face Of US Sanctions)
Nov 18 Sheikh Gharawi one of the leaders of the Basra protest movement assassinated
Nov 25 Protest at Basra Oil Company demanding jobs broken up by security guards and in
front of govt offices in Basra city over corruption
Nov 25 Report Trump twice asked Abadi for Iraq’s oil in return for invading Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Why Did Trump Ask Iraq For Its Oil?)
Dec 1 Protest organizers promised new wave of demonstrations in Basra Started with march
outside provincial council building demanding jobs
Dec 2 Protest at West Qurna oil field in Basra led to clash with security forces
Dec 14 Security forces fired tear gas and live bullets to break up demonstration in Basra city
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
2019
Jan 2 PM Abdul Mahdi announced new Supreme Anti-Corruption Council to combat the
problem
(Musings On Iraq interview with Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen on Iraq’s fight with corruption)
(Musings On Iraq interview with former anti-corruption official Vincent Foulk)
Feb 2 Pro-Iran Hashd fired rockets at U.S. advisers at Al-Asad air base in Anbar
Feb 3 Trump said US spent so much money on a base in Iraq that it owned it Said US would
be staying in Iraq to watch Iran Angered ant-US parties
Feb 12 Report PM Maliki might have received kickbacks for contract to service Balad Air
Base in Salahaddin
May 1 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq fired rockets at U.S. advisers at Taji base in Baghdad
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
May 13 Mansour Marid elected Ninewa governor Set off controversy in Baghdad as various
politicians claimed vote was rigged by bribes
(Musings On Iraq New Ninewa Governor Surrounded In Bribery Accusations Over His Election)
May 14 Speaker Halbusi referred several MPs to Anti-Corruption Council claiming they
were involved in bribing Ninewa councilmen to vote for new Gov Marid Led to MPs leaving Axis Alliance and others to call for removing Halbusi
(Musings On Iraq New Ninewa Governor Surrounded In Bribery Accusations Over His Election)
May 14 Kataib Hezbollah launched drones from Babil that hit 2 Saudi pumping stations
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
May 16 Report Iran’s Quds Force Cmdr Gen Suleimani met with Tehran’s allies in Baghdad
telling them to mobilize for a possible confrontation with US
(Musings On Iraq Tehran And Its Allies Respond Asymmetrically To Trump Admin’s Iran Policy)
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
May 19 Rocket fired at Baghdad’s Green Zone by pro-Iran group due to US-Iran tensions
Jun 10 Nechirvan Barzani became new KRG president His cousin Masrour Barzani was
named prime minister the next day
(Musings On Iraq New Kurdish Govt Moving Forward Despite KDP-PUK Split)
Jun 12 US sanctioned Iraq’s South Wealth Resources Company for helping Iran Rev Guards
avoid sanctions smuggling weapons to pro-Iran groups inside Iraq and funding Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis deputy cmdr of the Hashd and on US terror list
(Musings On Iraq US Sanctions Iraqi Company For Being Front For Iranian Revolutionary Guard)
Jun 14 Balad Air Base hit by mortar fired by pro-Iran group due to US-Iran tensions
(Musings On Iraq Tehran And Its Allies Respond Asymmetrically To Trump Admin’s Iran Policy)
Jun 15 Hikma list said it was going into opposition to PM Abdul Mahdi’s govt
Jun 16 Rocket fired at Baghdad Military Airport by pro-Iran group due to US-Iran tensions
(Musings On Iraq Tehran And Its Allies Respond Asymmetrically To Trump Admin’s Iran Policy)
Jun 17 Rocket fired at Taji Base Baghdad by pro-Iran group due to US-Iran tensions
Jun 18 PM Abdul Mahdi issued statement that armed groups outside of the control of the
state were prohibited All Iraqi forces had to operate under his command after spate of attacks by pro-Iran groups on bases containing Americans
(Musings On Iraq Tehran And Its Allies Respond Asymmetrically To Trump Admin’s Iran Policy)
Jun 18 Rockets fired at Ninewa Operations Command Rumail oil field and foreign oil
company compound in Burjesia Basra by pro-Iran groups due to Iran-US tensions
(Musings On Iraq Tehran And Its Allies Respond Asymmetrically To Trump Admin’s Iran Policy)
Jun 21 Protests in Basra Wasit Maysan Karbala Muthanna Dhi Qar Qadisiya over corruption and electricity Sadrists held protest in Baghdad Were protests beforehand but this was first day happened across multiple provinces
Jun 24 Najah al-Shammari approved as Defense Min Yassin Taha al-Yassri as Interior Min
Farouq Amin al-Shawani s Justice Min 9 months after govt formed Still no Education Min
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Finally Has A Defense Interior Justice Ministers)
Jul 1 PM Abdul Mahdi executive order Hashd part of the security forces Had to follow its
rules and orders of the commander in chief Individual names of brigades could no longer be used Could not be linked to political parties Those that did not comply by Jul 31 could no longer carry weapons Came after 7 attacks by pro-Iran groups due to US-Iran tensions and Hashd drone attack upon Saudi Arabia Was ignored
(Musings On Iraq PM Abdul Mahdi Orders Fuller Integration Of Hashd In Response To Attacks By Iranian Backed Groups In June)
Jul 10 Shiite Religious Endowment head Musawi had his home invaded by Asaib Ahl Al-
Haq after he said group would not leave mosque in Babil Musawi went into govt safe house afterward
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Jul 19 Hikma called for protests in 14 provinces Only happened in 7 Only few hundred
showed up in total In Basra was counter protest and rocks thrown at buses carrying away Hikma followers
(Musings On Iraq Hikma’s Calls For National Protests in Iraq Fizzle)
Jul 19 Hashd camp in Amerli, Salahaddin hit by Israeli air strikes Killed Iranian
Revolutionary Guard commander
(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)
Jul 28 Israeli allegedly bombed Ashraf air base in Diyala targeting Hashd and Iranian
weapons
(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)
Jul 31 Report Israeli defense official said Iranian presence in Iraq was a threat Said Iran
moving missiles into Iraq that can reach Israel
(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)
Aug 6 PM Abdul Mahdi gave into protests by 30th Brigade of Hashd who refused order to
leave Ninewa Plains and Mosul
(Musings On Iraq PM Abdul Mahdi Fails 1st Test Of New Hashd Order In Iraq)
Aug 8 Human Rights Commission said 7,663 people disappeared by political parties and
Hashd during war vs IS
Aug 12 Explosion at Hashd base Camp Saqr in Baghdad blamed on Israeli air strike
(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)
Aug 15 Interior Minister Yasiri visited Babil and said no civilians could return to Jurf al-
Sakhr until secured District is a Hashd base All civilians forced out by Iraqi forces because along pilgrimage routes to Najaf and Kabala
Aug 16 Axis Alliance blamed Hashd for 51 bodies found in Babil’s Jurf al-Sakhr
Aug 19 Balad Air Base in Salahddin hit by apparent Israeli strike targeting pro-Iran Hashd
(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)
Aug 20 Israeli PM Netanyahu hinted that Israel behind attacks on Iraqi bases talked about
Iran’s growing presence 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)
Aug 21 Deputy head of Hashd Commission Abu Muhandis said US behind attack on Balad
Air Base Said US helped Israeli drones fly from Azerbaijan to hit 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)
Aug 22 Head of Hashd Commission and National Security Adv Fayad said investigation into
Balad Air Base and that Dep Hashd Comm head Muhandis’ statement on attack didn’t represent official Hashd position
(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)
Aug 23 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)
Sep 5 Dep Head Hashd Comm Abu Muhandis said Hashd going to form own air force Hashd
Comm then denied order
Sep 11 Checkpoint at Gogli outside Mosul 30th Hashd Brigade got into confrontation with
motorcade of Ninewa Dep Gov Rozbayani and MP Dobardani Detained 4 of their bodyguards and freed than an hour later
(Musings On Iraq Hashd’s 30th Brigade In Ninewa Assaults Dep Governor and MP)
Sep 14 PM Abdul Mahdi issued Order 328 Put Hashd under Joint Ops Command Command
would appoint all brigade commanders and Hashd under premier’s control Not implemented
Sep 15 Health Min Alwan resigned over corruption and govt officials spreading
misinformation
Sep 17 PM Abdul Mahdi issued Order 331 trying to re-organize Hashd Comm and take
powers away from deputy head of Comm Abu Muhandis Never implemented
Sep 24 Iraq Human Rights Comm reported 3 mil Iraqis living in slums Baghdad had most
slum areas of any province with 3,000 followed by 700 slum ares in Basra
Oct 1 Protests in Baghdad Basra Maysan Qadisiya Dhi Qar Wasit Muthanna Babil Karbala
Najaf Four killed by security forces in Baghdad and Nasiriya Govt building in Nasiriya set on fire Demands went from jobs and services to PM Abdul Mahdi resigning by end of day
(Musigns On Iraq Iraqi Secuirty Forces Kill At Lesat 4 Protesters Creating Crisis Govt Was Hoping To Avoid)
Oct 2 Protests expanded from 10 to 13 provinces in Baghdad Babil Basra Dhi Qar Diyala
Karbala Kirkuk Maysan Muhanna Najaf Qadisiya Salahaddin Wasit Govt buildings in Babil Dhi Qar Maysan Najaf along with offices of Badr Dawa Supreme Council Asaib Ahl Al-Haq burned 8 protesters and policeman killed
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s October Protests Escalate And Grow)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)
Oct 3 Protests in Baghdad Basra Dhi Qar Maysan Muthanna Najaf Qadisiya Wasit Protests
in Baghdad continued in different neighborhoods and some of the surrounding towns Hashd accused of driving car into protesters and killing 1 in Baghdad 1 killed in Hilla Govt building in Dhi Qar’s Rifa stormed Plainclothes gunmen said to target protesters in Nasiriya Report 35 killed so far in unrest
(Musings On Iraq 30 Killed In Iraq Protests As PM Abdul Mahdi Again Proves How Ineffective He Is)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 3 PM Abdul Mahdi gave televised speech Said he’d only been in office one year so
couldn’t expect any dramatic changes Said he’d given strict orders on use of force and protesters’ were responsible for deaths
Oct 4 People marched on Tahrir Square and bridge to Green Zone in Baghdad and were shot
at by ISF 10 killed Were also clashes in Shaab Husseiniy Zafaraniya New Baghdad Shula Amil Sadr City in Baghdad More people killed in those districts Reports of snipers firing into crowds Reports of Hashd attacking protesters and raiding TV stations Crowds broken up in Basra Maysan Najaf by gunfire 3 killed by ISF in Nasiriya People were arrested when they tried to go to a hospital Govt building in Diwaniya stormed and 3 killed Protest in Muthanna
(Musings On Iraq Have Iraq’s Protests Reached A Tipping Point?)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 4 Najaf governor and police chief accused saboteurs of infiltrating demonstrations and
causing violence to discredit them
Oct 4 PM Abdul Mahdi said he would create a committee to carry out reforms and fight
corruption in response to protests
Oct 4 Ayatollah Sistani used Friday sermon to condemn violence in protests and called on
parliament and courts to carry out reforms
Oct 4 Sadr ordered his Sairoon bloc to boycott parliament called for prime minister to
resign Fmr PM Abadi also called for new elections
Oct 5 Baghdad people tried to march on Tahrir Square Shot at by police killing 7 Clashes
with ISF in Zafaraniya 1 killed Police tried to shut off Sadr City leading to clashes Mortar fired into area 2 killed in Shula 5 TV stations in Baghdad attacked likely by Hashd Basra protesters arrested Nasiriya Saraya Khorasani Badr Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Dawa Communists Fadhila ISCI Hikma offices all burned in city 5 killed Police shot at crowd in Diwaniya killing 6 Kut people tried to burn dep gov’s house with 1 killed
(Musings On Iraq Govt Violence Reducing Number Of Protests In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Khorasani Brigade Another Iraq Militia That Returned Home From Syria To Fight The Insurgency)
Oct 6 Sadr City only area in Baghdad with protest ISF fired into crowd even using RPGs 12
killed Another TV station attacked Protest in Nasiriya broken up Major arrest campaign in city Qadisiya people shot at
(Musings On Iraq Govt Repression Working Against Iraq’s Protest Movement)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 6 Baghdad governor resigned over protests
Oct 6 Interior Min spokesman claimed they had nothing to do with shootings of protesters
in Baghdad when they did
Oct 6 PM Abdul Mahdi announced 17 pt program to deal with protests Included subsidized
housing for poor money for jobless job training mini-loans enlistment in army compensation for dead in protests
Oct 7 Protests in Sadr City and Diwaniya 15 killed night before in Sadr City as ISF
used heavy weapons and RPGs against crowds ISF claimed they were shot at in neighborhood Army admitted to using excessive force in Sadr City and were ordered out of district Organizers in Diwaniya said they would stop and see how govt dealt with their demands Activists in Dhi Qar said mass arrest campaign underway including journalists
(Musings On Iraq Are Iraq’s Protests Coming To An End?)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 7 Pres Salah gave speech criticizing shooting protesters and promised investigation
Also promised reforms and fighting corruption
Oct 7 Natl Sec Adv Fayad claimed demonstrations plot to overthrow govt that failed and
perpetrators would be punished
Oct 8 Protest in Sadr City immediately shot at and broken up by ISF
(Musings On Iraq Protests Continue In Baghdad But At Smaller Level As Iraqi Govt Promises Reforms)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 8 PM Abdul Mahdi’s office claimed it made deal with organizers to hold off on
demonstrations until after Arbaeen ended Oct 20
(Musings On Iraq PM Abdul Mahdi Claims Deal Made To Hold Off Further Protests)
Oct 8 Iraqi govt said 110 killed in protests Health Min official said it was 165
Oct 8 Parliament voted to suspend provincial councils until 2020 elections funds for people
killed in protests unemployment benefits Some of these required legislation to go into effect
Oct 8 State Dept statement called for restraint and accountability by ISF after protests were
over
Oct 9 Small protest in central Baghdad Tried to cross bridge to Green Zone but stopped by
ISF
(Musings On Iraq Protests Continue In Baghdad But At Smaller Level As Iraqi Govt Promises Reforms)
Oct 9 Amnesty Intl report Snipers used against protesters as early as Oct 3 Came from ISF
Found Iraqi forces arrested protesters trying to enter hospital in Baghdad ISF surrounded protesters in Zafaraniya Baghdad and shot at them Mass arrests on going against protesters and journalists
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 9 Report Journalists received threats for covering protests Offices raided Head of
Journalistic Freedoms Observatory said govt policy was to terrorize the media
Oct 9 PM Abdul Mahdi called for 3 days of mourning for those killed in protests
Oct 9 Cabinet promised electricity aid to small business jobs provincial committees in light
of protests
Oct 9 PM Abdul Mahdi speech Again claimed he never authorized shooting protesters Said
would change cabinet Called for national unity while warning those against the state would fail
Oct 10 Human Rights Watch Report recorded police and Hashd beating and shooting people
during protests One heard police warn crowd in Baghdad if they didn’t disperse they would be shot at Medic arrested insider her hospital treating wounded Police fired tear gas at ambulances in Baghdad Dijla TV received letter from Media Comm ordering it to close for one month for covering unrest Govt officials called NRT TV telling to stop covering protests Both were raided the next day by security forces Nasiriya crowds tried to burn Badr office and shot at by police and guards Asaib Ahl Al-Haq guards and police shot at crowd outside office
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Govt Repression Of Protests Being Exposed As More Promises Of Reform Being Made)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Oct 10 Report lawyers and activists said 1,000 arrested during protests Estimated half
beaten and tortured by ISF
Oct 10 Report massive arrest campaign against protesters in Dhi Qar
Oct 10 PM Abdul Mahdi nominated Health, Education, Communication, Displacement
Ministers and voted on by parliament
Oct 10 Parliament authorized 10 mil dinars for those killed and wounded during protests
Oct 11 Ayatollah Sistani’s Friday sermon blamed the government for deaths during protests
(Musings On Iraq Crackdown Continues Against Protesters While Iraq Govt Announces Investigations)
Oct 11 Human Rights Commission reported 108 killed in protests Baghdad had the most
with 63 dead
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 11 Iraqi Observatory for Press Freedom said that PM Abdul Mahdi should apologize for
the attacks upon the media during the protests
Oct 12 Cabinet and military said setting up committees to investigate violence during
protests
(Musings On Iraq Crackdown Continues Against Protesters While Iraq Govt Announces Investigations)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 12 Report ISF stopping young people at checkpoints Checking phones for pictures of
protests and arresting them People fleeing Baghdad fearing arrest
Oct 12 Report ISF doing house raids against protesters bloggers journalists for protests
Oct 14 Report Iraq Bar Association said more than 200 people killed during protests Govt
arresting activists and journalists Many being tortured
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 15 Sadr called for new protests during Arbaeen pilgrimage in Karbala
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Joins Protests While Govt Continues With Promises And Crackdown)
Oct 16 Report PM Abdul Mahdi asked Sistani to help end protests but he refused Iran Rev
Guard’s Gen Suleimani flew to Najaf and warned Sistani had had to pick between the protests and the govt
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Joins Protests While Govt Continues With Promises And Crackdown)
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
Oct 16 Report pro-Iran Hashd units deployed 3rd day of protests to put them down Used
snipers in Baghdad Included elements of Hashd commission
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 16 Iraqi Media House said journalists were fleeing Baghdad and south due to death
threats
Oct 17 Maliki Hakim Abadi all condemned govt going after journalists
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Joins Protests While Govt Continues With Promises And Crackdown)
Oct 18 Amnesty reported govt had on going campaign against activists and journalists for
protests Included threats arrests and disappearances
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Joins Protests While Govt Continues With Promises And Crackdown)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 19 Sadrists held protests in Karbala during Arbaeen pilgrimage
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Joins Protests While Govt Continues With Promises And Crackdown)
Oct 20 Sadr told his followers to re-start protests and take part in national demonstrations
planned for Oct 25
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Joins Protests While Govt Continues With Promises And Crackdown)
Oct 22 Govt released report on violence used against protesters Blamed army and police
Said commanders lost control of forces 149 killed Most in Baghdad 107 4,207 wounded most in Baghdad 3,458 Also 19 killed in Dhi Qar 7 in Diwaniya 6 in Maysn 5 in Najaf 4 in Wasit 1 in Babil 70% of those killed were shot in head and chest Said Baghdad Operations Command commanders of army’s 11th Div Fed Police 1st Div police chiefs in Babil Dhi Qar Muthanna Najaf Qadisiya Wasit and several other offices should be fired punished or investigated for crimes Did not blame PM Abdul Mahdi other politicians or Hashd
(Musings On Iraq Report On Violence Used Vs Iraq Protests Covers-Up Govt Responsibility)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 22 Report Iran Rev Guard set up crisis cell in Baghdad to help put down protests Cell
included Gen Suleimani PM Abdul Mahdi’s chief of staff Natl Sec Adv Fayad Abu Muhandis Dep Head Hashd Comm other Hashd leaders Coordinated suppression of street and snipers Hashd believed to have arrested dozens and taken them to unofficial prisons
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
Oct 24 Protesters in Baghdad Dhi Qar Basra Diwaniya Maysan Najaf surprised govt by
demonstrating day before planned national protests People in Baghdad were able to get into Green Zone before being turned back by security
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Protesters Outsmart Govt And Security Forces)
Oct 25 42 protesters killed in Diwanaiya Maysan Dhi Qar Baghdad Basra Muthanna Were
peaceful protests in Najaf and Karbala People tried to march on Green Zone in Baghdad Sadr sent his Saraya al-Salam to Tahrir Square to protect protesters even though organizers rejected his help Govt offices in Baghdad Basra Nasiriya Diwaniya Samawah, Qadisiya Kut destroyed Reform Movement State of Law ISCI and 3 politicians offices attacked in Babil Kataib Hezbollah Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Badr Sayid al-Shuhada Dawa Imam Ali Brigades offices sacked in Nasirya Badr Dawa offices burned in Amara Dawa Fadhila Fatah Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Hikma Badr Saraya Al-Khorasani Islah ISCI Sayid al-Shuhada and others had offices attacked in Samawah Dawa Badr Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Saray al-Khorasani Sayid al-Shuhada offices sacked in Qadisiya 12 died in burning of Badr office in Qadisiya Dawa and Atta party offices burned in Kut Asaib Ahl Al-Haq guards fired into crowds in Maysan Nasiriya Dhi Qar killing several
(Musings On Iraq 42 Killed First Day Of Renewed Protests In Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq More Confrontations Between Protesters And Govt 3rd Day Of Renewed Demonstrations)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Khorasani Brigade Another Iraq Militia That Returned Home From Syria To Fight The Insurgency)
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
Oct 25 Sadrists attacked Asaib Ahl Al-Haq office in Amara Asaib Ahl Al-Haq guards fired
into crowd Asaib Ahl Al-Haq commander wounded and then killed at hospital Showed Shiite parties settling scores during protests
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Oct 25 Joint Operations Command said saboteurs were using protests to destroy property
as justification for repression
Oct 25 PM Abdul Mahdi said political system facing a crisis promised changing his cabinet
cutting salaries of top officials to try to appeal to protesters
Oct 25 Ayatollah Sistani’s representative said change only came through peaceful means
and called for calm in new demonstrations
Oct 26 Protesters killed rose from 42 to 70 in 2 days People tried to enter Green Zone in
Baghdad ISF tried and failed to clear Tahrir Sq Basra ISF broke up protest outside govt building and carried out mass arrests Also protest in Shatt al-Arab Dhi Qar governor and deputy governor had homes burned Overnight sit-in in Karbala Protest outside Iranian consulate in Karbala Protests in Maysan Muthanna Najaf Qadisiya
(Musings On Iraq Death Toll Rises As Govt Tries To Break Up Iraq Protests)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 26 Sadr announced his Sairoon bloc was joining the opposition and started sit in
protest in parliament building
(Musings On Iraq More Confrontations Between Protesters And Govt 3rd Day Of Renewed Demonstrations)
Oct 27 Students went on strike in Baghdad Marched to Tahrir Sq PM Abdul Mahdi
condemned student action Badr and 2 MPs offices burned in Babil ISF broke up protest in Basra Were protests in 2 other districts in Basra 1 protester died of wounds in Basra ISF started arrest campaign against activists and journalists in Dhi Qar Sit in continued in Karbala and tried to storm govt building at night Marches in Rumaitha and Samawa in Muthanna Protest in Diwaniya Protesters shut down govt offices in 3 districts of Wasit Solidarity protest in Ninewa
(Musings On Iraq More Confrontations Between Protesters And Govt 3rd Day Of Renewed Demonstrations)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)
Oct 27 Govt shut down Al Arabiya and Al Hadath TV stations for covering protests
Oct 27 6 MPs from Sairoon and Nasr resigned to support protests
Oct 27 Dep head of Hashd Comm Abu Muhandis said he was watching protests Hoped
govt would meet people’s demands and called on people to support PM Abdul Mahdi
Oct 28 Parliament voted to dissolve provincial district and local councils and allow governors
to run governorates Not enforced
Oct 28 5 protesters killed in Baghdad by ISF Curfew in Baghdad ignored Basra city Zubayr
Wast Qurna protests in Basra MPs house in Dhi Qar attacked Protests in Nasiriya Shatra Gharraf in Dhi Qar Protest in Maysan Sit ins continued in Samawa and Rumaitha in Muthanna Sit in started in Najaf March in Diwaniya
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Protests Get Huge Boost As Students And Professional Groups Join In)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 28 Solidarity protests in Kirkuk Tikrit Baquba
Oct 28 Karbala sit in site attacked by security forces Arrested people took down tents shot
into crowd killing 35 wounding around 800
(Musings On Iraq Massacre Of Karbala Protesters As Talk Begins Of PM Abdul Mahdi Resigning)
Oct 28 Bar Ass Engineers Assoc Teachers Union secondary and university students in
Babil Basra Dhi Qar Karbala Maysan Muthanna Qadisiya Wasit joined protests
Oct 28 Councilmen in Najaf Dhi Qar Diyala resigned to support protests
Oct 28 Sadr called for early elections to replace PM Abdul Mahdi
Oct 28 Parliament said it would create committee to amend constitution in 4 months to
appeal to protests Didn’t happen
Oct 29 Abdul Mahdi’s office and Karbala governor denied any died in Karbala the night
before when 35 were killed Karbala governor reportedly behind attack upon protest site
(Musings On Iraq Massacre Of Karbala Protesters As Talk Begins Of PM Abdul Mahdi Resigning)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 29 3 universities Teachers’ Union Bar Assoc on strike and went to Tahrir Sq in
Baghdad 2 killed trying to cross into Green Zone 2 protests in Babil and farm workers went on strike Protests in Um Qasr Basra Zubayr Shatt al-Arab and Qurn in Basra Basra Oil Company workers joined Um Qasr port entrance blocked Most schools in Dhi Qar went on strike Sit in at Nasiriya Najaf Samawa Diwaniya Protest at Gharraf oil field in Dhi Qar and Karbala
Oct 29 Protests in Baquba for second day and Muqtadiya and Mosul in support of Baghdad
and south
Oct 29 Comm to Protect Journalists said reporters being arrested and attacked at protest
sites Govt also shut down Al Dijlah Al Arabiya and Al Hadath TV stations
Oct 29 PM Abdul Mahd rejected Sadr’s call for early elections Said if Sadr wanted a new
govt he should talk to Amiri since they created the govt Amiri said he would not ask Abdul Mahdi to step down
Oct 29 Pres Salah called emergency meeting of ruling parties to discuss alternative to
Abdul Mahdi
Oct 30 2 protesters killed in Baghdad UN rep to Iraq showed up at Tahrir Sq condemning
violence against protests Sit ins continued in Babil Basra Dhi Qar Karbala Muthanna Qadisiya Protests in 2 areas of Basra Um Qasr port blocked Riot in Shatra Dhi Qar
(Musings On Iraq 98 Dead in 6 Days Of Renewed Protests in Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 30 Solidarity actions in Kirkuk
Oct 30 Report security forces warning and intimidating people in northern Iraq not to
protest Activists arrested in Anbar
Oct 30 Sadr said that if PM Abdul Mahdi didn’t step down Iraq cold be next Yemen or Syria
Oct 30 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Pres Rouhani’s chief of staff claimed Iraq protests
controlled by US Israel Saudi Arabia
Oct 30 Iran Rev Guard Quds Force Cmdr Gen Suleimani arrived in Baghdad and told
ruling parties Iran stood behind PM Abdul Mahdi
(Musings On Iraq Najaf and Tehran Pick Sides In Protests)
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
Oct 31 Pres Salah said that PM Abdul Mahdi was ready to step down Replacement needed
to be found New election law passed by parliament
(Musings On Iraq PM Abdul Mahdi Ready To Step Down Will It Satisfy The Protests?)
Oct 31 1 protester died in Baghdad from wounds Sit ins continued in Baghdad Babil Basra
Dhi Qar Maysan Muthanna Wasit Um Qasr port continued to be blocked Also protests in Qurna in Basra Rifai and Shatrah in Dhi Qar Karbala and Qadisiya
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Oct 31 Solidarity protests in Baquba and Jalawla in Diyala Another in Ninewa broken up
by 30th Brigade of the Hashd
Nov 1 Ayatollah Sistani said he stood with the protesters Said there should be elections
and referendum on constitution Led to huge increase number of protesters
(Musings On Iraq Najaf and Tehran Pick Sides In Protests)
Nov 1 Report Ayatollah Sistani intervened in protests because mad at Iran calling protests
US Israeli Saudi plot and afraid PM Abdul Mahdi would use force again
Nov 1 Hashd said it stood with protests but warned that it shouldn’t be manipulated by
foreigners
Nov 1 PM Abdul Mahdi warned that if he stepped down without a replacement there could
be a civil war
Nov 1 Badr/Fatah head Amiri said current political system failed and constitution needed
to be amended
Nov 1 6 protesters died from being hit by tear gas canisters in Baghdad
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 1 Human Rights Comm said govt not interested in ending excessive use of force as
seen by number of casualties
Nov 2 ISF fired live ammo at protesters blocking entrance to Um Qasr port in Basra
(Musings On Iraq Attempt at A General Strike In Iraq As Najaf-Tehran Stand Off Continues)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 2 Sit ins continued in Baghdad Babil Basra Karbala Maysan Muthanna Najaf 1 killed
in Baghdad by ISF Protests in Qurna and Fao in Basra Nasiriya and Shatrah in Dhi Qar Rumaitha in Muthanna Baquba in Diyala and Kirkuk
Nov 2 Report intimidation campaign by ISF in Anbar against people supporting protests
Nov 2 Iran Revolutionary Guards Cmdr Gen Salami said Iran would protect its interests in
other countries meaning in Iraq
Nov 2 PM Abdul Mahdi adv said premier might stay in office and lead transitional govt
rather than step down as previously reported
Nov 3 General strike called leading to roads and highways blocked in Baghdad Basra
Muthanna 2 protesters killed in Tahrir Sq Govt workers walked off job in Dhi Qar Iranian consulate in Karbala assaulted Border crossing with Iran in Maysan blocked Work and school stoppages in Diyala
(Musings On Iraq Nov 3 Civil Disobedience Across Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 3 Report Iran Rev Guards Quds Force Cmdr Gen Suleimani talked Sadr out of
demanding PM Abdul Mahdi resign
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
Nov 4 Baghdad’s Al-Ahrar Bridge blocked by protesters Surrounded prime minister’s office
Tried to burn Justice Min 7 killed by security forces
(Musings On Iraq New Confrontations Between Protesters And Iraqi Security Forces)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 4 Govt office shut down in Babil Roads to West Qurna 1 and 2 oil fields blocked BP
oil workers had solidarity march in Basra Um Qasr port shut down by protests Clash with ISF in Dhi Qar led to 1 death Iranian consulate in Karbala assaulted Led to 3 deaths Protest at Karbala govt building Diyala-Baghdad highway cut
Nov 4 Basra Ops Command said got approval to break up Um Qasr protest
Nov 4 Amnesty reported govt intimidation campaign against activists in Anbar to stop
them from backing protests 2 arrested for posting on Facebook about protests
Nov 4 Govt cut Internet in Iraq again Led to nighttime arrests of activists in Baghdad by
ISF
Nov 5 1 protester killed at funeral in Baghdad 1 killed at Baghdad’s Al-Ahrar bridge 2
killed attacking politician’s house in Dhi Qar’s Shatrah 1 killed at Um Qasr port in Basra as security forces broke up sit-in there People stormed marine base next to port in response
(Musings On Iraq Protest At Um Qasr Port Broken Up And Mass Arrests In Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 5 PM Abdul Mahdi claimed saboteurs behind clashes with ISF
Nov 5 Arrest campaign by ISF in Baghdad continued against activists
Nov 5 UN report Oct 25-27 Hashd killed 27 protesters wounded 287 in Maysan Dhi Qar
Babil Oct 26-29 police killed 21 wounded 170 in Dhi Qar Karbala Nov 4 ISF used tear gas and live ammo at Baghdad’s Al-Ahrar Bridge killing 5 Govt used anti-terror law against protesters in Babil Baghdad Dhi Qar Qadisiya
Nov 5 Councilman and 3 MPs houses burned in Dhi Qar’s Shatrah Govt office in Nasiriya
closed Karbala govt building burned and 2 killed Road to oil field in Qadisiya blocked
(Musings On Iraq Battle Of The Bridges In Baghdad As Protests Expand To Economic Targets in South Iraq)
Nov 5 PM Abdul Mahd said if he resigned there would be power vacuum Said protests led
to reforms and constitution would be amended
Nov 5 Report Iranian Quds Force Cmdr Gen Suleimani gave political plan to Iraqi parties
including changing cabinet amending election law changing Election Comm but keeping PM Abdul Mahdi
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
Nov 6 Baghdad protests expanded to several bridges across central Baghdad 1 doctor killed
by ISF Security forces killed 2 bank workers by accident in Baghdad
(Musings On Iraq Battle Of The Bridges In Baghdad As Protests Expand To Economic Targets in South Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 6 Protesters returned to Basra’s Um Qasr Port after broken up yesterday Road to Khor
al-Zubayr port blocked Stopped oil exports from Qayara field Most govt offices and some businesses in Nasiriya closed Protest at South Oil Company Nasiriya and Shanfiya refineries blocked
Nov 6 PM Abdul Mahdi’s spokesman claimed ISF had not fired a shot at protesters and
Internet closed because spreading hate
Nov 7 4 protesters killed while attempted to remove concrete walls on Baghdad’s Shuhada
Bridge
(Musings On Iraq Will Iraq’s PM Abdul Mahdi Put An End To The Protests?)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 7 ISF attacked sit-in protest site in Basra city killing 2 and protest at Um Qasr Port
(Musings On Iraq Govt Moving To Break Up Southern Iraq Protests)
Nov 7 PM Abdul Mahdi’s spokesman said saboteurs amongst the protesters were blocking
roads and would be arrested
Nov 7 Report some of the ruling parties agreed to back PM Abdul Mahdi using force to
end the protests
Nov 8 ISF still trying to break up protests at Um Qasr Port and Basra city 13-14 died total
(Musings On Iraq Govt Moving To Break Up Southern Iraq Protests)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 8 PM Abdul Mahdi’s spokesman said armed men fired on both protesters and security
forces in Basra
Nov 8 Basra Ops Command said unknown forces fired at Basra protesters Basra police
chief denied that his forces fired at demonstrators
Nov 8 ISF destroyed protest camps in Rifai Dhi Qar and Karbala city
Nov 9 Protests at Um Qasr and Basra city finally ended by security forces 17-18 protesters
killed over 2 days
(Musings On Iraq After Shutting Down Basra Protests Crackdown Moves To Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 9 ISF swept people from three bridges in central Baghdad 6 killed Baghdad Ops
Command denied that it used tear gas or live ammo on demonstrators but did
Nov 9 Report that ISF infiltrated crowd at Baghdad’s Tahrir Sq Activists disappearing
Nov 9 Attempt on life of professional bodybuilder that took part in Baghdad protests
Nov 10 ISF closed off square in central Basra and arrested people who showed up ending
protests in city Students rallied at Zubayr Univ in Basra 6 killed in Baghdad’s Khalani Sq which govt cleared Nov 9 Justice Min office burned in central Baghdad Protests closed govt offices in Hilla 3 politicians’ houses burned in Dhi Qar’s Shatrah Clashes in Nasiriya led to 4 deaths Border crossing with Iran blocked in Maysan
(Musings On Iraq Protests Continue In Iraq After Basra Demos Put Down)
(Musings On Iraq New Clashes In South Iraq As Another Activist Disappears In Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 11 1000s showed in Basra city to try to re-start sit-in site but met by ISF 2nd day
protest in Nasiriya clashes with ISF People tried to storm police station 2 more killed
(Musings On Iraq New Clashes In South Iraq As Another Activist Disappears In Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 12 Teacher’s Union called new strike Closed most schools and universities in Baghdad
and south Sit-in restarted in Basra city after broken up by ISF Mayor in Dhi Qar had house burned down Govt offices closed in Amara and Nasiriya Karbala police joined march
(Musings On Iraq New School Strike And Continued Protest Actions In Southern Iraq)
Nov 13 Activists Saba Mahdawia and Ali Hashim who were abducted in Baghdad were
released with no details
(Musings On Iraq News On Kidnaped Iraq Activists)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 13 800 students and teachers joined sit-in site in Basra Protest at Majnoon oil field
Politicians’ house burned in Dhi Qar
Nov 13 Sadr again called for his followers to join protests
Nov 13 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq reportedly kidnapped Interior Min General Jabbar in Baghdad for
denying it seats in institute he runs
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Blamed For Kidnapping Iraqi General In Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq History of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)
Nov 14 4 protesters killed in Baghdad Baghdad Ops Command denied any deaths Protests
returned to Basra’s Um Qasr port
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 14 Human Rights Watch reported ISF attacked medics working with protesters in
Baghdad Basra and Dhi Qar
Nov 15 3 protesters killed by sticky bomb and 3 by gunfire in Tahrir Square 3 small bombs
went off in square as well
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 15 Sit in protest restarted at Um Qasr port in Basra Politicians house burned in Dhi
Qar Sadrists protested in Kufa and Diwaniya Bomb in protest site in Nasiriya
Nov 15 Ayatollah Sistani’s representatives said none of the protesters’ demands had been
met Called for election reform
Nov 16 Def Min Shammari claimed 3rd party responsible for shooting protesters in
Baghdad not ISF Claimed 200 arrest warrants out for them Said tear gas used not bought by ISF
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Defense Minister Tried To Deny Security Forces Behind Deaths Of Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 16 Rapid Reaction Div commander said that ISF was killing protesters with tear gas
canister and military responsible
Nov 16 Report 30 ISF resigned over refusing to shoot protesters in Baghdad Causing
divisions with iSF
Nov 16 ISF made deal with protesters to withdraw from Khalaqni Sq and part of Al-Senak
bridge in Baghdad 3 demonstrators killed in Baghdad Activist assassinated in capital
Nov 16 Entrance to Majnoon oil field in Basra blocked Protester died of wounds in Basra
city
Nov 16 Protesters called for general strike again on Nov 17 Wasit Babil Dhi Qar Maysan all
said they would close govt offices in response
Nov 17 Protesters retook Al-Ahrar Bridge in Baghdad 1 killed
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 17 Sadr called for strike joining protester call for general strike
Nov 17 Basra Najaf Qadisiya Wasit Babil Maysan Dhi Qar declared holidays during
protester strike
Nov 17 3 lawyers/activists kidnapped in Baghdad and Maysan
Nov 17 Protesters withdrew sit ins outside Basra’s Majnoon oil field and Um Qasr port
Nov 17 Protests in Baquba Muqtadiya Khalis Baladrooz in Diyala
Nov 18 PM Abdul Mahdi’s office said it would issue warrants for teachers behind school
strikes
Nov 18 Some major roads in Basra blocked for strike including some to Rumaila oil field
Road to Karbala airport and refinery blocked
Nov 18 Intercept/NY Times report on hundreds of leaked Iranian documents on its ties to
Iraq Included head of Mil Intel under PM Maliki who said that he would do whatever he could to help Tehran Intel head helped Iran assassinate Iraqi pilots from Iran-Iraq War and ISF officers
Nov 19 Most of the ruling parties met in Baghdad Agreed to give PM Abdul Mahdi 45
days to carry out reforms
Nov 19 Human Rights Commission called on PM Abdul Mahdi to stop ISF kidnapping
activists and journalists
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Forces Kidnapping Protesters In Intimidation Campaign)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 20 US review found ISF too dependent upon Coalition and can’t hold cleared territory
or Syrian border Said IS disjointed Can’t carry out major attacks can’t penetrate cities can’t garner popular support
(Musings On Iraq US Report Finds Continued Shortcomings In Iraqi Forces While Islamic State Disjointed)
Nov 21 Kataib Hezbollah said Def Min bought tear gas used vs protesters after Def Min
Shammari claimed that 3rd party shooting demonstrators
(Musings On Iraq Hashd Retaliate Against Iraq’s Defense Minister For Comments On Protests)
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
Nov 21 Report Natl Sec Adv Fayad Badr head Amiri PM Abdul Mahdi’s chief of staff
Hashemi met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei in Tehran Said protests would be put down with force and PM Abdul Mahdi supported
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)
Nov 22 Pro-Iran Hashd released story that Def Min Shammari received disabilities welfare
when he lived in Sweden and docs showing Def Min bought tear gas and used it against demonstrators after Shammari claimed 3rd party shooting demonstrators
(Musings On Iraq Hashd Retaliate Against Iraq’s Defense Minister For Comments On Protests)
Nov 24 Main roads in Basra city blocked by protests 7 killed as ISF cleared protest outside
Um Qasr port Road to West Qurna 1 and Majnoon oil fields blocked Govt building and Shiite Endowment burned main roads and bridges blocked in Nasiriya Protesters tried to storm govt building in Karbala
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 25 Police stormed bridge blocked by protesters in Hillah Main roads in Basra and
Najaf blocked Highway blocked and houses of 2 politicians burned in Dhi Qar
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Protests Escalate Once Again)
Nov 27 Protesters blocked govt offices in Basra city highway in Fao ISF cleared protest
outside Majnoon oil field Govt building burned in Dhi Qar Roads blocked in Karbala and Najaf Iranian consulate burned Ashurba Brigades shot at protesters outside Ayatollah Hakim shrine Killed total of 27 over 4 days
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Protests Escalate Once Again)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 27 Report Quds Force Cmdr Gen Suleimani arrived in Baghdad to block resignation of
PM Abdul Mahdi Got support of Badr’s Amiri
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
Nov 28 Sadr said protests could lead to end of Iraq if PM Abdul Mahdi didn’t resign Abadi
warned of collapse of govt if didn’t resign
Nov 28 60 protesters killed in Nasiriya 10 killed in Najaf 4 killed in Baghdad Police station
burned in Nasiriya in one of deadliest days since unrest started in Oct
(Musings On Iraq One Of The Deadliest Days Of Protests At Least 25 Killed In Nasiriya)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 28 PM Abdul Mahdi announced crisis cells between military and governors to deal
with protests
Nov 28 Dhi Qar governor got head of new crisis cell to be dismissed for deaths of
protesters Then governor resigned
Nov 29 PM Abdul Mahdi said he resigned after Ayatollah Sistani’s Friday message
Nov 29 Najaf police chief resigned after massacre of protesters Nov 28 2nd Dep Gov of
Najaf resigned Said protesters were being murdered
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 29 Clashes between protesters and ISF continued in Nasiriya Another 17 killed Crowd
tried to storm shrine of Mohammed Baqir al-Mohammed ISCI’s Ashura Brigade fired at crowd killing 5
Nov 30 Protesters in Najaf set entrance to shrine of Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim on fire
ISCI’s Ashura Brigades shot at crowd killing 3 Protests then turned on ISCI official in city
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Nov 30 Solidarity protests in Kirkuk and Mosul
Dec 1 Parliament accepted resignation of PM Abdul Mahdi
Dec 1 Iranian consulate in Najaf burned again Adviser to Iran’s Khamenei called protesters
bastards Called on Hashd to deal with them
Dec 4 Report US officials said Iran still sending short range ballistic missiles to Iraq
(Musings On Iraq News Of Iran Moving Missiles Into Iraq Continue)
Dec 5 Pro-Iran Hashd marched into Tahrir Sq to disrupt protests 20 people stabbed Asaib
Ahl Al-Haq blamed
(Musings On Iraq Pro-Iran Hashd Stab Protesters In Baghdad’s Tahrir Square)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
Dec 6 US sanctioned Asaib Ahl Al-Haq’s Qais and Laith Khazali for orchestrating
suppression of protests and sectarian cleansing of Sunnis in Diyala Hashd leader Hussein Al-Lami for suppressing protests Businessman Khamis al-Khanjar for corruption
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq US Sanctions Iraqi Businessman Khanjar For Bribery And Supporting Iran)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Dec 6 Kataib Hezbollah blamed for shooting protesters in Baghdad’s Al-Khalani Sq and
setting fire to parking garage Up to 85 killed at least 130 wounded
(Musings On Iraq Pro-Iran Hashd Carry Out Another More Deadly Attack Upon Baghdad Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq Kataib Hezbollah With Help From Security Forces Blamed For Friday’s Massacre Of Baghdad Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
Dec 8 Dozens of protesters were freed by ISF in Baghdad Said they were kidnapped by
Kataib Hezbollah on Dec 6
(Musings On Iraq Iraqi Forces Kidnapping Protesters As Part Of Intimidation Campaign)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
Dec 8 Pro-Iran Hashd fired rockets at Baghdad Military Airport wounding 6 Counter Terror
Service members
Dec 19 Report Hezbollah’s Kawtharani helping Iran Rev Guards Quds Force’s Gen
Suleimani lobby Iraqi leaders over new premier
(Musings On Iraq Hezbollah Helping Iran Negotiate New Premier For Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
Dec 26 Pres Salah offered to resign over Bina list nominating Basra Governor Eidani for
premier
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s President Threatens To Resign Over Unpopular Nominations For Premier)
Dec 27 Kataib Hezbollah blamed for rocket attack on K1 Military Base Kirkuk that killed 2
Iraqi police 1 US contractor and wounded 2 Iraqi soldiers and 4 US soldiers
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
Dec 29 US hit 3 Kataib Hezbollah bases in Anbar 28 killed 48 wounded 3 Iranians also died
Was retaliation for Dec 27 rocket attack on K1 Military Base in Kirkuk that killed US contractor
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
(Musings On Iraq US Retaliates Against Kataib Hezbollah Raising Question Of What Comes Next?)
(Musings On Iraq Kataib Hezbllah’s Role Along The Iraq-Syrian Border: Security Profits Supporting Iran)
Dec 31 Pro-Iran Hashd groups Kataib Hezbollah Badr Saraya al-Khorasani Asaib Ahl Al-
Haq Harakat Nujaba let into Green Zone Attacked US Embassy Demanded US forces withdraw from Iraq Set fire to part of Embassy Set up protest camp outside
(Musings On Iraq Pro-Iran Groups Take Next Step To Expel US Forces From Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq Khorasani Brigade Another Iraq Militia That Returned Home From Syria To Fight The Insurgency)
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Sheikh Akram Al-Kaabi and Hezbollah al-Nujaba)
2020
Jan 3 Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force Cmdr Gen Suleimani and Kataib
Hezbollah cmdr-Dep Head of Hashd Commission Abu Muhandis killed in US strike in Baghdad
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His
(Musings On Iraq How Will The Deaths Of General Suleimani and Abu Muhandis Affect Iraq? Comments by the Washington Institute’s Mike Knights)
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
Jan 3 Citing the deaths of Gen Suleimani and Abu Muhandis resigned PM Abdul Mahdi
called for a special session of parliament to discuss the U.S. military presence in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Political Plan Unfolding In Iraq)
Jan 4 US led Coalition said that it would limit operations in Iraq and suspend training to
protect its forces from threats after the deaths of Gen Suleimani and Abu Muhandis
(Musings On Iraq Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins)
Jan 5 Parliament voted on non-binding resulting to have US forces leave Iraq
(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Political Plan Unfolding In Iraq)
Jan 5 Before parliament session on US withdrawal Kataib Hezbollah threatened to expose
any MP that voted against resolution Made personal threats as well
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
Jan 5 Trump threatened sanctions on Iraq if US forces expelled Said US not leaving until
Iraq paid for air base US used
Jan 5 Funeral procession for Iran Rev Guards Quds Force Cmdr Gen Suleimani tried to
enter sit-in protest sites in Basra and Nasiriya In Basra attacked protesters and burned tents Nasiriya fired into crowd killing 2 Protesters then burned Hashd office in retaliation
(Musings On Iraq Funeral for Iran’s Gen Suleimani And Hashd Leader Muhandis Used To Attack Protesters)
Jan 6 Retired PM Abdul Mahdi said a legal memo was being drawn up to have US forces
leave Iraq Told US Amb to Iraq that 2 countries had to work together on withdrawal
(Musings On Iraq Iraq and US Struggling With American Military Withdrawal)
Jan 6 Pres Salah received copy of US sanctions that would be imposed upon Iraq if US
forces expelled from country
Jan 6 US Marines told Iraq planning to withdraw from Iraq following request from
parliament Def Sec Esper than said US had no plans to leave Iraq
Jan 7 Iran fired ballistic missiles a Ain Al-Assad Base in Anbar and at Irbil causing some
Iraqi casualties Tehran said was revenge for killing Iran Rev Guards Quds Force Cmdr Gen Suleimani
(Musings On Iraq Could Missile Attack On Iraqi Bases Defuse US-Iran Tensions?)
Jan 7 Funeral procession for Gen Suleimani attacked Nasiriya protest site 2nd time Fired
into crowd killing 1
(Musings On Iraq Funeral for Iran’s Gen Suleimani And Hashd Leader Muhandis Used To Attack Protesters)
Jan 9 Retired PM Abdul Mahdi called Sec State Pompeo Said US should send delegation to
set up withdrawal timeline
(Musings On Iraq US Increases Threats Against Iraq If It Forces US Troops To Leave)
Jan 11 Trump threatened to freeze Iraq’s $35 bil in oil revenues deposited in US bank
(Musings On Iraq US Increases Threats Against Iraq If It Forces US Troops To Leave)
Jan 23 Iraq ranked 17th most corrupt country in Transparency International’s annual
Corruption Perceptions Index Year before was ranked 18th most corrupt
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Continues To Rank In Bottom Of International Corruption Index)
Jan 24 Sadr and pro-Iran Hashd held anti-US march in Baghdad
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Holds Anti-U.S. Rally, Tilts Towards Iran, Then Crackdown On Protests)
Jan 24 Sadr withdrew support for protests and his followers began leaving sit-in sites
Jan 25 Protest sites attacked in Baghdad Basra Najaf Nasiriya after Sadr withdrew support
1 killed in Baghdad 3 in Nasiriya
(Musings On Iraq New Govt Crackdown On Iraq Protests)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Jan 26 Govt crackdown on protests continued with attacks on sites in Baghdad Basra
Nasiriya with 12 killed
(Musings On Iraq New Govt Crackdown On Iraq Protests)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Jan 31 Sadr called for his followers to return to protests after abandoning them reportedly
for Iran’s backing
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Returns To Iraq’s Protests After Betraying Them For Iran)
Feb 1 Former Communications Minister Mohammed Allawi was named interim premier
Feb 1 Protest movement across Iraq rejected Allawi’s appointment
(Musings On Iraq Conflicts Between Protesters And Sadrists Over Their Return And New Interim Premier)
Feb 1 Sadrists attacked protesters in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square who were against
nomination of Allawi as new premier Then took over Turkish Restaurant
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Tries To Impose His Will On Iraq’s Protests)
Feb 2 Sadr issued statement saying protesters blocking roads should be arrested and
Education Min should punish students and teachers on strike
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Tries To Impose His Will On Iraq’s Protests)
Feb 2 Sadr spokesman said movement would impose peace upon protests and work with
ISF Said that saboteurs had to be expelled from demonstrations
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Tries To Impose His Will On Iraq’s Protests)
Feb 2 Sadrists tried to clear a bridge in Baghdad occupied by protesters but failed Attacked
demonstrators in Basra and Nasiriya who were against Allawi’s nomination as PM Tried to take over protest square in Karbala
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Tries To Impose His Will On Iraq’s Protests)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Feb 3 Sadrists shot at protesters in Najaf killing 11 Shot and stabbed demonstrators in
Babil killing one
(Musings On Iraq Sadr Tries To Impose His Will On Iraq’s Protests)
(Musings On Iraq UN Report On Violence Against Iraqi Protesters)
Feb 8 Sadr reversed course again Said he would withdraw his people form protests
Announced 18 point charter for demonstrations Included ending school boycotts not blocking roads Not getting involved in politics
Feb 11 Sadr announced that he was disbanding the blue hats which were his people that
had joined the protests
Feb 14 Report 2012-14 PM Maliki managed money laundering for Iranian Rev Guard and
Hezbollah Used money to support militias fighting in Syria 1 of Maliki’s secretary managed money along with MP from State of Law Maliki also set up intel cell to work with Syrian intel Al Najaba Movement and Kataib Hezbollah received funds from scheme Also shipped weapons to militias in Syria
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
Feb 22 4 Hashd units loyal to Najaf objected to Abdul Muhammadawi from Kataib
Hezbollah being appointed new chief of staff of Hashd Comm by pro-Iran factions Threatened to withdraw from Commission if appointment confirmed
(Musings On Iraq Pro-Iran Groups Name New Acting Head of Hashd)
(Musings On Iraq Pro-Najaf Hashd Threaten To Leave Hashd Commission)
Mar 2 Mohammed Allawi resigned as premier designate after failing to get parliament to
approve his cabinet
(Musings On Iraq Allawi Gives Up Forming Govt As Iraqi Elite Fail Again)
Mar 11 Kataib Hezbollah fired rockets at Camp Taji in Baghdad killing 2 American and 1
British soldier
(Musings On Iraq As Talk Of Expelling US Forces From Iraq Dies Down Attacks Upon Americans Pick Up)
Mar 13 U.S. struck Kataib Hezbollah targets in Babil Anbar and Karbala in
retaliation for the death of 2 American soldiers on Mar 11 Killed 5 ISF
(Musings On Iraq As Talk Of Expelling US Forces From Iraq Dies Down Attacks Upon Americans Pick Up)
Mar 14 Camp Taji hit again with rockets wounding 3 US soldiers and 3-4 ISF
(Musings On Iraq Tit For tat Between U.S. and Pro-Iran Hashd Continues)
Mar 17 Nasr MP and former governor of Najaf Adnan Zurfi named candidate for
interim premier
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Names Another Candidate For Interim Premier)
Mar 18 4 pro-Najaf Hashd brigades asked to join Defense Ministry to protest control of Hashd
Commission by pro-Iran groups
(Musings On Iraq Pro-Najaf Hashd Threaten To Leave Hashd Commission)
Apr 9 Iraqi intelligence head Mustafa al-Kazemi became new prime minister candidate after
Adnan al-Zurfi failed to reach consensus on his govt
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Has 3rd Candidate For Premier)
Apr 16 Iraq cabinet ordered halt to monthly budget payments to Kurdistan It had not
followed 2019 budget to export oil in return for money
(Musings On Iraq Iraq Cuts Off Budget Payments To Kurdistan Once More)
Apr 22 4 pro-Najaf Hashd brigades sent letter to Hashd Commission head Falah Fayad saying
the would now be under Commander in Chief Said had blessing of religious establishment
(Musings On Iraq Resigned PM Abdul Mahdi Doesn’t Accept Units Leaving Hashd Commission)
Apr 24 Resigned PM Abdul Mahdi said he didn’t accept 4 pro-Najaf Hashd leaving Hashd
Commission Said he wanted to keep all Hashd united
(Musings On Iraq Resigned PM Abdul Mahdi Doesn’t Accept Units Leaving Hashd Commission)
Apr 25 Ansar al-Marjaiya pro-Najaf Hashd called on other brigades to follow its lead and
leave Hashd Commission
(Musings On Iraq Resigned PM Abdul Mahdi Doesn’t Accept Units Leaving Hashd Commission)
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