In The Bomb In My Garden Dr Mahdi Obeidi tells the story of how Iraq tried to produce a nuclear bomb in the early 1990s. He was in charge of building centrifuges to enrich uranium. He goes through Iraq’s nuclear ambitions, how they covertly worked to gain the know-how and technology, how United Nations inspectors dismantled the program and then how the U.S. bungled its search for WMD after the 2003 invasion.
1919 Governor of Sulaymaniya Barzinji seized control of district in revolt vs UK
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1920 Gertrude Bell wrote family it was hard for UK to reach out to Shiites Said their clerics held
useless knowledge were anachronisms and refused to meet British Said extremists were anti-British Said Sadr family of clerics were anti-British Then met with member of Sadr family Had good conversation
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Prime Minister designate Ali al-Zaidi is coming under increasing pressure from both the United States and Iran over the direction of his cabinet. The two powers are diametrically opposed to each other leading to a deadlock in talks over forming the next government.
1915 British forces moved north to try to encircle Ottoman forces in Qurna
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1920 US got copy of San Remo agreement that divided Iraqi oil between UK and France US Amb
to UK Davis sent message to UK Foreign Sec Lord Curzon Said end of WWI countries agreed there would be equal treatment in development ex-Turkish territories Complained UK controlled Iraqi oil
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The Trump administration is keeping up the pressure upon the Iraqi elite to disband the Resistance and curtail Iranian influence. That’s been seen in new statements and sanctions.
In The Bomb In My Garden Dr Mahdi Obeidi tells the story of how Iraq tried to produce a nuclear bomb in the early 1990s. ...
