This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 11 League of Nations announced the British mandate in Iraq

1914 Ottomans declared war on England and France

KRG Elects New Speaker of Parliament Increasing KDP-PUK Divide

  

On November 4 the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) was able to elect a new speaker of parliament two years after elections in Kurdistan. This angered the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) which announced it was withdrawing from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 10 Irbil Agreement led to PM Maliki’s 2nd term Allawi to head new strategic council Deal never implemented

1958 Iraqi Communist Party issued plan for Kurdistan saying it supported Kurdish self-govt within

Iraq

(Musings On Iraq review A People’s History Of Iraq, The Iraqi Communist Party, Workers’ Movements, and the Left 1924-2004)

(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)

This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 9 US Marines killed 24 civilians in Haditha after Marine killed by IED

1914 With English attack on Basra coming locals went to Shiite clergy asking for help to defend

city

This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 8 Ruling coalition admitted pro-Iran Resistance faction tried to kill PM Kazemi

1914 British troops after landing at Faw Peninsula Basra captured Ottoman Faw Fort

(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)

This Day In Iraqi History - Nov 7 2nd 2nd Battle of Fallujah began

1914 British troops started march from the port of Faw to the city of Basra

(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)

Review Mar Eshai Shimun XXIII, The Assyrian Tragedy, Mar Shimun Memorial Foundation, 2010

  

Mar Shimun was the spiritual leader of the Assyrian community from 1920 to 1975. He wrote this short pamphlet to raise awareness about the 1933 massacre of Assyrians in northern Iraq. This was an early stain on the new country that would mark a trend of political violence. The book mostly consists of excerpts from people discussing the event.