Review Tom Cooper, Sirous Ebrahimi, & E.R. Hooton, Iran-Iraq Naval War, Volume 2: Convoy Battles, 1981-1984, Helion & Company, 2024

  

Tom Cooper has collaborated on a large number of books about the militaries of the Middle East. This time he worked with Sirous Ebrahimi and E.R. Hooton to produce Iran-Iraq Naval War, Volume 2: Convoy Battles, 1981-1984. The book provides a wealth of detail for a part of the conflict which is barely covered but that might be for a good reason.

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 4 Saddam mobilized armed forces and ordered seizure of disputed border towns to find excuse to invade Iran

1915 Gen Townshend cmdr 6^th Indian Div wrote former viceroy of Indian Lord Curzon of

dangers in Mesopotamia with the enemy having superior numbers Same time said if he could put the Ottomans on the run could take Baghdad

Musings On Iraq In The News

I was quoted in this article by Wladimir van Wilgenburg “Beyond the MoU: The Future of U.S.-Peshmerga Relations” for the Kurdish Center for Studies

Iran Reportedly Getting Its Way In Negotiations Over Disarming Iraq’s Resistance Factions

Quds Force Commander Gen Qaani and other Iranian officials have been pushing Baghdad hard to give up its plans to disarm their allies the Resistance

  

In Iraq the debate over the future of the Resistance has gone from demanding they disarm to compromising with them. This is the result of constant Iranian pressure upon Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi.

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 3 Qasim offered amnesty to Kurdish rebels Asked Barzani to return to Iraq

1920 UK army ordered two outer camps in Samawa be abandoned during siege of town Led to

heavy losses during 1920 Revolt

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 2 King Faisal left Iraq for his health Would die a week later

1922 Turkish troops tested border with Iraq Seized Rania in Sulaymaniya after four days of

fighting

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 1 Colonial Sec Churchill argued for UK to withdraw from Iraq to save money

1919 Jews sent letter to two Iraqi papers declaring their support for Arabs against the Balfour

Declaration where UK said it supported creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine