This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 27 US published letter from Al Qaeda to Zarqawi Warned him about vanity Said he had to consult with Al Qaeda more and cooperate with other insurgent groups

1919 TE Lawrence wrote Foreign Sec Lord Curzon that Sir Percy Cox should be high commissioner

of Iraq to relieve tension there

This Day In Iraqi History – Sep 26 Bush told Def Sec Rumsfeld to secretly start Iraq war plans

1914 Gen Barrow at India Office said UK had to stop Turkish-Arab alliance and declaration

of jihad which could spread to Afghanistan and threaten India UK should make show of force in Shatt al-Arab to deter Arabs from backing Ottomans and if war started should seize Basra vilayet

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq In World War I, From Ottoman Rule to British Conquest)

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

Review Kathleen Bailey, The UN Inspections in Iraq, Lessons for On-Site Verification, Westview Press, 1995

  

Kathleen Baily wrote The UN Inspections in Iraq, Lessons for On-Site Verification in the midst of the United Nations weapons inspections in Iraq in the 1990s. Her goal was to review what the U.N. had found, how Iraq responded and provided recommendations for future inspections. That means not all parts of the book are of interest to the average reader but it does cover a wealth of information about what transpired in Iraq.

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 25 KRG held independence referendum Iraqi forces would attack Kurds and seize disputed areas afterward

1913 US consul in Baghdad reported Basra Reform Society issued constitution Demanded

autonomy no foreign concessions recognition of Arabic language

This Day In Iraqi History – Sep 24 UN inspectors found over 50,000 docs on Iraq’s nuclear program when it denied it had such a program

  

1915 Battle of Es Sinn began 1^st move by British to take Kut Started with diversionary

attack Turks left at night

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

Iraq Negotiations To Disarm Pro-Iran Resistance In Disarray

  

When Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi came into office he said one of his top priorities was to disarm the pro-Iran Resistance. He set a date of September 30 for that to be accomplished but has since backed down due to Iranian pressure. Talks over the matter are disparate and uncoordinated giving the pro-Iran groups the upper hand.

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 23 Natl Sec Adv Rice said Iraq would be next stage in war on terror

1948 Shafiq Ades Jewish merchant in Basra hanged on accusation he smuggled weapons to

Palestine He sold scrap metal to Italy that re-sold it to Israel to make weapons Part of anti-Jewish feelings that spread after creation of Israel

(Musings On Iraq review Last Days in Babylon, The Exile of Iraq’s Jews, the Story of My Family)