Friday, June 26, 2026

Review George Tenet, At the Center of the Storm, My Years at the CIA, Harper Collins, 2007


  

George Tenet was the director of the Central Intelligence Agency under Presidents Clinton and Bush. He eventually resigned because of the controversy over Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. His book At The Center of the Storm is very interesting because it shows that he was very sensitive about his time at the Agency with several chapters responding to criticisms of his tenure.

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 26 Iraqi intel rounded up Iraqi National Accord coup plotters backed by US Called CIA and told them to go home


 

1922 Commerce Min Timman resigned over proposed Anglo-Iraq Treaty King Faisal ordered PM

Gaylani not to accept resignation

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Iraq Considering Emergency Economic Plan Until Oil Exports Revived


   

An economic advisor to Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said that the government was considering a 100 day emergency economic plan to cover spending and the budget until oil exports could return to pre-war levels.

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 25 Gen Qasim ordered the military to come up with a Kuwait invasion plan


 

1915 British troops took Nasiriya Ottomans had 200 casualties British 500

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 24 Dozens killed 3000 arrested over protests when Ayatollah Sadiq al-Sadr put under house arrest


 

1923 Protests against voting on Anglo-Iraq treaty in Karbala

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 23 Faisal arrived in Iraq to become its first king


1921 Faisal arrived in Basra and then went to Najaf and Karbala as gesture towards Shiite

clergy as preparation to be crowned king Clerics opposed him

(Musings On Iraq review Empires of the Sand, The Struggle For Mastery In The Middle East 1789-1923)

Monday, June 22, 2026

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 22 Gertrude Bell said that Shiites were under the pay of leading cleric Khalisi who was a Persian


 

1915 British troops began attack upon Nasiriya

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

Review George Tenet, At the Center of the Storm, My Years at the CIA, Harper Collins, 2007

   George Tenet was the director of the Central Intelligence Agency under Presidents Clinton and Bush. He eventually resigned...