More Setbacks for Iraq’s Oil Industry

  

In April Iraq was hoping that it could begin shipping oil through the Strait of Hormuz again. That collapsed in May and so did its exports.

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 8 Iraqi commanders said they were retreating during ISIS attack on Mosul leading to mass desertions

 

1920 Ex-Ottoman officer nationalist al-Ahd member future PM Jamil al-Midfai’s forces attacked

Mosul but turned back Tried to start revolt vs UK Mandate in Iraq

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 7 Al Qaeda In Iraq leader Zarqawi killed in US air strike

 

1920 Ex-Ottoman officer nationalist future PM al-Ahd member Jamil al-Midfai’s forces reached

Mosul hoping to start revolt against British

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 6 ISIS attacked Mosul eventually taking city

 

1919 Iraq High Commissioner Wilson told to take over Kurdish affairs Meant Kurds in Mosul to be

included in Iraq

Review Edited by Paul Cornish, The Conflict In Iraq, 2003, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

  

The Conflict In Iraq is an anthology with chapters by various authors connected to the Center for Defense Studies at King’s College London. Like any collection some of the chapters are quite good and others are not. The fact that the book was put together very early in the U.S. occupation of Iraq also makes some of the readings outdated. Still there are some important insights provided such as comparisons between the British and Americans times in Iraq, the war planning, and United Nations weapons inspections.

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 5 Ali and Faisal sons of Sharif of Mecca announced Arab Revolt against Ottomans Many Iraqis joined

 

1916 Ali and Faisal sons of Sharif Hussein announced Arab Revolt against Ottomans Many

Iraqi Ottoman officers would join revolt UK promised Sharif empire after war

(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)

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

This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 4 Future Premier Jamil al-Midfai led nationalist group seized Tal Afar in attempt to start revolt vs UK Mandate in Iraq

 

1915 Ottomans counterattacked trying to retake Amara Failed