This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 26 Saddam ordered shelling of Iranian border looking for excuse to invade

  

1920 War Minister Churchill wrote PM George that he thought reinforcements from India

            would lead to victory in 1920 Revolt Said 20 battalions were being sent

(Musings On Iraq Churchill In His Own Words On Mesopotamia/Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Churchill’s Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)

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

Iraq Govt Backs Down On Disarming Pro-Iran Resistance

  

Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi repeatedly said that September 30 was the deadline for the pro-Iran Resistance to disarm. After coming under pressure from Tehran and leading members of the ruling Coordination Framework he has now backed down over that date.

This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 25 British invaded Iran from Iraq after Shah refused to expel Germans

1914 British admiralty ordered 2 ships to be sent to Shatt al-Arab to block Ottoman

supplies and ground forces and to protect oil interests in Persia

(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)

This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 24 Ayatollah Khomeini said Iran would fight until Saddam deposed

1922 On anniversary of King Faisal’s coronation opposition gave him a petition calling for an

assembly to draft a constitution, elections for a parliament, and independence for Iraq

This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 23 UK High Commissioner for Iraq Cox led crackdown against anti-UK forces in Baghdad exiling and deporting opposition leaders

1922 Iraqi National Party and Iraqi Awakening declaration called for protests against British and a

Shiite premier Mohammed al-Sadr

Musings On Iraq In The News

  

I was quoted in this article “Future of Iraqi air defense in disarray as South Korea deal stalls” by Paul Iddon for Amwaj Media.

This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 22 Saddam’s son-in-law Hussein Kamal told UN Iraq ended all its WMD programs after Gulf War US and UN didn’t believe him Was telling the truth

 

1920 TE Lawrence wrote OpEd in Sunday Times Said UK led into trap in Mesopotamia Blamed UK

High Commissioner Wilson for bad administration that disgraced the British empire Said it was worse than Ottomans Said UK was wasting money Asked when problems would end