Thursday, July 26, 2018

This Day In Iraqi History - Jul 26


1920 Gertrude Bell wrote that Baghdad started the 1920 Revolt but not lost control of
            it when tribes rose up and they listened to no one Baghdad did not start revolt
1988 Mujahedeen e-Khalq took 2 Iranian towns with Iraqi air support hoping
            to start revolt against Khomeini
(Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988)
(Musings On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)
2001 Last of 4 NSC Deputies Committee meetings on revising Iraq policy
2005 US Army interrogators testified that dogs sleep deprivation and nudity all used on
            prisoners held at Abu Ghraib
2007 Bombing in Baghdad market killed 92
2010 ISI bombed Al Arabiya TV station
2012 Protests in Basra against lack of electricity
2014 Ansar al-Islam refused to give allegiance to IS in Sadiya Diyala Led to fighting
            between two with IS winning
2017 Court issued arrest warrant for head of Salahaddin council for corruption

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