This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 23

1922 King Faisal struck by appendicitis with no PM or govt UK High

Commissioner Cox ruled until king returned Cox deported and exiled opposition leaders banned opposition parties and papers Silenced opposition and Shiite leaders

1924 American Consul in Iraq said King Faisal had no popular support and many were

            openly opposed to him

1952 Communist led strike at Basra port over pay Broken up by police Started year of

            protests called the Intifada

(Musings On Iraq Interview with Prof Johan Franzen on the history of the Iraqi Communist Party)

1962 Govt census in Jazeera listed 120,000 Kurds as aliens during Kurdish revolt

1988 UN said that Iraq used poison gas in attack on Oshnaviyeh Iran on Aug 2 that

            wounded around 2,600 civilians 7^th time UN documented use of WMD by Iraq

(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)

1990 Saddam appeared on state TV with western hostages in Iraq Told them they were

            being held to prevent war

1996 Barzani said KDP stopped PUK offensive captured or killed 400 PUK Peshmerga

2003 CPA created Dep of Border Enforcement but gave it little money to control Iraq’s

            borders

2003 Turkmen protested in Kirkuk city over Turkmen being killed Turned violent 3

            killed 15-20 wounded

2005 US embassy report said Gen Casey’s plan for handing off security to Iraq had no

            chance of succeeding and argued for counterinsurgency to defeat insurgency

(Musings On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)

2005 Sunni members of constitutional committee said they rejected draft Said

            committee didn’t create consensus on draft

2005 Members of Allawi’s Iraqi National Accord also voiced concerns over draft

            constitution

(Musings On Iraq interview with constitutional scholar Zaid al-Ali on Iraq’s constitution)

2008 Report 2 Mahdi Army men said Hezbollah training the militia in Lebanon

(Musings On Iraq article on Iranian and Hezbollah training of Iraqi militias)

(Musings On Iraq article on Hezbollah presence in Iraq)

2015 Police opened fire on demonstrations in Babil wounding 4

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