Thursday, August 18, 2022

This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 18 Army held victory parade for massacring Assyrians Made Gen Sidqi national hero


 

1933 Iraqi army held victory parade and given award by Prince Ghazi for massacring Assyrians

in north Total 60 villages looted and destroyed Around 600 killed

(Musings On Iraq review The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review State and Society in Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Imagining The Nation, Nationalism, Sectarianism and Socio-Political Conflict in Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies)

1982 Iraq fired 27 SCUD missiles at Kharg Island Iran’s major oil port with little to no effect

(Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)

(Musings On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper 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)

(Musings On Iraq review The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan, September 1980-May 1982)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 2: Iran Strikes back, June 1982-December 1986)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 3: Iraq’s Triumph)

(Musings On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War Volume 4: The Forgotten Fronts)

1990 Iraq said foreign nationals in Iraq and Kuwait would be sent to strategic locations to

be human shields

1990 UN Resolution 664 demanded Iraq release foreign nationals it held

2003 Bremer told Rumsfeld gave order not to arrest Sadr to try to avoid further violence

(Musings On Iraq review Squandered Victory, The American Occupation And the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)

2003 Gen Fry Dep Chief of UK Def Staff said that Iraqis had grown tired of Coalition

Said Shiite leaders warned that people could start turning on Coalition Said rebuilding ISF political development and providing services in southern Iraq was stalled

2003 Sunni-Shiite comm formed in Baghdad Agreed Shiites would return Sunni mosques seized Sunnis

would lead Shiites and Shiites lead Sunnis in prayers Sermons would share same political themes

(Musings On Iraq review The Triumph of the Martyrs, A Reporter’s Journey into Occupied Iraq)

2004 Iraq Survey Group head Kay testified to Congress Blamed Rice and NSC for not checking WMD intel

before war

(Musings On Iraq Iraq One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)

2005 Police report listed 18 Sunnis arrested in Baghdad 6 weeks later their bodies found along Iranian

border Showed torture

(Musings On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how Badr took over Interior Ministry)

(Musings On Iraq review Voices From Iraq, A People’s History, 2003-2009)

2005 Anbar governor and other Sunni leaders fired upon in Ramadi during meeting over constitutional

referendum

(Musings On Iraq Anbar Before And After the Awakening Pt X, 2005-09 Governor Mamoun Alwani)

2006 Report 2 Iraqi army divisions in Anbar short 5,000 troops Soldiers not getting paid Defense Min could

not supply them

2008 Georgia withdrew its 1800 troops from Iraq Had deployed them in 2003 Lost 5 soldiers

2008 Report 2 Sahwa units in Diyala complained members arrested Offices closed PM Maliki said he

wouldn’t integrate Sahwa that were former insurgents Maliki aide said Sahwa were unacceptable Only 23,000 Sahwa had been accepted in ISF so far

(Musings On Iraq Sons of Iraq Update)

(Musings On Iraq What’s In The Future For The Sons of Iraq?)

(Musings On Iraq review Surge, My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War)

2008 Suicide bomber dressed as a women killed deputy head of Adhamiya Baghdad sahwa 20 wounded

Part of ISI campaign vs sahwa

(Musings On Iraq Behind The Revival Of The Islamic State in Iraq, Interview With Naval War College Prof Craig Whiteside)

(Musings On Iraq review Suicide Bombers In Iraq, The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom)

2008 PM Maliki sent Special Forces to Diyala govt building Got into gun battle with governor’s guards

Killed governor’s secretary and wounded 4 guards Arrested Sunni councilman Beat deputy governor Stole SUVs that belonged to council Got into 2nd gun battle on way out that killed 4 police Arrested president of Diyala Univ Councilman and president accused of killings US helicopters sent to check on situation were fired upon by ISF Special forces had to call ground forces cmdr to get police to back off Afterward Maliki denied he was behind operation and ordered investigation Nothing happened

2009 PM Maliki told US officials he didn’t want sectarian alliance in 2010 election because

would lead Iraq towards being like Lebanon and parties would be backed by foreign powers

2009 Report US Cmdr Gen Odierno said more Asaib Ahl Al-Haq members would be released PM

Maliki promised all Asaib Ahl Al-Haq members would be freed Said made deal with group to stop attacks in exchange for prisoners being let go Said Asaib Ahl Al-Haq had truce with US Part of deal to get 5 kidnapped Brits released Maliki also wanted to use Asaib Ahl Al-Haq vs Sadr

(Musings On Iraq 2007 Political Kidnappings In Iraq Involving Asaib Ahl Al-Haq)

(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq Iranians Planned Kidnapping And Held British Captives Taken In Iraq) 

2010 Report Abu Dura Mahdi Army leader called the Shiite Zarqawi returned to Baghdad from

Iran Now commander of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq in Sadr City Went back to carry out attacks

2011 Electricity Min Ani resigned over continued power shortages

2012 Report US sanctioned Elaf Bank for helping Iran smuggle oil Iran used Iraqi banks to escape US

sanctions and get dollars US didn’t think Iraq enforcing punishments for breaking sanctions Central Bank of Iraq said Elaf could buy dollars at bank’s auctions Obama admin said it wouldn’t punish Iraq for breaking Iran sanctions

2013 Mutahidun list said Maliki govt carried out military campaign vs Sunnis in Baghdad Diyala

Salahaddin

2015 IS second in command Abu Muslim al-Turkmani killed by US drone strike in Mosul

2015 KRG parliament finance comm said over $800 mil in oil revenue missing since Jul Said

Natural Resource Min didn’t put money in Finance Min bank account as it should have

2015 Report Maliki said Mosul fell to conspiracy between Turkey and Kurds Part of

recriminations over fall of city Investigation said Maliki didn’t understand situation in Mosul in 2014 because appointed incompetent and corrupt military commanders

2015 PM Abadi cut number of advisers in ministries Cabinet said it would retire 80 director

generals and 18 deputy ministers Part of reform program Really about cutting costs during financial crisis

(Musings On Iraq A Review Of Iraq Premier Abadi’s Reform Program Interview With Reidar Visser)

2016 North Oil Company resumed sending oil to Turkey via KRG pipeline Stopped 5 months ago

New Oil Minister confirmed with backing of Kurds Part of US-Baghdad-KRG deal

2016 Local official said Hashd burned and looting 40- homes and govt offices and mosques in

Khalidiya Anbar

2017 Kirkuk Gov Karim rejected court order to remove Kurdish flag from government buildings in province

2017 Report US Embassy official said 1400 ISF killed 7000 wounded in Mosul battle

2018 Dep head of Hashd Abu Muhandis ordered Hashd out of liberated cities after demands made

by Sunni politicians for it to withdraw Said no new offices or bases would be opened in certain areas Said Hashd were to have no ties to political parties or religious institutions Not enforced

2020 KRG security forces arrested protest activist in Dohuk as part of crackdown on demonstrations

(Musings On Iraq Protests In Iraq’s Kurdistan Over Economic Conditions And Mismanagement)

2020 Report 2010 govt laid out Al-Faw port project Never finished Aug Transportation Min said it

would sign contract with Korean company to resume project Kuwait and Iran opposed project

2020 KRG Finance Min said KRG would have $138.8 mil budget deficit even if got monthly

payments from Baghdad KRG made around $614 mil Needed $753 mil just to cover govt salaries

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