This Day In Iraqi History - Jul 3 IS car bomb in Baghdad set off fire in mall Killed 324 Wounded 200 One of the deadliest bombings

 

1923 35 clerics and religious students left Iraq for Persia to protest deportation of cleric Khalisi for his

opposition to parliamentary elections  

Iraq Is Capturing More Natural Gas While Also Burning More Of It

In June the World Bank reported that Iraq was one of the largest gas burning countries in the world. Iraq and 8 others accounted for 75% of gas flaring. Iraq actually increased this practice in recent years. Gas is emitted from oil fields and if it isn’t captured to be used for commercial use it is burned off which contributes to global warming. This comes as Baghdad claims it is producing more natural gas and that flaring is soon going to come to an end.

This Day In Iraqi History - Jul 2 ISIS leader Baghdadi declared caliphate established

 

1922 Law passed to establish political parties in Iraq

Iraq’s Islamic Resistance Continued Its Campaign Vs Israel In June 2024

June was dominated by stories of Iraq’s Islamic Resistance launching attacks upon Israel for its war in Gaza. Some of these incidents were allegedly in conjunction with Yemen’s Houthis. The Islamic State was barely active during the month.

This Day In Iraqi History - Jul 1 IS released recording declaring a new caliphate

 

1920 British army facing revolt in Rumaitha told no reinforcements coming because railways

destroyed Railway fixed and reinforcements arrived later that day

(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)