This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 9 Iraq held victory celebration for end of Iran-Iraq War

 

1914 US consulate report Martial law declared in Baghdad Vilayet would provide 15,000

recruits for war Ottomans called on all Muslims to serve

 

1919 UK signed agreement with Persia to respect its sovereignty Meant united Kurdistan was ruled

out

1920 UK Foreign Sec Lord Curzon replied to US complaints about San Remo agreement saying US

would not be shut out of Iraq oil and was just business deal not treaty

(Musings On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)

1920 TE Lawrence wrote article for Sunday Times Said UK public misled by govt about Iraq Said

public had not been told what was going on Said 1920 Revolt worse then govt said and UK facing possible disaster

1920 Railway line to Baghdad cut by tribal fighters in Diyala during 1920 Revolt

(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)

1922 Def Min Askari threatened to resign if budget for army not expanded and conscription started

1933 Shammar and Jabour tribes attacked 60 Assyrian villages south of Dohuk Captured males given

to Iraqi army who executed them

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

(Musings On Iraq review State and Society in Iraq)

1962 Iraqi air force conducting raids into Turkey to attack Barzani’s force Bombed Turkish military

outpost by mistake

(Musings On Iraq review The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970)

(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)

1966 Ret General Naji Talib became PM Was former Free Officer New cabinet was almost all officers

Proved to be completely ineffective and was later removed

1983 Iran’s Op Wa al-Fajr 3 took hills around Mehran central front but failed to recapture city Iran

took 60 sq mi half in Wasit Iraq lost 10,000-17,000 casualties Iran lost 15,000-25,000 casualties

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

1983 Iraq ended its operation to try to capture Mehran Iran

1988 Iraq held victory celebrations for end of Iran-Iraq War

(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)

1988 Military campaign in southern marshes ended 400 homes and 500 boats destroyed along with

mass arrests

1990 Iraq went to summit in Saudi Arabia over Kuwait invasion Iraq refused to sit at same table as

Kuwaitis Said meeting should focus on US aggression after it sent troops to Saudi Arabia Saddam tried to link Kuwait to Palestinians Said he would withdraw from Kuwait if Syria withdrew from Lebanon and Israel from Palestine

1990 US forces arrived in Saudi Arabia to protect it from Iraq after invasion of Kuwait

(Musings On Iraq review from storm to Freedom, America’s Long War with Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Desert Storm, Volume 1)

1990 UN Resolution 662 said that Iraq’s annexation of Kuwait was illegal

1990 Turkey and Saudi Arabia closed pipelines to Iraq due to Kuwait invasion

1990 Arab League agreed to UN sanctions on Iraq Endorsed US deployment to Saudi Arabia

Said it would send troops

1990 Iraqi Amb to Greece said Iraq would use chemical weapons if it was attacked by US or

Israel

1990 Bush talked with Saudi King Fahed who said Saddam was crazy and conceited and

needed to be taught a lesson

1998 Iraq told UN it was suspending cooperation with inspections Demanded new inspection team

made up of members of the Security Council

(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD and 2003 Invasion)

(Musings On Iraq review The Greatest Threat, Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, And The Growing Crisis Of Global Security)

2002 Def Sec Rumsfeld at White House meeting said that US would not occupy Iraq for a long time

and shouldn’t promote democracy

(Musings On Iraq review Liberate And Leave, Fatal Flaws In The Early Strategy For Postwar Iraq)

2002 After White House meeting UnderSecDef Feith told Def Sec Rumsfeld he should not be so

critical of creating a democracy in Iraq Rumsfeld said building democracy complex and not just holding an election

(Musings On Iraq review The Assassins’ Gate, America In Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Leap of Faith, Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign

Policy Tragedy)

(Musings On Iraq review Overreach, Delusions of Regime Change In Iraq)

2002 Def Policy Board Perle said that removing Saddam would lead to more peaceful and stable

Middle East

(Musings On Iraq review Wanting War: Why the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Losing Iraq, Inside The Post War Reconstruction Fiasco)

2002 Ahmed Chalabi convinced Ayatollah Hakim to join opposition meeting in Wash DC Would

help cement ISCI as one of parties US would work with after 03 invasion Also helped Chalabi’s standing in Iran

(Musings On Iraq review Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi and the Selling of the Iraq War)

2003 3 US army battalions added to 1^st Battle of Najaf

2003 Bremer said Ansar al-Islam escaped to Iran during invasion and were now returning to Iraq to

carry out terrorist attacks

2003 Protests in Basra over lack of electricity Threw rocks at British troops

2003 Mass robberies of oil tankers in Basra Police fled Czech and British troops fired on looters 2

killed 4 wounded

2003 AP story not much of Sec State Powell’s Feb 03 speech to UN on Iraq’s WMD proved true

2004 PM Allawi Def Min US generals had meeting Decided 2^nd Najaf Battle had to end quick over

concerns shrine might be damaged

(Musings On Iraq A Divided Sadr Trend)

(Musings On Iraq review Battle For The City Of The Dead)

(Musings On Iraq review US Marines in Battle An-Najaf August 20014)

2005 Baghdad city council chief Makkia of SCIRI led group of Badr militiamen to oust Baghdad

mayor Tamimi and installed himself in office

(Musings On Iraq Badr Organization A View Into Iraq’s Violent Past And Present)

(Musings On Iraq review Iraq After America, Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance)

2005 Def Sec Rumsfeld said weapons were being smuggled from Iran into Iraq Most senior US

official to accuse Tehran of arming militias in Iraq

(Musings On Iraq A History Of Iranian Weapons Shipments To Iraq Interview With Arkenstone Blog’s Galen Wright)

(Musings On Iraq Iran’s Policy Towards Iraq)

2005 Suicide car bomb hit US convoy in Baghdad killing 7 and wounding more than 90

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

2007 Ayatollah Sistani aide assassinated in Najaf Was 4^th such killing in province since July

2008 PM Maliki started meetings with tribes to get them to joint Tribal Support Council and back

him

(Musings On Iraq Maliki’s Tribal Support Councils Appear To Be Paying Off)

2009 Suicide bomber hit Mosul mosque killing 23 wounding 130

2010 After meeting KRG Pres Barzani said no objections to Maliki remaining PM Said he was a

long time friend

2014 1^st US airstrike against IS occurred in Irbil to stop insurgent advance there

(Musings On Iraq review Airpower in the War Against ISIS)

(Musings On Iraq review Degrade And Destroy, The Inside Story Of The War Against the Islamic State, From Barack Obama To Donald Trump)

2014 IS attack on Tuz Kharmato turned back by Peshmerga Insurgents took 4 areas around Haditha

Defense Min claimed it cleared Hamrin Mts in Diyala of insurgents Didn’t

2015 Cabinet voted to reduce number of members on provincial councils PM Abadi said govt

would not use quota system End large security details for officials Set up anti-corruption commission Cut ministers and agencies End VPs Sold as reforms but meant to cut spending

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

2015 VPs Nujafi and Maliki Speaker Jabouri and KRG said they supported Abadi’s reform program

2015 Chief of staff of Iranian military criticized protests in Iraq saying they were making govt look

bad

2015 Protests in Baghdad, Nasiriya, Maysan supporting Abadi’s reforms

2015 KRG Pres Barzani called opposition demands to reduce his power a coup

2017 Civil Defense official est 3000 corpses still in west Mosul Found 839 bodies last 3 days

(Musings On Iraq Post Mosul Liberation Day 29-30 Aug 8-9 2017)

2017 Dep head of Babil council said it would sue any MP who demanded return of displaced to

Jurf al-Sakhr Hashd emptied entire district of civilians and refused to allow any back

2018 Sit in continued in Muthanna and West Qurna 2 field in Basra

2018 People of Burima in Hawija dist Kirkuk fled IS handed out flyers Told people had 72 hrs to

leave Around 20 villages in Diyala’s Khanaqin dist abandoned because of IS attacks

(Musings On Iraq The Islamic State’s Failed Comeback In Iraq)

2018 Provincial election results Badr led Fatah won Babil Basra Diyala Karbala Qadisiya Sadr’s

Sairoon won Baghdad Dhi Qar Muthanna Najaf Wasit KDP won Dohuk Irbil Ninewa PUK won Kirkuk Sulaymaniya

2019 PM Abdul Mahdi gave press conference Said Hashd implementing his executive order

to be under govt control Said needed time to be completed Deadline had passed and Hashd not following

2019 US sanctioned heads of Babylon Brigade and Shabak 30^th Hashd Brigade Accused of

human rights violations

2019 Basra activist said he and his family threatened by Hashd unless stopped protesting

2020 Ansar Allah HQ burned in Nasiriya by protesters Also protests in Baghdad Muthanna

Diwaniya Wasit

(Musings On Iraq Ebb And Flow Of Protests In Iraq)

2022 Maliki rejected Sadr’s call for parliament to be dissolved and new elections

2023 Report Think tank said lack of political will in Baghdad has meant no solution to water

crisis Said govt neglected problem Talks with other countries over last 20 yrs inconsistent Water Min is not considered important by Iraqi elite Accepted promises by Turkey that dams would not harm Iraq when they did 2019 memo of understanding with Turkey and Syria over water never followed Waer Min told not to talk with Iran about water Iraq almost completely dependent upon Tigris and Euphrates because rainfall so law 90% of water comes from 2 rivers 71% of river water comes from Turkey 7% from Iran 4% from Syria Water down rivers dropped almost 50% from 2019 to 2020 Lack of govt plan has increased drought Turkey and Iran continue to build more dams which will negatively impact Iraq Since 1974 Turkey built 22 dams Iran built more than 10 Climate change cut annual rainfall by 30% and will get worse

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