1920 Gertrude Bell wrote that Faisal was the only solution to Iraq and its first choice to be king
(Musings On Iraq review Gertrude Bell And Iraq)
(Musings On Iraq review Gertrude Bell, Explorer of the Middle East)
(Musings On Iraq movie review Letters from Baghdad)
(Musings On Iraq review Desert Queen, The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia)
(Musings On Iraq review Empires of the Sand, The Struggle For Mastery In The Middle East 1789-1923)
(Musings On Iraq review A Quest in the Middle East, Gertrude Bell and the Making of Modern Iraq)
1938 PM Midfai resigned to King Ghazi after overthrown by pan-Arab Circle of 7 officers King
wanted to oppose coup but Midfai talked him out of it King asked Nuri al-Said to be PM Solidified his position as top politicians until 1958 coup 2nd of 9 times he was PM Moved to punish Sulaiman for killing his brother in law Jaafar al-Askari in 1936 coup
(Musings On Iraq review ‘Independent Iraq’ The Monarchy & British Influence, 1941-1958)
(Musings On Iraq review Iraq’s Democratic Moment)
1943 Regent asked PM Nuri al-Said to form his 3rd cabinet Made Mullah Mustafa Barzani Minister of
Kurdish Affairs in failed attempt to co-opt him and end his revolt
(Musings On Iraq Explaining Kurdish Nationalism Interview With Teen Tech Univ Prof Michael Gunter)
(Musings On Iraq Revolutionary Times, Gen. Qasim And Iraq’s 1958 Coup, Interview With Western Kentucky’s Prof. Juan Romero)
(Musings On Iraq Is Iraq’s Prime Minister Maliki More Like Premier Nuri al-Sa’id Than Saddam? An Interview With Historian Phebe Marr)
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History)
(Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope)
(Musings On Iraq review The Kurdish Revolt 1961-1970)
(Musings On Iraq review The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies)
1959 Trial began for 78 Baathists involved in failed assassination attempt on Gen Qasim Most admitted guilt
Leaders given death sentences but not carried out
1986 Iraqi counterattack pushed Iranians back into Shatt al-Arab Ended Iran’s Op Karbala 4 Iran lost
9,000-12,000 casualties vs 3,000 Iraqi casualties
(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)
2005 Report US mismanaged developing Iraq’s electricity network Installed 26 natural gas turbines
at 7 plants when Iraq didn’t have gas or infrastructure to support them
(Musings On Iraq Rebuilding Iraq’s Electrical Network In A Warzone 2003-2005)
2006 British destroyed Jamiat police station in Basra HQ of Serious Crimes Unit run by Mahdi Army
infamous for arrests torture corruption Found 127 prisoners who’d been tortured Arrested policemen from Crime Unit for running death squads
(Musings On Iraq US Army History Iraq War Vol 1 – Chapter 22 – The Failed Transition)
2012 Iraqiya boycotted cabinet 2nd time over arrest warrant for Fin Min Issawi
(Musings On Iraq Prime Minister Maliki Targets Another Member Of The Iraqi National Movement In An Act Of Political Intimidation)
2012 5 KDP members given 2 yrs in prison for burning offices of Kurdistan Islamic Union in Zakho in 2011
27 other KDP members found guilty but given no jail time
2012 Iran-Iraq deal signed Iran would supply natural gas to Iraq power stations and build pipeline that
would extend to Syria Syrian part never done due to war
2013 PM Maliki said he would close Anbar protest sites Acting Def Min Dulaimi said govt would not shut
down Ramadi protest site PM Maliki said there were 30 ISI leaders at the protest sites
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s PM Maliki Goes From Offensive Against Al Qaeda To Crackdown On Anbar Protestors)
2016 PM N Barzani said KRG could use force to expel PKK from Ninewa Accused PKK of stopping
people from returning to Sinjar District used to be under KDP control now contested by PKK
2020 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq posted videos of armed men on social media Then had men hit streets of
Baghdad Said waiting for leader Khazali to give word and they would attack Interior Min and free members arrested Dec 21 for rocket attacks on Green Zone
(Musings On Iraq Asaib Ahl Al-Haq From A Breakaway Sadr Militia To Defenders Of Iraq)
2020 PM Kazemi deployed Counter Terror Service to Baghdad to respond to Asaib Ahl Al-Haq
threats and put Federal Police on alert Tweeted that he was ready to take on outlaws threatening his govt
2020 National Sec Adv Araji held talks with Asaib Ahl Al-Haq and got it to back down from
threats vs PM Kazemi
2020 Asabi Ahl Al-Haq leader Khazali said that tensions with Kazemi govt had been resolved but
pro-Iran groups had right to attack Americans Kataib Hezbollah said it would cut off Kazemi’s ears
(Musings On Iraq Iraq’s PM Kazemi Might Finally Be Standing Up To Pro-Iran Groups)
(Musings On Iraq Instrument Of Iran’s Power In Iraq And Syria Kataib Hezbollah)
2023 Drone strike on Irbil airport by pro-Iran groups wounded 3 US soldiers
(Musings On Iraq Security In Iraq Dec 22-28, 2023)
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