1922 UK Sec of War Evans wrote cabinet Iraqi army weak British military presence small
Iraq vulnerable to Turkey tribal unrest so UK should withdraw from Mosul
1922 UK Sec of War Evans wrote cabinet Iraqi army weak British military presence small
Iraq vulnerable to Turkey tribal unrest so UK should withdraw from Mosul
Dawisha, Adeed, Iraq, A Political History from Independence to Occupation, Princeton University Press, 2009
Adeed Dawisha’s Iraq, A Political History from Independence to Occupation attempts to trace the history of the formation of the Iraqi state and its political system. He begins with the British Mandate when Iraq was created up until the middle of the U.S. occupation. His main theme is that Iraqi democracy has always been flawed.
1916 British withdrew from Butaniya and attacked by tribesmen British suffered 373 casualties Arabs
1,000
1919 Gertrude Bell met with Naqib of Baghdad who said he wanted British rule in Iraq under Sir Percy Cox
Warned that Shiites should not be trusted Said didn’t want any of the Sharifan family to rule because were not from Iraq
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1914 Lord Hardinge visited Basra Assured locals that British would protect their interests
Met by anti-UK protests in Qurna and Shaiba
1916 Sykes-Picot agreement approved by UK Foreign Office Gave Baghdad and Basra
vilayets to UK Mosul to France Included independent Arab state for Sharif Hussein
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(Musings On Iraq review U.S. Policy In Post-Saddam Iraq)
The Insurgency for all intense and purposes has died in Iraq. At the start of the year there were no attacks by the Islamic State in the country.
1915 India Viceroy Lord Hardinge said UK should take Basra to control Persian Gulf and
make it second Egypt
1920 General Haldane made commander in Iraq Told to draw down troops to save money for
London
(Musings On Iraq review U.S. Policy In Post-Saddam Iraq)
1922 UK Sec of War Evans wrote cabinet Iraqi army weak British military presence small Iraq vulnerable to Turkey triba...