This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 9 Sheikh Abu Risha announced the Anbar Salvation Council to fight Al Qaeda in Iraq in Ramadi

(Wikipedia)

1914 India Viceroy requested 3^rd ship to be sent to Shatt al-Arab and to seize Basra vilayet

before start of WWI

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Review The Insurgents, David Petraeus And The Plot To Change The American Way Of War

Kaplan, Fred, The Insurgents, David Petraeus And The Plot To Change The American Way Of War, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013

 

Journalist Fred Kaplan had a good idea behind writing The Insurgents, David Petraeus And The Plot To Change The American Way. He wanted to explain how a small group of U.S. army officers, academics and think tankers tried to incorporate counterinsurgency into military doctrine to save the failing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He goes into the ideas they shared, the books they read, the papers they wrote and their role in the two conflicts. Most of the book is about Iraq with only the last few chapters switching to Afghanistan under the Obama administration. Kaplan believed that counterinsurgency was institutionalized within the U.S. army, but the book has one gaping hole, an assessment of whether the new strategy worked or not.

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 8 King Faisal died of a heart attack in Switzerland

(Financial Times)

 

 

1922 Gertrude Bell wrote that while King Faisal was beloved he was also weak because he was Oriental

Was in relation to Faisal’s demand for Iraqi independence which Bell believed was due to Faisal’s nationalist advisers that she saw as troublemakers

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Islamic State Launches Belated Summer Offensive In Iraq

August saw the Islamic State finally launch its summer offensive. The number of incidents were still far below the previous years. Pro-Iran groups were also active during the month but a much lower level due to ongoing disputes over forming a new government.

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 7 New Al Qaeda in Iraq War Min Masri called on members to kill an American and a Shiite in next 15 days

(Wikipedia)

 

1938 Iraq wrote UK saying Iran was threatening Shatt al-Arab waterway Iraq wanted outlet to sea via

Kuwait UK said Iran not threat because ally and Kuwait wouldn’t allow canal through its territory

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Iraq's Oil Exports And Revenue Decline In August 2022

When Russia invaded Ukraine setting off a spike in world petroleum prices Iraq was riding high. As the most oil dependent country in the world Iraq welcomed the boom because it had been suffering an economic crisis since 2020 when COVID and a dispute between Russia and Saudi Arabia led to a plummet in the market. Baghdad’s hopes for a better future look to be short lived as prices are declining ever so slightly month to month.

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 6 Ali Hassan al-Majid ordered Kurdish families be deported and all males be arrested

 

1961 General strike by Kurds in Sulaymaniya and parts of Baghdad over Qasim govt not moving on

Kurdish demands