This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 10 Sadrists killed Sayid Abdul Majid al-Khoei Surrounded Ayatollah Sistani’s house in Najaf Driven off by tribesmen

(BBC)

 

1917 US consulate report Economy in Baghdad collapsing after British took city Trade cut off No

business

This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 9 Baghdad fell during the 2003 invasion

(The Guardian)

1915 New UK cmdr in Iraq Gen Nixon arrived Ordered to take all of Basra Secure Tigris to protect

Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Persia Plan for advance on Baghdad 1^st step in escalating war from protecting oil concession to taking all of Mesopotamia

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This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 8 France approved Sykes-Picot agreement Baghdad and Basra vilayets would go to UK Mosul to France Independent Arab state would also be created under UK-French influence

(Wikipedia)

 

1915 PM Asquith ordered committee created to determine which parts of Ottoman Empire

UK should get Would lead to creation of Iraq

This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 7 PM Maliki said he was turning to Asaib Ahl Al-Haq and Kataib Hezbollah to secure Baghdad because disappointed with Iraqi security forces

(Getty Images)

 

1915 UK Gen Nixon ordered to prepare attack on Nasiriya and Amara to protect Basra vilayet and

Persian oil concession

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Review Burning Horizon, British Veteran Accounts Of The Iraq War 2003

Whippy, Julian, Burning Horizon, British Veteran Accounts Of The Iraq War 2003, Oxford and Philadelphia: Casemate, 2023

 

Burning Horizon, British Veteran Accounts Of The Iraq War 2003 by Julian Whippy is about the experiences of British soldiers during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It mixes commentary by the author about the overall events before and during the war with long interviews with troops. Most military histories focus upon the generals and officers but this one is more about the regular soldier and what they saw and felt about serving in Iraq.

This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 6 Fatwa said Wahabi Ikhwan were brigands Rallied Shiite tribes to fight the invaders

 

1916 British attacked Sannaiyat by Kut British suffered 1,168 casualties