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Edmund Ghareeb’s The Kurdish Question In Iraq is a bit of an oddity. On the one hand it takes much of what the Baath government said about Arab nationalism and the Kurdish issue in the 1960s and 70s at face value. On the other hand it gives a very good criticism of Mulla Mustafa Barzani and his struggle against the Iraqi government. His thesis is that Barzani’s miscalculations and autocracy led to…
1916 UK parliamentary inquiry began into defeat at Kut 1921 King Faisal’s coronation Started negotiations over Anglo-Iraq treaty ( Musings On Iraq review Britain In Iraq, Contriving King and Country ) ( Musings On Iraq review The Chatham House Version and other Middle-Eastern Studies ) ( Musings On Iraq review Empires of the Sand, The Struggle For Mastery In The Middle East 1789-1923 ) ( Musings…
Earlier this week the intelligence chief for Harakat al-Nujaba was arrested. This led to threats of violence which resulted in the government backing down as it always has in these situations. On August 17 the Counter Terror Forces detained Abbas al-Yaqoubi the head of intelligence for Harakat al-Nujaba in Dhi Qar. He was accused to taking part in recent attacks by the Resistance. This comes as…
1915 Gen Townshend given OK by Secretary of State in London to move on Kut 1924 Umma Party formed Mostly made up of lawyers 1974 Iraq deployed 84,000 troops and 20,000 Kurdish militia to fight KDP ( Musings On Iraq review The Kurds, A Modern History ) ( Musings On Iraq review Kurds of Iraq, Tragedy and Hope ) 1984 Speaker of Parliament Haddad announced PUK would run with National Front in next…
Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi has set September 30 as the deadline for the pro-Iran Resistance to disarm. Several groups have refused and are digging in their heels over the matter. Two recent events highlight the growing tensions between the government and the factions. First, there was a report that there was a plan to kill the president of the Supreme Judicial Council Faiq Zidan because he…
1921 UK cabinet decided Faisal would be coronated king and then Anglo-Iraq treaty drafted ( Musings On Iraq review Empires of the Sand, The Struggle For Mastery In The Middle East 1789-1923 ) ( Musings On Iraq review Imagining The Nation, Nationalism, Sectarianism and Socio-Political Conflict in Iraq ) ( Musings On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order,…
1930 UK High Commissioner Humphrys and PM Said signed agreement that RAF was to evacuate 2 bases and those be given to Iraq Iraqi Railways was to be turned over to a corporation Port of Basra was to be run by trust 1933 Iraqi army held victory parade and given award by Prince Ghazi for massacring Assyrians in north Total 60 villages looted and destroyed Around 600 killed ( Musings On Iraq review…
For the first time in five months Iraq’s average daily oil exports passed the one million barrel mark. As major fighting has become sporadic between the U.S. and Iran sales have increased. In July Iraq exported an average of 1.52 million barrels a day of petroleum. That was up from 734,000 barrels in June and 286,000 barrels in May. This was the highest mark since the Iran War started in February.…
1920 Ex-Ottoman Iraqi officers asked Shiite clergy for money Were rejected by Sayid Tabikh who called the officers mercenaries 1920 UK High Commissioner in Iraq Wilson said UK wanted good relations with religious leaders and to stop 1920 Revolt before Iraqis eventually lost Imam Isfahani of Najaf replied if UK continued with current policy would be more fighting ( Musings On Iraq review Reclaiming…
1915 Aziz Ali al-Misri leader of secret Arab society al-Ahd met with UK military intel officer in Cairo Talked about his idea of Arab revolt in Iraq and Syria that he wanted UK to back Officer turned him down 1920 Gertrude Bell wrote family Said extremist nationalists lost their political clout when a political party was formed Said nationalists could only appeal to the mob ( Musings On Iraq…
1920 UK PM George wrote that French objected to Faisal becoming king of Iraq George and French both thought he was weak leader ( Musings On Iraq review Empires of the Sand, The Struggle For Mastery In The Middle East 1789-1923 ) 1921 King Faisal said he wouldn’t accept restrictions on sovereignty included in UK’s Iraq mandate Wanted an Anglo-Iraq treaty that would give him full power 1921 Colonial…
Iran's Quds Force Commander Gen Qaani recently visited Iraq to talk with the Resistance and the ruling Coordination Framework Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has set September 30 as the date for the pro-Iran Resistance factions to disarm. Tehran is attempting to come up with ways to maintain its allies while not causing a conflict with Baghdad. Government official told the media that if groups do not…
1921 Referendum finished that picked Faisal as king British fixed results ( Musings On Iraq review Empires of the Sand, The Struggle For Mastery In The Middle East 1789-1923 ) 1921 Gertrude Bell wrote that Kurds in Irbil and Mosul had voted for Faisal in referendum and in return they would get Kurdish officials ( Musings On Iraq review Gertrude Bell And Iraq ) ( Musings On Iraq review Gertrude…
1918 UK Foreign Min Balfour said one war aim was to secure agreement over Mesopotamia to secure oil there ( Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921 ) 1919 War Min Churchill told PM George that keeping large British forces in Mesopotamia was a financial drain ( Musings On Iraq Churchill In His Own Words On Mesopotamia/Iraq) ( Musings On Iraq review Churchill’s…
