This Day In Iraqi History - May 1 British decided on pre-emptive attack upon Iraqi army outside Habaniya airbase in Anbar

 

1919 War Min Churchill wrote PM George that British army was overstretched with new

additions like Mesopotamia

(Musings On Iraq Churchill In His Own Words On Mesopotamia/Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Churchill’s Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation Building and a History Denied)

(Musings On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)

Problems Completing Iraq’s Grand Faw Port And Development Road

The National recently ran an article “What is Iraq’s Development Road and will it challenge US and China trade routes?” The piece went into the huge potential of several connected projects Baghdad is currently working on. The first is the Grand Faw Port which could be one of the largest in the Persian Gulf. Then there is the Development Road which will build a highway and railway system from Faw to Turkey to allow trade from Asia to reach Europe. A telecommunications route has also just been added. This has received the backing of companies from South Korea, Kuwait, Turkey, Qatar and the UAE.

This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 30 Iraqi army surrounded UK Habaniya airbase hoping to force British troops out of Iraq

 

1915 Ottoman mayor murdered in Najaf for trying to draft men for war and taking money

from shrines

Security In Iraq Apr 22-28, 2024

Violence in Iraq during the fourth week of April 2024 was dominated by pro-Iran groups. The Islamic State was inactive once again.

This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 29 Ottomans defeated British at Kut 2nd biggest loss for UK during WWI

 

1916 Ottomans defeated the British at Battle of Kut after 4 months Captured 13,309 prisoners 7,000

of which died in captivity British lost 33,000 casualties One of largest defeats for UK in WWI

This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 28 PM Gaylani and pan-Arab Golden Square officers decided to go to war with UK Asked Axis for military aid again

 

1922 UK Iraq Commissioner Cox said King Faisal racially weak for disagreeing with him

This Day In Iraqi History - Apr 27 Pres Arif said Kurds would never have autonomy in Iraq

 

1916 UK offered Ottomans all the artillery and 1 mil pounds in return for letting British forces

leave Kut UK forces had been under siege in Kut since Dec Ottomans refused offer