#Iraq Aug 3 2017 Report Hashd emptied Jurf al-Sakhr dist in Babil of people and wouldn’t allow anyone back musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Aug 3 2015 Pres Barzani gave speech on anniversary of IS seizing Sinjar Said would be revenge vs IS Said Sinjar would be liberated Said Peshmerga was reason IS stopped Peshmerga fled Sinjar without a fight in 2014 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Aug 3 2014 Democratic Union Party (PYD) said it sent its fighters People’s Protection Units (YPG) to help fight IS in Ninewa musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...

#Iraq Aug 3 2014 IS seized Sinjar Zumar Wana in Ninewa Peshmerga withdrew without a fight Began massacre and enslavement of Yazidis 20 Yazidis killed in Solagh 50-60 executed in Qahtanya 85-90 killed in Qiniyah musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-insu...

hen Mahdi Army kidnapped Asaib Ahl Al-Haq leader Led to further shooting Sadr attacked Asaib Ahl Al-Haq for being murderous group with no religion

#Iraq Aug 3 2013 Was shootout between Sadrists and Asaib Ahl Al-Haq in Sadr City Asaib Ahl Al-Haq stormed a Sadrist mosque Killed 1 Wounded another Afterward Asaib Ahl Al-Haq leader shot and killed Mahdi Army leader T musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...

#Iraq Aug 3 2009 VP Abdul Mahdi criticized Interior Min for announcing his bodyguards robbed Rafidain Bank Claimed he led to their arrests They stole $6.8 mil and killed 8 guards Hid money in Abdul Azzi al-Hakim’s office musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_...

#Iraq Aug 3 2007 Report Maliki govt intentionally releasing lower casualty figures for violence in Iraq to downplay insurgency Govt said 25 dead and 100 wounded in car bombing in Baghdad Later local officials said 92 dead and 127 wounded musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/1st-pm-mal...

Said he would root out corrupt police and those accused of torture and would show results by end of August

#Iraq Aug 3 2006 Inter Min Bolani said rogue elements within his ministry Told parliament new uniforms and IDs would be made to distinguish between real and fake police Inter Min only ordered 25,000 new uniforms for force of 145,000 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-maliki-...

#Iraq Aug 3 2005 Integrity Comm investigated corrupt deals made by Allawi’s Def Min One deal was with Poland’s Bumar that included helicopters that turned out to be 28 yrs old Another deal was for ammunition which cost four times more than it was worth musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-jaafari...

#Iraq Aug 3 2004 Sadr ordered his followers to seize Najaf shrine and attack Coalition forces in south starting 2nd Battle of Najaf musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-inte...

Aziz said Iraq had nothing else to declare about its weapons programs Chief UN inspector Butler said Iraq had not provided evidence to prove claim it had declared all of its weapons programs

#Iraq Aug 3 1998 Tariq Aziz met UN inspectors Complained they were focusing upon minor issues not important to disarmament Said dragging out process at behest of US Demanded that Iraq be certified WMD free and inspections end musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/un-weapons...

#Iraq Aug 2 1995 Uday’s bodyguards shot Saddam’s half brother Watban Ibrahim and killed 1 of his bodyguards Saddam burned a garage of Uday’s cars afterward musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/post-gulf-...

#Iraq Aug 3 1990 Bush met Saudi Amb to US Bandar and convinced him to support US troops being sent to his country musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraq-histo...

Powell didn’t believe that Agreed force would be used if necessary and sanctions would probably fail Bush ordered CIA to come up with destabilization plan against Saddam

Dep Sec State Eagleburger said US couldn’t allow seizing countries in post-Cold War world Joint Chiefs head Powell said US could bomb Iraq or deploy troops to protect Saudi Arabia CIA Dir Webster said Iraq would invade Saudi Arabia

Natl Sec Adv Scowcroft said US would not accommodate Iraq Argued for sending military to MidEast to stop further Iraqi aggression Def Sec Cheney said Iraq was close to Saudi oil fields and if didn't take them would threaten them in the future

#Iraq Aug 3 1990 2nd NSC meeting on Kuwait invasion Bush said he agreed with Thatcher that Iraq’s actions could not stand and regional leaders were just talking about accepting the situation even though didn’t like it musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraq-histo...

#Iraq Aug 3 1990 Iraq ambassador to US denied Kuwait invasion happened Claimed it was internal affair musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraq-histo...

#Iraq Aug 3 1990 Iraqi troops crossed into Saudi territory three times by accident musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraq-histo...

#Iraq Aug 2 2023 100s of doctors protested in Sulaymaniya and Halabja over not being paid by KRG for Jun and Jul Due to KRG’s failed oil policy musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-sudani-...

#Iraq Aug 2 2018 Report Salahaddin govt asked PM Abadi to have Hashd withdraw from province Head of council said Hashd caused instability Came after 3 sheikhs killed in Dujail and blamed on Hashd musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

Cut production of rice and wheat due to water shortages Iraq tried to make deals with Iran and Turkey to increase water supply on Tigris and Euphrates but did little

#Iraq Aug 2 2018 Report Rising salinity in Basra shut down water purification system Destroyed agricultural land Killed fish and livestock Iraq only able to farm 1/3 of arable land because of water shortages salinity politics musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Aug 2 2018 PM Abadi signed executive order demanding Hashd leave Mosul and Ninewa Plains Hashd were to be under control of Ninewa Ops Command Hashd ignored order musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Aug 2 2018 UN Human Rights Comm condemned Abadi’s handing of protests Demonstrators had been attacked shot and more musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

Iranian Rev Guard’s Gen Suleimani went to Irbil several times Helped Peshmerga in Salahaddin

#Iraq Aug 2 2014 Report Head of KRG presidential council went to Turkey and asked for help fighting IS Got nothing PM Barzani said Turkey was sending some aid but Iran immediately came in after fall of Mosul and provided aid musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...