joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 47mOver 450 #Iraq book reviews listed by topic musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/book-revie...musingsoniraq.blogspot.comBook Reviews By TopicPre-Ottoman Era Baghdad, City of Peace, City of Blood, A History In Thirteen Centuries by Justin Marozzi Banking On Baghdad... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 47mMusings On #Iraq Review Weam Namou, Iraqi Americans Witnessing A Genocide, Hermiz Publishing, 2015 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/10/revi...musingsoniraq.blogspot.comReview Weam Namou, Iraqi Americans Witnessing A Genocide, Hermiz Publishing, 2015Iraqi Americans Witnessing A Genocide by Weam Namou is an attempt to record the author’s response to what happened in Ira... 100
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 47mView the #Iraq History Timelines musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page....musingsoniraq.blogspot.comIraq History TimelinesTIMELINES Abbasid Period (750-1258) Ottoman Era (1534-1920) British Mesopotamia Campaign Of World War I (1914-18) British Mandate ... 010
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 48mMusings On #Iraq This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 9 Nuri al-Said became PM 4th time Went after his opponents imprisoning 100s musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/10/this...musingsoniraq.blogspot.comThis Day In Iraqi History - Oct 9 Nuri al-Said became PM 4th time Went after his opponents imprisoning 100s1941 Nuri al-Said became PM 4 th of 9 times Went after supporters of former PM Gaylani Purged the military and civil service Gave pri... 100
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 48mMusings On #Iraq This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 8 US UK France sent troops to Persian Gulf after Saddam sent his forces to Kuwait’s border because he felt Iraq was being ignored musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/10/this...musingsoniraq.blogspot.comThis Day In Iraqi History - Oct 8 US UK France sent troops to Persian Gulf after Saddam sent his forces to Kuwait’s border because he felt Iraq was being ignored1915 UK cabinet met Wanted to move on Baghdad but needed to send another division as reinforcements 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 12hHe's responsible for the deaths of 1000s of Iraqis including putting down protests and Trump had him assassinated because he was coordinating militia attacks upon Americans in Iraq 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2025 Exxon signed non-binding deal to develop Majnoon field in Basra Exxon left West Qurna field 2 yrs ago because of small profits Signed deals with KRG Left those because found little oil Sudani govt hopes deal would improve relations with US musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2023 Report French research center said 36 Iraqi billionaires 16,000 millionaires Were heads of political parties Militia cmdrs Directors of companies affiliated with them and foreign countries MPs Ministers Lived life of luxury musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-sudani-...musingsoniraq.blogspot.comPM Sudani (2022-2026)2022 Oct 13 Fmr Water Min Latif Rasheed elected president Sent letter to Coordination Framework PM candidate Mohammed al-Sudani to form ... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2023 Report Baghdad Green Belt project to plant 100s of trees to combat climate change barely completed Iraqi govts talked about tackling environment but did little musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-sudani-... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13hMuhandis later organized Hashd to attack US targets in Iraq Also attacked demonstrators claiming part of US plot 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2020 Report After Mosul fell Abu Muhandis organized distribution of Iranian weapons to pro-Iran Hashd units Badr minister arranged Iranian shipments Iranian advisers arrived in Iraq Said to control some Hashd units musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-kazemi-... 100
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2020 Report PM Kazemi asked Iran for 40 day ceasefire by pro-Tehran groups to halt attacks on US targets in Iraq Didn’t happen musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-kazemi-... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#iraq Oct 8 2019 Iraqi govt said 110 killed in protests Health Min official said it was 165 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2019 Protest in Sadr City immediately shot at and broken up by ISF musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13hClosing TV stations Badr Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Sayid al-Shuhada Saraya al-Khorasani all used against protests 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2019 Report Iran Quds Force cmdr Gen Suleimani went to Baghdad to help Hashd crackdown on protests Gave orders to Hashd to use force to break up demonstrations Source said Suleimani behind shutting down Internet Attacks on journalists musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g... 200
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#iraq Oct 8 2018 Report Head of Zubayr security comm said oil smuggling rampant in Basra People arrested for smuggling and then released Smuggling done by ruling parties with ministries and ISF musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2017 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq’s Khazali threatened to invade Kirkuk to keep it an Iraqi city after KRG independence referendum musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#iraq Oct 8 2017 Clash between Hashd and Peshmerga in two areas of Kirkuk musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13hHashd tried to arrest man over car bomb Stopped by Peshmerga Led to gun battle Turkmen mad at Kurdish control of area 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2014 Report Peshmerga and Hashd got into shootout in Tuz Kharmato Salahaddin Before two cooperated to free Suleiman Beq and Amerli 2 competed for control of district Both killed civilians and forced people out musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g... 100
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2014 Doc showed Al-Huda bank used forged papers to buy dollars at Central Bank of Iraq auction in 2012-2014 for total of $6.5 bil Sent money to Jordan musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#iraq Oct 8 2014 IS issued another order for Mosul’s Christians to convert to Islam or leave musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-insu... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13hCouldn’t take full capacity Delay in building storage facilities in Basra Pipeline to Turkey also corroded and often attacked by insurgents Iraq needed massive water injection to maintain production Wasn’t exploiting natural gas from oil fields 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13hAttacks on pipelines Infrastructure could barely handle current production 2004 started work to renovate Basra export terminals 2012 added 2 mooring platforms to increase exports Exports still below predictions Pipelines in Basra corroding 100
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#iraq Oct 8 2013 Report 2012 Iraq surpassed Iran as 2nd largest OPEC producer Production 3mbd Exports 2.4mbd Had low production costs and easily accessible oil Lacked oil law infrastructure Suffered bottlenecks at every step from production to exports musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-... 100
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#iraq Oct 8 2012 Report Jun PM Maliki agreed to ship 720,000 tons/mo of fuel oil to Syria at half price Way to support Assad during civil war musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13hShiite parties opposed to intel agency because included former regime members When Maliki became PM started undermining intel service Started arresting intel officers National Security Min said dozens of personnel killed by Iraqi parties and Iran 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2012 Report After 03 US rebuilt Saddam’s General Security Service as National Intel Service Organized and funded by CIA Ex-Gen Shahwani made head Involved in 96 coup attempt vs Saddam musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...musingsoniraq.blogspot.com2nd PM Maliki Govt (2010-14)Musings On Iraq review Airpower in the War Against ISIS Musings On Iraq review Duty, Memoirs of a Secretary At War Musings On Iraq rev... 100
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#iraq Oct 8 2011 Report Parliament’s integrity comm said over 30,000 govt workers had fake degrees Included Dep Ministers Director Generals Univ teachers, doctors, MPs musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13hShiite police said would be long time before Sunnis could come back US military tried to have local reconciliation in Kadhimiya and allow Sunnis back Sunnis said afraid to return Shiites couldn’t promise them protection 1 warned Sunnis they could face retribution 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2008 Report Militias forced more than 7000 Sunnis out of Hurriya Baghdad during civil war Some tried to return 325 came back One family found house occupied and soldiers told them to leave musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/1-st-pmmal... 100
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#iraq Oct 8 2004 Natl Sec Adv Rice said Iraq Survey Group proved Iraq wanted WMD and therefore was a threat musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2004 Presidential debate Bush said Iraq invasion absolutely right Iraq was trying to end sanctions and rebuild WMD programs musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#iraq Oct 8 2003 Bush US went to war with Iraq to deal with future threats with WMD and ties to terrorism Said found Iraq’s WMD programs Was just poisons for assassinations Large programs ended in 92 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 2002 White House posted pictures claiming to be Iraq working on three facilities for nuclear weapons program UN inspectors dismantled nuke program in 92 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-...musingsoniraq.blogspot.comIraq’s WMD-Nuclear ProgramsMusings On Iraq review The Achilles Trap, Saddam Hussein, The C.I.A., And The Origins Of America’s Invasion Of Iraq Musings On Ira1 review... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 1994 Iraq’s 15th Mechanized Brigade was 20 km from Kuwait border Was protest against sanctions and UN weapons inspections US France UK deployed troops to Persian Gulf in response to Saddam putting troops on Kuwait border musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/post-gulf-... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 1991 Fighting broke out between army and Peshmerga in Sulaymaniya 400 killed before ceasefire reached with army withdrawing musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/post-gulf-... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 1973 Iraqi Hawker Hunter jets attacked and destroyed Israeli column in Sinai 2 planes shot down 1 accidentally by Egyptians Yom Kippur War musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraq-histo... 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Oct 8 1948 Export-import licenses for Jewish businesses forbidden after creation of Israel musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-hist...musingsoniraq.blogspot.com 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13hView the #Iraq History Timelines musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page....musingsoniraq.blogspot.com 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13hMusings On #Iraq This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 8 US UK France sent troops to Persian Gulf after Saddam sent his forces to Kuwait’s border because he felt Iraq was being ignored musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/10/this... 100
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Businessman said govt only cares about finances when problems are structural with the economy Devaluation done to cover bills & make oil revenues go further rather than dealing with real issues al-aalem.com/%d8%ac%d8%b1...al-aalem.com 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Central Bank defended devaluing dinar claiming it will increase domestic production & buying Iraqi goods Problem is Iraq doesn't produce much and most things imported Reduces buying power of Iraqis www.rudaw.net/english/cate...rudaw.netIraq central bank defends currency devaluation amid revenue drop 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 13h#Iraq Peshmerga general called for new security agreement with Baghdad to fill gap between Kurds & ISF in disputed areas Of course wants Kurds to take over gap between 2 forces www.basnews.com/en/babat/920...basnews.com 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 14h#Iraq Group of IS members arrested 5 areas of Sulaymaniya & Halabja All were Kurds Hawija has history of Islamist groups dating back to 90s al-aalem.com/%d8%a7%d8%ae...al-aalem.com 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 14h#Iraq Laith Khazali of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq to become deputy PM US originally objected Now ok Maliki's son in law to be Interior Minister www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...thenationalnews.comFour deputies, one son-in-law: Iraqi PM’s cabinet deal exposes price of consensus | The NationalPossible appointment of militia figure Laith Al Khazali as deputy PM and Nouri Al Maliki’s son-in-law as Interior Minister sparks backlash as Iraq considers austerity budget and dinar devaluation 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 14h#Iraq Govt delayed paying salaries contractors & wheat farmers due to financial crisis from Iran War Now want to add 100,000 new govt jobs & 4 deputy PMs because budget is political not economic www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...thenationalnews.comFour deputies, one son-in-law: Iraqi PM’s cabinet deal exposes price of consensus | The NationalPossible appointment of militia figure Laith Al Khazali as deputy PM and Nouri Al Maliki’s son-in-law as Interior Minister sparks backlash as Iraq considers austerity budget and dinar devaluation 000
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 14h#Iraq officials warned of an IS comeback after attacks in Kirkuk english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5...english.aawsat.comIraq Warns of ISIS Resurgence after Attacks North of BaghdadIraqi officials warned Wednesday of an ISIS resurgence after a series of attacks on security forces in rural areas north of Baghdad left several personnel dead or wounded, prompting authorities to imp... 010
joelwing.bsky.social @joelwing.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is what you get with a govt run by functional idiots who only care about getting sound bites on Fox News 000
