#iraq Oct 10 2015 New Ramadi offensive began Backed by US artillery US pressured Abadi govt to exclude Hashd Kataib Hezbollah Asaib Ahl Al-Haq Saraya al-Salam pulled out of Ramadi area More Sunni tribal fighters recruited into tribal Hashd musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#iraq Oct 10 2013 Report Planning Min did report on ministries and govt offices implementing budgets in 2012 Avg was 27% Communications Min only spent 6% Finance Min 7% Industry Min 12% Transportation Min 26% Ninewa spent 7% Diyala 24% Basra 35% musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...

#iraq Oct 10 2013 Report Pres Talabani’s son Bafel involved in corruption case Bafel involved in building power plant in Sulaymaniya that was never finished PUK MP also involved musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...

#Iraq Oct 10 2012 Report Oil Min signed $170 mil deal with CH2M to plan water injection project to keep pressure up in oil wells in south Dep PM Shahristani said Iraq could produce 6 mil/bar/day by 2015 and 10 mil/bar/day by 2020 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-...

#Iraq Oct 10 2011 Report 2010 parliamentary investigation found 5000 govt officials had fake diplomas Govt largest employer People who moved from rural areas to cities wanted govt jobs and needed an educ Led to fake diplomas musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...

#Iraq Oct 10 2009 Report Electricity Min said it lacked money to fulfill new deals and didn’t have fuel leading to power shortages Said it increased capacity by 10,000 megawatts but couldn’t produce that much Drought had cut hydroelectric power musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_...

#iraq Oct 10 2008 Report UN & Iraq argued over number of refugees returning UN said still more Iraqis leaving country than returning Interior Ministry said opposite Head of displacement committee in parliament said many refugees who returned left again musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/1-st-pmmal...

#iraq Oct 10 2008 Report Health Min bought $11 mil worth of expired chlorine from Iran to purify water in Diwaniya Karbala Babil during cholera outbreak ISCI officials in Babil used expired chlorine Babil had most cholera cases as a result musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/1-st-pmmal...

#Iraq Oct 10 2006 Meeting of ruling parties over ending sectarian violence in Baghdad broke up when Sunnis accused Shiite militias of killing VP Hashemi’s brother Fadhila MP and National Dialogue Front MP said parties lost faith in each other musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-maliki-...

#Iraq Oct 10 2003 Sec State Powell said overwhelming evidence that Iraq violated UN resolutions about its WMD program musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-...

#Iraq Oct 10 2003 VP Cheney cited Iraq Survey Group report to claim that Iraq in material breach of UN resolutions and had WMD programs Said Iraq had a relationship with Al Qaeda and trained Al Qaeda in poisons and bomb making musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-...

#iraq Oct 10 2002 Pew poll 66% in US believed Iraq involved in 9/11 79% believed Iraq had or was close to building a nuclear bomb musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraq-and-9...

#iraq OCt 10 2002 UK intel report found no cooperation between Iraq and Al Qaeda and attack on Iraq would lead to more terrorism and radicalization Rejected Iraq-Al Qaeda ties Was leaked to press musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraq-al-qa...

#iraq Oct 10 2001 FBI issued warning may be more possible anthrax attacks Pundits began blaming Iraq for attacks musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-...

#iraq Oct 10 1994 Iraq demanded that UN weapons inspections end by this date Didn’t happen musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/un-weapons...

#Iraq Oct 10 1990 Congressional caucus held hearing where Kuwaiti girl claimed she saw Iraqi soldiers take babies out of incubators and stole the equipment during invasion of Kuwait Story was false promoted by PR firm hired by Kuwait govt musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraq-histo...

#Iraq Oct 10 1922 Barzinji announced 7 member cabinet in Sulaymaniya for his govt Was beyond deal he made with Brits to expel Turks from district Barzinji’s forces defeated by British at Spilik Pass musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_...

#Iraq Oct 10 1922 Anglo-Iraq Treaty signed Opposition parties opposed it Allowed UK advisers in Iraqi govt who would be paid for by Baghdad Said King Faisal would follow suggestions of High Commissioner for Iraq Military would be under UK command musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_...

#iraq Oct 10 1920 UK Gen Leslie wrote UK troops setting up blockhouses along railway in south and destroying all the villages they could and killing inhabitants which they enjoyed doing as punishment for 1920 Revolt musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_...

Musings On #Iraq This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 10 UK said it was destroying villages in southern Iraq and killing the residents as punishment for 1920 Revolt musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/10/this...