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Tuesday, 20 June
05:26
This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 19 Trying to play down the security situation in Iraq Sec Def Rumsfeld said the murder rate in Wash DC was worse than violence in Baghdad "ConflictWatch Feed Iraq"
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1914 Germany and Britain asked Ottomans for oil concessions in Mosul and Baghdad provinces
1935 UK Ambassador to Iraq said King Ghazi was a playboy who was completely absorbed by hishobbies and neglected his country
1937 Pan-Arab officers withdrew support for head of army Gen Sidqi 4 reformer ministers resigned
Weakened Sulaimans govt Only 3 ministers left Sulaiman replaced reformers with Arab nationalist Istiqlal members Sulaiman became completely dependent upon Sidqi to stay in power
(Musings On Iraq review The Role of the Military In Politics, A case study of Iraq to 1941)
(Musings On Iraq review Rashid...
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Sunday, 18 June
21:53
Iraq unveils 2,800 year-old stone tablet returned by Italy "ConflictWatch Feed Isis"
Baghdad Iraq unveiled on Sunday a 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned by Italy, as the war-ravaged country works to recover from abroad antiquities looted from its territory.
The tablet whose text is written in cuneiform, the Babylonian alphabet bears the insignia of Shalmaneser III, the Assyrian king who ruled the region of Nimrod, in present-day northern Iraq, from 858 to 823 BC.
The circumstances surrounding the tablets arrival in Italy remain unclear, but the Italian authorities handed it over to Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid during a visit to Bologna over the past week.
I would like to thank the Italian officials for their efforts and cooperation in bringing back this piece, Rashid said during a ceremony Sunday at a Baghdad presidential palace to hand the artefact over to the national museum.
The tablet had arrived in the 1980s in Italy, where it was seized by police, said Laith Majid Hussein, director of Baghdads council of antiquities and heritage.
Iraqi Culture Minister Ahmed Fakak al-Badrani said the circumstances behind its discovery were unclear.
Perhaps (it was found) during archaeological excavations or during work on the Mosul dam, Iraqs biggest built in the 1980s, he said.
He underlined the importance of the piece, whose cuneiform text is complete.
Modern Iraqs territory is the cradle of the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian civilisations, to which humanity owes writing and the first cities.
The countrys antiquities have been the target of looting that increased in the chaos following the US-led invasion of 2003.
We will continue to work to recover all the archaeological pieces of Iraqi history from abroad, said the Iraqi president.
We want to make the national Iraq Museum one of the best museums in the world, and we will work to do so.
In May, New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg announced the return of two ancient sculptures to Iraq: a limestone Mesopotamian elephant and an alabaster Sumerian bull from the old city of Uruk.
The figurines, stolen during the Gulf War, were smuggled into New York in the late 1990s, according to the prosecutors office.
The bull was part of the private collection of Shelby White, a billionaire philanthropist and Met trustee.
The post Iraq unveils 2,800 year-old stone tablet returned by Italy appeared first on Iraqi News.
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Sunday, 11 June
11:15
This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 10 Mosul fell to the Islamic State "ConflictWatch Feed Iraq"
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1915 US consulate report Ottomans might have lost control of Najaf and Karbala and UK
money behind it
1916 Sharif Hussein of the Hijaz declared Arab revolt against Ottomans backed by UK ManyIraqi Ottoman officers joined UK promised Sharif an empire from Arabia to Turkey
(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)
(Musings On Iraq review Empires of the Sand, The Struggle For Mastery In The Middle East 1789-1923)
1924 UK High Commissioner for Iraq Sir Percy Cox set June 10 as deadline for Iraq parliament to
pass Anglo-Iraq Treaty but f...
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Friday, 09 June
05:13
This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 8 Iraqi commanders said they were retreating during ISIS attack on Mosul leading to mass desertions "ConflictWatch Feed Iraq"
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1920 Ex-Ottoman officer and nationalist al-Ahd member Jamil al-Midfais forces attacked Mosul
but turned back Tried to start revolt vs UK Mandate in Iraq
1920 Son of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi met with Sunni notables in Samarra calling for Sunni-Shiiteunity to establish independent Iraq
1924 UK run Baghdad Times said England would give Iraq independence in 4 yrs at most if Anglo-
Iraq Treaty passed Took 8 more yrs
1927 Conscription bill read in parliament for 1st time Would never pass Govt thought would create
national unity
1941 British campaign started against Vichy French in Syria using troops in Iraq Germany used Syria
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Thursday, 08 June
06:15
This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 7 Al Qaeda In Iraq leader Zarqawi killed in US air strike "ConflictWatch Feed Iraq"
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1920 Ex-Ottoman officer and nationalist al-Ahd member Jamil al-Midfais forces reached Mosul
hoping to start revolt against British
1920 Head UK political officer in Iraq Sir Wilson met with Iraqi nationalists in Baghdad Alsoinvited local notables Wilson apologized for delay in creating Iraqi govt Warned nationalists not to riot Nationalists demanded immediate creation of govt Wilson said terms of British mandate had to be determined first
1920 Head UK political officer in Iraq Sir Wilson wrote India Office and High Commissioner in
Egypt that Iraqi nationalists were condemned by the public Was false
(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)
1920 Gertrude Bell wrote her father t...
Wednesday, 07 June
08:59
This Day In Iraqi History - Jun 6 ISIS attacked Mosul eventually taking city "ConflictWatch Feed Iraq"
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1920 Sir Percy Cox was reassigned to run Iraq from his posting in Persia
1924 UK run Baghdad Times said Iraqis were turning on British protection for Mosul(Musings On Iraq How The Ottoman Province Of Mosul Became Part Of Iraq)
1932 Assyrian National Pact Demanded land outside Iraq to settle Recognize Mar Shimun as
representative of community Schools Said Assyrian Levies would resign if demands not met Govt rejected pact worried other minorities would make similar demands
(Musings On Iraq review The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq)
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