#Iraq Aug 5 2020 PM Kazemi met with protesters Said their demands would be met They weren’t musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-kazemi-...

#Iraq Aug 5 2019 PM Abdul Mahdi’s deadline for Hashd to withdraw from Ninewa Plains extended to this day Nothing happened Shabak 30th Hashd Bgd held protest against it leaving musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g...

#Iraq Aug 5 2019 Hezbollah al-Nujaba spokesman said any Iraqi govt that went against Iran would be overthrown musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g...

#Iraq Aug 5 2018 Continued sit ins by West Qurna 1 oil field in Basra and Muthanna Protests in Basra City West Qurna 2 and Barjisiya fields Safwan border crossing South Gas Company all in Basra, 2 in Qadisya, Babil musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Aug 5 2018 Report Election Comm bought voting machines from South Korea May Board of Supreme Audit warned commission problems with machines Commission did nothing musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Aug 5 2017 Report Unpublished KRG report said 18,000 KDP peshmerga fled Sinjar without a fight in Aug 2014 Peshmerga in Sinjar under command of Masrour Barzani musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Aug 5 2016 Oil traders cut advances to KRG from $127 mil in Jun to $35 mil in Jul Cut payments to oil companies from $30.3 mil in Jun to $18.1 mil in Jul KRG made $461 mil in Jul Needed $460 mil just to pay govt salaries musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-...

#Iraq Aug 5 2015 KDP Peshmerga commander said peshmerga didn’t withdraw from Sinjar Were defeated by IS Peshmerga withdrew without a fight musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Aug 5 2015 Parliament’s finance comm said Iraqi banks transferring money to other countries Worked with front companies to smuggle funds Did study going back to 2012 Found 15 fake trading companies involved in Central Bank of Iraq dollar auctions musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Aug 5 2015 Asaib Ahl Al-Haq said it would participate in next protest in Baghdad attempting to co-opt demonstrations musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Aug 5 2014 Report Sr Iranian official said Tehran wanted PM Maliki out of office Said he was undermining Iraq musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...

#Iraq Aug 5 2013 Sadr announced he was withdrawing from politics Sadrists denied that and said he was just taking a break Was way to rally his supporters musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...

#Iraq Aug 5 2012 Report Oil contracts KRG offered drew in more companies Offered more profits Natural Resource Min Hawrami said KRG oil production could reach 1 mil/bar/day by 2014 2 mil/bar/day by 2017 Didn’t happen musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-...

#Iraq Aug 5 2011 Sadr’s Promised Day Brigades claimed 16 attacks on US in Baghdad Diyala Dhi Qar Wasit Maysan Qadisiya Najaf Said it killed US soldiers Militias were trying to take credit for US withdrawal musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...

#Iraq Aug 5 2009 Report Iraq in 4th yr of drought according to UN Rainfall expected to be down 50% Wheat crop expected to be down 40% Would have to import 4 mil tons of wheat to meet 5 mil ton demand musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_...

#Iraq Aug 5 2008 Blair govt said UK policy in Basra was right one Made deal with Mahdi Army to withdraw from city to airport PM Maliki was furious at UK Didn’t include it in Charge of Knights op musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/1-st-pmmal...

#Iraq Aug 5 2004 Mahdi Army attacked main police station in Najaf city and US forces in Baghdad in 2nd Battle of Najaf musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-inte...

#iraq Aug 5 2004 Sadr called for his followers to rise up against the US occupation musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-inte...

#Iraq Aug 5 2004 US Cmdr in Iraq Gen Casey issued 1st military campaign plan for Iraq 17 months after invasion Said US had to confront insurgency Build Iraqi forces Persuade Sunnis to give up insurgency Rebuild country musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-inte...

#Iraq Aug 5 2003 Def Sec Rumsfeld said “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence” about Iraq’s WMD not found yet musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-...

#Iraq Aug 5 2002 Report Bush official said 9/11 hijacker Atta met with Iraqi intel in Prague in 2001 Dec Czech intel source of story said it was false musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraq-and-9...

#Iraq Aug 5 1991 2,000 Turkish troops invaded 3 districts of Kurdistan in retaliation for PKK attack in Turkey KDP and PUK supported Turkey PKK criticized them for doing so musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/post-gulf-...

#iraq Aug 5 1991 Dr Taha alleged head of chemical weapons program admitted Iraq did biological research for military purposes from 1986-Aug 1990 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/un-weapons...

#Iraq Aug 5 1990 Pres Bush said Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait would not stand musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraq-histo...

#Iraq Aug 5 1980 Saddam told King Khalid Iraq going to invade Iran Asked for money King questioned war Was afraid of repercussions Said Saudi military was weak and was afraid of Soviet intervention Couldn’t change Saddam’s mind and gave him tacit support musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/saddams-ea...

#Iraq Aug 5 1933 Iraqi army swept through Jebel Behkair executed any Assyrians found musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-hist...

Musings On #Iraq This Day In Iraqi History - Aug 5 Pres Bush said Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait would not stand musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/08/this...

#Iraq Govt hasn't paid public workers their July salaries Govt only made $2.3 bil in May and June when it needs $6.5 bil for salaries, pensions, welfare www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

Iraq struggles with July salary payments as oil revenue fails to cover budget | The National

Opec’s second-largest producer has been hit hard by continued closure of Strait of Hormuz

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#Iraq KRG oil exports dropped from 230,000 bar/day to just 20,000 bar/day due to renewed Iran War fighting www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/930...

SOMO: Kurdistan's Daily Oil Exports Fall to 20,000 BPD Amid Regional Crisis

A senior SOMO source told Kurdistan24 that regional instability, attacks on oil fields, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have reduced the Kurdistan Region's daily oil production

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#Iraq Electricity Min workers had demonstration over not being paid Said workers in 5 ministries president's office and several agencies not paid www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/930...

Iraqi Electricity Ministry Employees Protest Delayed Salaries

Demonstrators demand payment of July wages, saying repeated delays and low pay have left many workers struggling to support their families

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