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Foundation Of Iraq
The foundation of Iraq
Gertrude Bell, influential adviser to the British administration, on a picnic outside Baghdad, with King Faisal I (second right).
By the end of World War One, British forces were more or less in control of the three provinces and a shaky British administration in Baghdad had to decide on their future. The Ottoman Empire had collapsed, leaving the former Arab provinces in limbo, and the colonial powers of Britain and France aimed to absorb them into their empires; however, the Arab and other inhabitants felt strongly that they had been promised independence.
'The Arabs claimed this was a veiled colonialism...'
Under strong pressure from the United States, a sort of compromise was evolved whereby Britain and France were given mandates for the administration of these provinces, under international supervision, by the League of Nations. The Arabs claimed this was a veiled colonialism, because there was only an indefinite promise of independence.
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Rudaw
January 17, 2018
He acknowledged that relations between the Kurdistan Region and Iraq have been “bad, strained and good at times,” over different stages including since the foundation of Iraq a century ago, during the Baathist regime that committed genocide against the Kurdish population, and then again since the USÃâà...
Rudaw
June 16, 2017
He said the share of Kurds from the foundation of Iraq in early 1920s until the fall of the former Baathist regime in 2003 was the Kurdish genocide of Anfal, chemical bombardment, and the destruction of thousands of Kurdish villages. He added that the decade or so after the US-led invasion resulted inÃâà...
Rudaw
May 4, 2017
Members of the Iraqi forces advance against the ISIS group north of Mosul on Thursday. The Iraqi and Kurdish security forces launched a joint military offensive against the extremist group in Mosul since last October backed by the US-led anti-ISIS global coalition. The joint military cooperation between ErbilÃâà...
Kurdistan24
October 26, 2016
PM Barzani added that the foundation of Iraq has been built by three major components which are Shia, Sunni, and Kurds. “We need to find a new formula for coexistence in Iraq,” he said. We have hopes for decisive dialogue with Baghdad, PM Barzani stated, however added that “We have been working with Baghdad forÃâà...
New York Times
May 2, 2016
The quotas have become the foundation of Iraq's political system, apportioning government positions based on sect over merit and arguably bringing on much of the country's dysfunction. Mr. Sadr is nominally an ally of Mr. Abadi's, and the protests were seen as an effort to push Mr. Abadi's opponents toÃâà...
Business Insider
December 4, 2014
As Abdulmahdi said on November 20 at the Atlantic Council Summit in Istanbul: "Oil since the foundation of Iraq has been a reason for wars, and disputes. Now we want it to be a reason for peace, and cooperation." Michael Knights is a Boston-based Lafer Fellow with The Washington Institute. Get the latestÃâà...
Journalist's Resource
May 23, 2014
A 2014 survey by the Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans found deep dissatisfaction with current levels of government care. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) issued a 2014 report exploring the troubles with the V.A. claims backlog andÃâà...
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