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@JoelWing2 "#Iraq Jul XX 1990 US Central Command ran war game on stopping Iraqi invasion of Kuwait US deployed airborne corps and lost half its troops Led to reworking of plan that would be used in Gulf War"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-23 19:34:53 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2016 Protest in Dhi Qar vs Higher Educ Min Adeeb who wanted to end free education Protest in Najaf against Electricity Min Protests in Baghdad Diwaniya Maysan Muthanna for reforms"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-22 19:58:07 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2013 ISI attacked Abu Ghraib and Taji prisons Freed XXX prisoners from Abu Ghraib Included War Min Bijlawi and other leaders End of Breaking Walls Campaign"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-21 18:58:35 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 1958 UK Amb to Iraq Wright met with Qasim and other Iraqi officials Assured him new govt wanted good relations with all countries Said UK was an ally"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-22 18:57:45 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2018 Study of govt salaries and pensions said unsustainable When oil prices increased govt increased salaries and allowances for its workers World Bank said avg spending XX% of GPD 2005-12 one of highest in Mideast"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-18 21:36:35 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2018 Report IS rebuilding in remote areas of Iraq Posted video of people it captured at fake checkpoint and executed"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-17 21:01:08 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2016 Report Mayor of Sadiya worried about future of town with joblessness corruption lack of services sectarian rivalries Taken by IS Aug 2014 Freed by Peshmerga Hashd ISF Nov 2014 Never rebuilt"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-23 20:03:30 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 1932 Iraq sent letter to British High Commissioner Humphrie saying it recognized 1920 Iraq-Kuwait border in order for Iraq to join League of Nations"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-21 18:37:33 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2002 US Energy Dept assessed Iraq trying to buy magnets meeting with scientists Niger uranium story showed that Iraq restarted nuclear program Program ended in 1991"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-22 19:09:34 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2018 Protests in Baghdad Basra Qadisiya Wasit for jobs water electricity Dhi Qar and Muthanna demonstrators called for governor to step down PM Abadi said he needed more time to meet demands of protesters so soon after war vs IS ended"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-22 20:03:58 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 1990 At Arab League Iraq complained Kuwait tapping into Rumaila oil field costing Iraq $1bil/year $24bil total Demanded loans from UAE & Kuwait during Iran-Iraq War be forgiven Threatened force against Kuwait & UAE Said they were US puppets"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-15 17:49:51 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2003 Bush speechwriter Gerson found X CIA memos from Oct XX on why Iraq-Niger uranium story shouldnt be used in Bush speech Came just after White House blamed CIA Dir Tenet for why Niger story was used in Bushs Jan XX State of Union"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-22 19:12:49 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 1990 Tariq Aziz at Arab League called for an Arab Marshall plan to help rebuild Iraq after Iran-Iraq War"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-18 20:33:36 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Much better book on Baathist police state is Mayada Daughter of Iraq Tells story of woman arrested by secret police for crime she didn't commit Explained evils of Saddam & his family along with lives of other innocents she was imprisoned with"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-18 21:46:27 UTC 10.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Bush wanted to justify invasion via terrorism and WMD Said that intelligence and facts were being used to justify invasion Blairs foreign policy adviser said Iraq was fourth most dangerous country with WMD behind North Korea Iran and Libya"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-23 19:38:08 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq sells around 200000 bar/day of oil to US earning $XXX bil Also sells dates and rice Most of that goes through 3rd parties before they arrive in US making it unclear how they will be affected by the tariffs"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-16 19:03:09 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2018 Protests in Babil Baghdad Basra Dhi Qar Karbala Maysan Muthanna Najaf Qadisiya Wasit for services and jobs X killed X in Najaf X in Qadisiya by police and Badr guard Almost all broken up by police"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-20 21:50:53 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2018 Protesters blocked highway in Dhi Qar and march in Qadisiya broken up by ISF before it started Lawyer defending arrested protesters assassinated in Basra"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-23 20:04:54 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 1979 Televised session of Baath meeting Fmr Revolutionary Command Council sec gen Mashadi claimed there was a Syrian backed coup Said Syria wanted to remove Iraqi leadership so that X countries could unite"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-22 18:59:52 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2003 NatlSecAdv Rice called MSBCs Matthews saying Fmr Amb Wilsons story on Iraq-Niger deal was part of a political campaign against the White House Said Wilsons wife was open target and Wilsons were against Bush so White House against them"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-21 18:45:26 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2019 Leader in Babylon Brigades said Chaldean patriarch had become tool of US and Israel after he said Chaldeans should join ISF and Peshmerga rather than Hashd"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-24 20:56:55 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2024 Report Banks sign of failure of economic development in Iraq Full of corruption Banks focused upon foreign trade and dollar auctions rather than supporting economy Most private banks controlled by ruling parties"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-18 21:41:20 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2004 Carnegie Endowment Pre-02 US intel on Iraq WMD good 02-03 reporting became more certain beyond evidence Bush admin misrepresented threat posed by Iraq UN inspectors proved accurate that Iraq didnt have WMD or nuke programs nor stocks"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-19 20:24:09 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 1990 White House said it was concerned about Iraqi troop buildup along Kuwaits border"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-24 20:17:17 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"DefStaff head SirBoyce gave X options for UK X Offer bases to US X Add air navy special forces X 40000 troops for invasion Blair wanted UN inspectors to return to Iraq Build popular support vs Iraq Said if Iraq refused inspectors then regime change would gain more support"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-23 19:39:14 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"Said Gulf States support during Iran-Iraq War was small contribution to what Iraq did Claimed Kuwait took Iraqi territory Called on Arab govts to forgive Iraqs debt and help pay for rebuilding Demanded oil prices rise to $25/bar"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-17 19:16:23 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2017 Report Holding land biggest achievement of IS May 2016 IS spokesman Adnani said IS could survive loss of Mosul 2014 said it would never lose territory Were differences over strategy and goals"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-21 19:35:35 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2017 Ammar Hakim announced he was leaving Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq and forming new Hikma Party"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-24 20:47:32 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2019 Hikma called for protests in XX provinces Only happened in X Only few hundred showed up in total In Basra was counter protest and rocks thrown at buses carrying away Hikma followers"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-19 21:14:19 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2012 Dep PM Shahristani asked for $XXX bil to be cut from KRG budget because it stopped oil exports for Baghdad in Apr KRG said Baghdad owed it $XXX bil"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-17 19:34:24 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"More than half of residents not returned Aid agencies done most of rebuilding Kurds built ditch outside town to separate it from Jalawla Amnesty Intl documented Peshmerga forcing Arabs out of areas in 2016 UN recorded X Sunni mosques destroyed by Hashd in Sadiya"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-23 20:04:02 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2012 Govt spokesman Dabbagh said Iraq rejected Arab League resolution calling for Pres Assad to step down"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-23 19:50:44 UTC 10.3K followers, X engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2018 Human Rights Watch Looked at X protests in Basra ISF fired live ammo at X of them wounded protesters People beat after arrested Badr guards also shot at protesters and arrested people"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-24 20:55:11 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 1986 Meeting of NSC Pentagon State CIA at White House to discuss Iraq policy Talked about request from US Embassy in Baghdad about moving US weapons from Jordan to Iraq which would be against Arms Export Control Act"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-23 19:28:26 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements

"#Iraq Jul XX 2023 Report Water Min said water reserves reached all time low Iraq on verge of large scale water scarcity UN said Iraq 5thmost vulnerable to climate change Said XX% of rivers polluted Would only meet XX% of water demand by 2035"
@JoelWing2 on X 2025-07-21 19:47:45 UTC 10.3K followers, XX engagements