The British conquered Iraq in 1914claiming they want to free Iraq, a claim that will be used again and againwithout any ground of truth. The British enlightened by sciences andstrengthened by industry, inflicted more damage than any other invader. Thedamage they cause through their intrigues and conspiracies brought results thatno one has ever imagined. They created the new Iraqthrough cut and paste of the Iraq'smap, cutting from Iraqparts that were there for thousands of years and adding alien parts. They didas we do it in simple word processing software nowadays, just cut and paste.They planned to use new configuration to create conflicts and wars in thefuture and they really succeeded in doing this. To stabilize Iraq theyexported a new regime from Arabic peninsula as if there was not even onequalified Iraqi for the job. They established three layers in the socialtexture of Iraq depending ontheir study of Iraq'shistory and Anthropology. Those three layers are, a ruling people who come fromthe middle part of Iraq inaddition to some immigrants of many origins who were brought by differentrulers throughout Iraq'shistory to suppress the people of Iraq. This class has given the mainaccess to the important and vital joints of the state. An executive class wasto be formed from Mousol in the northern part and from western parts of Iraq. They weregiven the access to secondary vital joints like the army and security. Theywere given an excellent chance to gain education and wealth. In the thirdsection were the Shiite of southern part of Iraq and the Kurds of the northernparts. Indeed those are the people of Iraq that were there for thousandsof years. They were suppressed, deprived form chances of education andprevented from accessing any vital joints in Iraq. Moreover, they were incontinuous poverty and sufferings, they were stripped of their self-confidenceand were treated as strangers in their country. A country where the strangerswere the rulers! Those rulers needed a slogan by which they can rule thecountry, her came the Panarabisma, big lie with which millions of people werecheated. The British strategy will have its feedback and will be selfmaintained as well as the poverty, pain, ignorance, injustice and oppression.Being sure about the awful future awaiting for Iraq,the British left Iraqgiving the power to the army. The above lines are not my own invention and aresupported by the studies that were published about the issue of Iraq.Interested reader may be referred to Liora Lukitz's study "Iraq search fornational identity". Many of the classified studies will bedeclassified in few years and will reveal more about the planning of Iraq's future.
In 1958 a new bath of blood was openedwhen Abdul Karim Kasim made his coup d'etat and announce the Foundation of theRepublic. Soon the streets of Iraqwill witness armed conflicts between the Bathparty and the Communists. The killing and torture were common and the chaosprevailed throughout the country. As it is always the story, the worse shouldbe replaced by worst and her comes the new Iraqi leader.
Abdul Salam Araf, a sectarian, who knewnothing about the statesmanship, ruled Iraq with more suppression andblood. He died burned when his Helicopter destroyed in Basrha. His brother'srule was terminated by another coup d 'etat in 1968 but this time Iraq willhave events that cannot be imagined even in the worst scenarios.
I will stop her, why? Firstly, because the intriguesand conspiracies of this period have not been revealed yet. Secondly, becausethe wounds of the years from 1979 to the moment of writing those lines, arestill fresh, bleeding and very painful. I cannot write about them now but whowants the truth will find the way to it.
Abdul Salam Araf, a sectarian, who knewnothing about the statesmanship, ruled Iraq with more suppression andblood. He died burned when his Helicopter destroyed in Basrha. His brother'srule was terminated by another coup d 'etat in 1968 but this time Iraq willhave events that cannot be imagined even in the worst scenarios.
I will stop her, why? Firstly, because the intriguesand conspiracies of this period have not been revealed yet. Secondly, becausethe wounds of the years from 1979 to the moment of writing those lines, arestill fresh, bleeding and very painful. I cannot write about them now but whowants the truth will find the way to it.
Modern History of Iraq
Iraq: A continuous drama...
Alaa El-Hussuna 2004
Alaa El-Hussuna 2004
Only a small part of Iraq Iraq
History begins at Sumer. The Sumerian who lived inthe southern part of Iraq, a land known as the Mesopotamia, established thefirst civilization in the human history 3500 BC To read more about Sumer andthe Sumerian. The Akkadianconquered Sumer,however, the Sumerian civilization and culture continue to thrive leading allthe civilization that followed it, something that is unique in human historybecause the political fall is usually followed by cultural fall. To read moresee Kevin Reilly's great work "the west and the world" and SusanPollack's work "Ancient Mesopotamia".
Islam conquered Iraq and established new citiesthere. Many migrations from the Arabic peninsula to Iraq took place. In the year 35Hijra, The Imam Ali Ben Abi Talib left Al-Madina AlMunura to Iraq making Al-Kufa the capital of Islamic worldthat extended from Egypt to Persia.Imam Ali's choice was not arbitrary. He knew that the people of Al-Kufa are thequalified people to carry on the struggle of defending Islam. He described themin one of his speeches as "the front of the staunch supporters (Al-Ansar)and the hump of Arabs". It is not surprising then that some enemies ofIraqis, driven by jealousy and inferiority complexes put some saying on ImamAli's tongue where he denounce the Iraqis, his followers and staunchsupporters. Interested reader is referred to Abdul Fatah Abdul Maqsudencyclopedic work "Al-Imam Ali Ben Abi Talib" .
Islam conquered Iraq and established new citiesthere. Many migrations from the Arabic peninsula to Iraq took place. In the year 35Hijra, The Imam Ali Ben Abi Talib left Al-Madina AlMunura to Iraq making Al-Kufa the capital of Islamic worldthat extended from Egypt to Persia.Imam Ali's choice was not arbitrary. He knew that the people of Al-Kufa are thequalified people to carry on the struggle of defending Islam. He described themin one of his speeches as "the front of the staunch supporters (Al-Ansar)and the hump of Arabs". It is not surprising then that some enemies ofIraqis, driven by jealousy and inferiority complexes put some saying on ImamAli's tongue where he denounce the Iraqis, his followers and staunchsupporters. Interested reader is referred to Abdul Fatah Abdul Maqsudencyclopedic work "Al-Imam Ali Ben Abi Talib" .
Imam Ali assassination in 40th Hijra year,inaugurated a new era in Iraq's history where rivers of blood shed andthousands of Iraqis were to be killed, tortured or jailed because of theirLove, loyalty and devotion to Imam Ali and his principals. A price, that theIraqis will continue to pay until the judgment day. The martyrdom of ImamAl-Hussain Ben Ail Ben Abi Talib, proved this. The dramatic martyrdom ofAl-Hussain, the events that preceded it and those that followed it was anidentity to Iraqis. An identity, that they will firmly hold and generouslysacrifice for. Books about this era are uncountable, however, I recommend AbdullaAllali beautiful book "Al-Hussain" and M. Jawad Magnia book"Al-Hussain and the heroine of Karbala".After the martyrdom of AlHussain the Umayyad rule continued for 40 years. Fortyyears of suppression, pain and jeopardized freedom finished dramatically asthey started, with blood, giving rise to the Abbasid era.
Abo Jaffer AlMansoor who built Baghdad,created a model of a ruler, to be copied by almost all those who will rule Iraq later on.The justice that people were awaiting for tended to be merely a new form ofinjustice. Al-Mansoor shed the hottest tears on Islam meanwhile he worked hardlyto destroy it. He praised the Iraqis meanwhile he saved no effort to kill,torture or jail them for the simplest suspicion. It was during the Abbasid erathat the four main sectors of Islam were created and proposed as alternativesfor the genuine Islam. See Wall Durant's book "the story ofcivilization".
Abo Jaffer AlMansoor who built Baghdad,created a model of a ruler, to be copied by almost all those who will rule Iraq later on.The justice that people were awaiting for tended to be merely a new form ofinjustice. Al-Mansoor shed the hottest tears on Islam meanwhile he worked hardlyto destroy it. He praised the Iraqis meanwhile he saved no effort to kill,torture or jail them for the simplest suspicion. It was during the Abbasid erathat the four main sectors of Islam were created and proposed as alternativesfor the genuine Islam. See Wall Durant's book "the story ofcivilization".
Holako, the grand son of Janqiez Khan,attacked Baghdadthat was the center of the most advanced civilization in the world at thattime. The Mongolian leader made the year of 1258 A.C a year of sadness andfrustration. He killed the scientists, burned Baghdad,and threw thousands of books into the Tigris Riverchanging its color to deep blue because of the ink with which those books werewritten. Looting and destruction spread through all Baghdadby the invaders, a picture that will be frequently seen in Iraq's history.With the fall of Baghdadthe Islamic civilization shrank and centuries of darkness were to follow.However, like the fall of Sumer,the fall of Baghdaddid not prevent its invaders from adopting its culture so many of theMongolians change to Islam.
Much worse that Holako was the Ottoman empire. They established and nurtured the sectarian conflicts in Iraq sinkingthe country in ignorance, darkness and poverty stealing its fortune and assassinatingits future. They followed step by step the cookbook of Abo Jaffer AlMansoor,ruling by the name of Islam on which they knew nothing but the name. Iraqiswere eager to a new era, they were looking with hope to the future. However, itseems that the destiny of those people is to suffer from the worse followed bythe worst. The worst has no limits and this what the new era proved. Interestedreader is referred to S.H.Longrigg 's book "Four centuries of modern Iraq".
Much worse that Holako was the Ottoman empire. They established and nurtured the sectarian conflicts in Iraq sinkingthe country in ignorance, darkness and poverty stealing its fortune and assassinatingits future. They followed step by step the cookbook of Abo Jaffer AlMansoor,ruling by the name of Islam on which they knew nothing but the name. Iraqiswere eager to a new era, they were looking with hope to the future. However, itseems that the destiny of those people is to suffer from the worse followed bythe worst. The worst has no limits and this what the new era proved. Interestedreader is referred to S.H.Longrigg 's book "Four centuries of modern Iraq".
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