in 1988 at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq had an army of 1 million, rendering it the 4th largest army in the world. Previously, the Iranians had outnumbered the Iraqis on the battlefield, but Iraq expanded their military draft (pursuing a policy of total war), and by 1984, the armies were equal in […]
The Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF–I), often referred to as the coalition forces, was a military command during much of the Iraq War Iceland had a total of three troops, including two Explosive Ordnance Disposal experts, a medical advisor, and some transport experts assigned to the Danish unit immediately after the occupation began; they […]
The 1971 Iraq poison grain disaster was a mass methylmercury poisoning incident that began in late 1971. Grain treated with a methylmercury fungicide and never intended for human consumption was imported into Iraq as seed grain from Mexico and the United States. Due to a number of factors, including foreign-language labelling and late distribution within […]
A week before the Iraq War began, Tim Russert reported “every analysis said this war itself would cost about $80 billion We should expect that this would cost at least $100 billion for a two-year involvement.” Brown University’s final tally was $3.2-4 trillion, or about 3500% more. The costs of the 2003-2010 Iraq War are […]
An estimated over 10 million people protested the war in Iraq in February of 2003, making it the largest protest ever “The February 15, 2003 anti-war protest was a coordinated day of protests across the world in which people in more than 600 cities expressing opposition to the imminent Iraq War. It was part of a […]
Did you know that an ancient Neo-Babylonian museum (from 530BC) was discovered in Iraq, complete with neatly arranged artifacts and museum labels describing what the artifacts Ennigaldi-Nanna’s museum is the first museum known to historians dating to circa 530 BCE. The curator was Princess Ennigaldi, the daughter of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. […]