1978 In Iran-Iraq deal Iraqi troops surround Imam Khomeini’s
house in Najaf
Told
he could only stay in Iraq if abandoned politics
1979 Iraq warned Iran to not to interfere in Bahrain after
Ayatollah Rohani
called on Shiites to rise up
against their Sunni rulers
1980 Iranian Navy attacked Basra and Fao Peninsula
Destroyed 2 oil terminals limited
Iraq’s exports
1980 Iran started naval blockade of Shatt al-Arab, Basra
1990 Kurd, Shiite and Communist opposition parties claimed
united front against
Saddam
1991 UN Inspectors found over 53,000 documents at Atheer
facility but were held
for 4 days
by Iraqis until could leave
2001 William Safire op ed said clear link between Iraq-Al
Qaeda via Ansar al-Islam
2002 UK dossier on Iraq WMD released Blair told parliament
that Iraq had WMD and
it was
producing them
2002 UK dossier said that Iraq could use WMD in 45 minutes
2002 UK dossier said Iraq could build a nuclear bomb in 2
years Iraq tried to buy
uranium
from Africa
2002 UK dossier said no definitive intelligence that
aluminum tubes Iraq tried to buy
were for nuke
program
2002 UK ForSec Cook was surprised dossier on Iraq was
mostly old WMD material
2002 CIA Dir Tenet briefed Senate Foreign Relations
Committee on intel on Iraq’s
WMD
2002 CIA Dir Tenet told Sen For Rel Comm Iraq rebuilding
its nuclear
program
Proof bought aluminum tubes Niger uranium deal
2003 Bremer met Bush said he was optimistic about Iraq but
concerned about growing
attacks
2003 Bremer met Bush complained about Congress number of
US troops quality of
intel training
new Iraqi forces
2003 Bush told Bremer he was too controlling and doing too
much Bremer said he
would work
on it
2003 CPA Governor of Anbar Mines warned that attacks and
public anger at US
growing
2004 Bush and Blair talked about staying course in Iraq
and Allawi needing a
professional
staff
2004 Report Defense Science Board review found US didn’t
have enough troops
to
stabilize Iraq
2008 Provincial Election Law passed allowing vote on Jan
31, 2009
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