1980 Saddam claimed full
sovereignty over Shatt al-Arab waterway Precursor
to
Iran-Iraq War
1980 Iraq officially protested Iran shelling border towns
Seized Zain al-Qas in
retaliation
1983 US-Iraq began high level diplomatic talks to restore
full relations Iraq asked US
for help to
end Iran-Iraq War
1990 Emir of Kuwait agreed to pay $15 bil to help pay for
military operations in Saudi
Arabia to
protect it from Iraq
1994 CIA estimate d that over 100,000 driven out of marshes
in Maysan by military campaign
1996 Iraq submitted declaration on nuclear program
Inspectors thought Iraq was hiding
information
2002 Blair and Bush met and decided on new UN resolution
demanding new
inspections in Iraq
2002 Blair told Bush they should seek 2 UN resolutions 1 for
inspectors 2nd for if
Iraq didn’t
comply
2002 Blair said that UK would take part in any military
action against Iraq
2002 Powell brought up his concerns about size of Iraq
invasion force at NSC
2002 Bush & Blair press conference Both said IAEA found
Iraq had nuclear program
and was 6
months away from getting a bomb
2002 Bush and Blair were referring to 1996 IAEA report
during UN inspections not
new one
2003 Bush press conference said Iraq central front in the
war on terror
2003 Bush speech said invasion of Iraq was to spread
democracy and transform
Middle East
2003 Bush announced $18.4 bil for reconstructing Iraq
2003 Bush admitted that hundreds to thousands of foreign
fighters had entered Iraq
to carry
out attacks
2004 Number of US troops killed in Iraq reached 1,000
2006 New Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Hamzah al-Muhajir
released 1st statement
Called for
each member to kill an American
2014 Anbar’s Governor Dulaimi seriously wounded by mortar
fire in Barwana
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