1922 Anglo-Iraq Treaty signed Opposed by opposition who were
anti-British
1941 Nuri al-Said became Iraq’s
premier 3rd time
1961 Qasim govt ended ground offensive to put down Mustafa
Barzani’s Kurdish revolt
1982 Iran made 2nd attack on Diyala Entered
Mandali but forced out Aim was
reaching
Baghdad
1982 Iranian offensive recaptured 80 sq mi of Iranian
territory from Iraqis
1984 Tariq Aziz complained that Western Europe was still
sending military equipment
to Iran
despite US efforts to stop them
1986 Iran carried out commando raid on pipeline near Kirkuk
1994 Clinton decided to continue Bush’s policy of
undermining Saddam
2002 UK intel report said that Iraq would only launch
terrorism if attacked by US
and
couldn't use WMD outside its territory
2002 UK intel report said no cooperation between Iraq and Al
Qaeda and attack on Iraq
would lead
to more terrorism and radicalization
2002 UK intel rejection of Iraq-Al Qaeda ties leaked to
press
2002 US House of Representatives approved use of force
resolution against Iraq
2003 Sadr announces his own shadow govt
2003 Sadrist funeral in Sadr City turned into anti-US
demonstration of 10,000
2003 Cheney cited Iraq Survey Group report to claim that
Iraq in material breach
of UN
resolutions and had WMD programs
2003 Cheney Iraq had a relationship with Al Qaeda and
trained Al Qaeda in poisons
and bomb
making
2003 Cheney if Saddam still in power he would be training
terrorists and producing
WMD
2003 Powell said overwhelming evidence that Iraq violated UN
resolutions about its
WMD program
2003 Iraqi diplomat that went to Niger said his trip was
about trade and breaking
sanctions
not buying uranium for nuke program
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