1948 All Jewish Iraqi govt
workers fired after creation of Israel
1958 Gen Bakr forced to retire after Col Arif lost power
struggle with Gen Qasim
within govt
1980 Saddam speech said Iraq couldn’t win war because
outnumbered by Iran
2003 Powell said US had found evidence of Iraq’s WMD
programs & that
Saddam
always wanted nuclear weapons
2004 Head of aid group Care was kidnapped in Baghdad Later
killed by insurgents
2004 Iraq conspiracy theorist Mylroie wrote OpEd in NY Sun
that Iraq was training
foreigners
to carry out terrorist attacks and working with Islamic groups
2005 Saddam’s trial started and pled his innocence
2005 Rice told about Senate Clear Hold Build
counterinsurgency plan for Iraq Was not
discussed
with US military beforehand
2005 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey US Iraq Amb Khalizad later asked
Rice
what Clear
Hold Build was & why not consulted
2005 Rumsfeld complained to Rice that he did not back Clear
Hold Build and he
was not
consulted about it
2006 IED killed Amara police chief from Badr Police arrested
brother of suspected
bomber from Mahdi Army 2 days of
fighting started
2006 Mahdi Army stormed 3 police stations manned by Badr in
Amara
2006 US general said Op Together Forward II failed to reduce
violence in Baghdad
2006 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey US Amb Khalzad gave press
conference saying
Op Together
Forward II in Baghdad working
- 2013 IS held parade in southern Fallujah
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