1980 US said Iraq invasion of
Iran threatened security in Gulf and land should
not
be seized by force
1983 Iran launched Wa al-Fajr 4
in Kurdistan taking 25 mi of Iraqi land
1991 Report Saddam was arming PKK to fight Turkey
2000 British Foreign Office said wanted to offer end of
sanctions to return inspectors
but didn’t
think US would agree
2002 Czech Intel told US no evidence 9/11 hijacker Atta met
with Iraq intelligence
in Prague
2004 Report Jan 03 Natl Intel Council warned building
democracy in Iraq would be
long
difficult and turbulent
2004 Report Jan 03 Natl Intel Council warned that
overthrowing Saddam could lead to
ethnosectarian
rivalries and power grabs in Iraq
2004 Transparency International ranked Iraq one of most
corrupt countries in world
2005 One of Saddam’s lawyers kidnapped and killed
2007 US Special Forces raid into Sadr City hunting Special
Groups led to huge
firefight
2015 Baiji town finally cleared
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