1922 Gertrude Bell wrote that
King Faisal was trying to create his own party
but
was being played by politicians
1980 Iraq fired missiles at
Dezful, Iran
1983 Iran claimed Iraqi troops destroyed Kurdish town of
Penjwin
1984 Iranian troops recaptured Mehran, Iran ending Op Dawn 7
2000 Congress authorized increase in support for Iraqi
opposition groups to $25 mil
in 2001 $18
mil would got to INC
2002 VP Cheney met with Russian For Min Told him countries
that sided
with US in
war would get preferential treatment in contracts afterward
2003 Iraqi prisoners were stripped, handcuffed and piled in
pyramid on top of
each other
by US jailers in Abu Ghraib
2004 Report top contracting official at US Army Corps of
Engineers questioned
Halliburton’s
no-bid Iraq contracts
2004 Report 380 tons of high grade explosives looted from Al
Qaqaa nuclear site
2005 Results of Constitutional referendum announced 79%
voted for constitution Anbar
and
Salahaddin overwhelmingly voted no
2005 Death toll for Americans in Iraq reached 2,000 since 03
invasion
2005 Iraq Body Count est 26,690-30,051 Iraqi civilians &
police died since 03 invasion
2006 Bush speech Iraq challenge of our time Knew people
weren’t happy with Iraq
war and
neither was he
2006 Bush speech said US winning in Iraq Didn't say he
thought strategy failing and
working on
new one
2009 ISI bombed Justice & Municipalities Ministries in
Baghdad 155 dead 721 wounded Maliki
blamed
Baathists but was ISI
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