1952 Students led by Communists went on strike at Baghdad’s
College of
Pharmacy
against govt
1978 Pres Assad visited Iraq to sign National Charter of
Joint Action to counter
Israel-Egypt
peace treaty
1980 Iraq fired missiles at Dezful, Iran for 2nd
day
1980 Most of the Iranian forces driven out of Khorramshahr,
Iran by Iraqi army
1980 Soviet news agency accused Iraq of aligning with US in
Iran-Iraq War
1980 Iran objected to Iraq abrogating 1975 Algiers Agreement
in letter to U.N. Said
Iran still
following it Iraq broke it
1984 Tariq Aziz told Sec of State Shultz Iraq ready to
resume full diplomatic relations
with US
after 17 yr break
1989 Sec of State Baker memo said that ties with Iraq
important to shape Middle
East
politics
2001 After anthrax letters sent to Wash DC ABC reported
anthrax trademark of Iraq’s
WMD program
2001 Czech Interior Ministry told press 9/11 hijacker Atta
met Iraqi intel officer
in Prague
2003 Baghdad’s Rashid Hotel hit by rocket while Dep Sec of
Def Wolfowitz staying
there 1 US
soldier killed 18 wounded
2003 US military said were not many foreign fighters in
Baghdad
2004 PM Allawi blamed US for deaths of 49 army recruits
killed in Diyala by Zarqawi
2005 Report CIA review said Zarqawi visited Baghdad May 02
but probably didn’t
have
protection of Iraqi govt
2005 CIA review of Zarqawi’s 02 trip to Baghdad based upon
interviews with Saddam
era Iraqi
officials
2005 Bush admin originally claimed Zarqawi was given safe
haven by Saddam and
said sign
of Iraq-Al Qaeda cooperation
2008 US Special Forces raided ISI camp in Syria used to
ferry foreign fighters into Iraq
captured
huge amount of documents
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