1914 British forces in Fao launched reconnaissance in force
near Salhan, Basra
1927 Kurdish MP Rowanduzi said Shiites and Kurds both
opposed govt conscription
1963 Baath founder Aflaq went to Iraq to solve internal
Baath dispute Led to removal of
most leaders of 63 coup and rise
of Arif within military
1968 68 coup member Nasir al-Hani special adv to Pres Bakr
assassinated
1997 UN Resolution 1137 demanded Iraq allow full and
unhindered weapons inspections
1997 Wall St Journal OpEd by David Wurmser called for US
supporting INC and revolt in Iraq
1998 Iraq Amb to UN told military strike impending if did
not agree to work with
weapons
inspectors again
2001 INC presented Iraqi defector Lami who claimed Iraq
training terrorists at Salman
Pak and had
anthrax
2002 CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Franks said if US didn't act on Iraq
it could acquire and
use a
nuclear weapon
2002 Lord Goldsmith told Foreign Sec Straw that he wasn't
sure UN Resolution 1441
would give
legal basis for war with Iraq
2002 Straw told Goldsmith he thought 1441 meant Iraq had
to comply or else
2002 NYTimes article claimed Iraq bought anti-WMD drugs as
sign that it had WMD
and was
going to use it
2003 Zarqawi bombed Italian police in Nasiriyah killing 19
Italians 15 civilians and
wounding around 100
2003 Bush decided US should turn over sovereignty to Iraq
early against CPA plan
2004 Marines attacked southern Fallujah 2nd
Battle of Fallujah
2004 Sec of State Powell told Bush and Blair weren’t
enough ground forces in Iraq
to secure
country
2005 US Iraq Cmdr Gen Casey told Rumsfeld Iraq might take
9-13 yrs
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