1935 UK For Office rejected King Faisal mediating Palestine
dispute believing
he had
aspirations over territory
1947 Iraq’s Foreign Minister Jamail told UN that creation of
Israel would lead to unrest
in Middle
East
1958 Shah criticized Iraq for refusing to settle navigation
down Shatt al-Arab Pres Qasim
responded
by claiming all of waterway for Iraq
1980 Iran launched Operation Morvarid that destroyed 80% of
Iraq’s navy in
Iran-Iraq War
2001 UK intel report Iraq not connected to 9/11 not working
with Al Qaeda not
giving WMD
to terrorists Said Iraq WMD threat “slight”
2001 Pentagon officials told Time after Afghanistan US would
target Iraq as next step
in war on
terror
2005 Dep Human Rights Min Usayran and Gen Samarriae told
Knight Ridder Iraqi
forces
torturing and abusing prisoners
View the Iraq History
Timeline
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