1914 British troops landed at Fao, Basra starting war
against Ottomans in Mespotamia
1990 SecState Baker convinced China to abstain on UN
resolution to allow use
of force
against Iraq for Kuwait invasion
1994 Iran fired SCUD missiles at Mujahadeen e-Khalq camp in
Iraq
2002 UN told that Iraq cut back on oil smuggling but still
continuing in violation of
UN
sanctions
2002 Powell got ok from Rice to make deal with France on UN
resolution to allow UN inspections
in Iraq
2003 Congress authorized $18.4 bil for Iraq reconstruction
2003 Bush speech If democracy failed in Iraq would be win for
terrorism and bad for Middle East
2003 Report Saddam offered to allow US troops to search
country for WMD before invasion
2004 Fallujah police collapsed after night attack by
insurgents
2005 Report Feb 2002 DIA said Al Qaeda captive Ibn al-Shaykh
al-Libi was misleading in
statements
about Iraq-Al Qaeda cooperation
2005 Al Qaeda’s Libi continued to be source of Bush admin
statements about Iraq-
Al Qaeda
ties after it was believed he was making things up
2005 Report Italian intel SISMI appeared to be source for
both US & UK claim that
Iraq tried
to buy uranium from Niger/Africa
2005 SISMI got fake docs from informer Rocco Martino on
alleged Iraq-Niger uranium
deal and
then passed intel to other countries
2006 Rumsfeld memo to White House Iraq not working and
needed change
2015 Friday sermon Sistani rep said Abadi’s reforms should
not be blocked
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