1920 US Consul in Baghdad said England hadn’t taken any
serious steps to create
an
independent Iraqi govt
1928 UK High Comm for Iraq Dobbs wrote conscription in
Iraq would
cause
revolt Was already problem in Basra
1928 Dobbs said authority of Iraqi govt depended upon
British backing and military
might
1932 King Faisal speech praised his rule in Syria Said if
he was still king there
Syria would
be independent like Iraq
1948 Baghdad told oil companies they should not employ
Jews after creation
of Israel
1980 Saddam accused US of helping Iran during Iran-Iraq
war
2001 Sec of State Powell said no reason to believe Iraq didn’t have WMD
2001 USA Today article said Iraq supported bin Laden when
he was in Sudan in 1990s
2001 Ex-CIA Dir Woolsey said he believed Iraq involved in
9/11
2002 Bush Cheney DepSecDef Wolfowtiz gave speeches across
US saying that
Iraq would
not cooperate with weapons inspectors
2002 White House spokesman said if Saddam said he had no
WMD proved he was lying If
he said he
had WMD he violated UN resolutions
2002 White House spokesman said Iraq bought aluminum tubes
for its nuke program
2002 White House officials told US News & World Report
they were making extensive
plans for
postwar Iraq
2002 UK issued dossier on human rights abuses in Iraq
Amnesty Intl attacked report as
opportunistic
and selective
2003 Dep Sec State Armitage said that U.S. should not
oppose Sistani who was
pushing for
elections for new Iraq parliament
2005 Rumsfeld told CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Abizaid US Iraq Cmdr
Gen Casey
CIA found
insurgents infiltrating Iraqi army in Anbar
2005 Gen Dempsey in charge of US training mission for ISF
said 100 Iraqi army
battalions
33 operating on own 40 in the lead
2005 Gen Dempsey said 27 Federal Police battalions on duty
2005 Gen Dempsey said major problem was police were
recruited locally and many were
from
militias
2011 mobs attacked Christian and Yazidi businesses in
several towns in Dohuk
province
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