This Day In Iraqi History - Dec 20

1983 Reagan envoy to Middle East Rumsfeld met with Saddam as part of new

            US policy to back Iraq in Iran-Iraq War

1998 UN Res 1153 allowed Iraq to sell $5.3 bil in oil for 6 months under Oil for Food

            program

2001 NYTimes article with Iraqi defector Haideri provided by INC claimed he went to 20

WMD sites

2001 Haideri’s claims used in CIA DIA and White House reports Later found to be

            unreliable by US intel

2002 IAEA inspectors said Tuwaitha facility involved in civilian nuclear research not

            involved in weapons program

2002 CIA blocked UN Amb to UN Negroponte mentioning Iraq-Niger uranium deal in

            speech to Security Council

2004 Bush said he expected violence to increase before Jan 05 elections

2006 US military turned over 3^rd province to Iraqi forces, Najaf

2012 Maliki had 10 of Finance Min Issawi’s bodyguards arrested Led to protests in

            Anbar Salahaddin Ninewa Baghdad

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