1915 Battle of Kut began with Ottoman forces arriving at
city after they lost Battle of Ctesiphon
1980 Saddam announced that Iraq was going on the defensive
in the Iran-Iraq War
1980 Saddam thought he could seize Khuzistan province
leading to revolt against Khomeini
govt but
didn’t happen
1981 Iran freed Bostan and forced an Iraqi retreat
2002 TV speech Saddam apologized to people of Kuwait for
1990 invasion
2002 Iraq gave its WMD and nuclear weapons declaration to UN
as part of new inspections
claiming it
had no WMD
2002 Iraqi general claimed weapons declaration proved Iraq
had no WMD
2002 US and UK condemn Iraq’s
weapons declaration as being complete and denying it had
WMD
2002 Cheney told NSC Iraq’s
weapons declaration was a material breach and Bush should move
towards war
2002 Cheney said Powell and UN wanted to use inspections to
avoid war with Iraq
2002 Rumsfeld and Rice didn’t
think Iraq’s weapons declaration was a material
breach
2003 Gingrich went on offensive against CPA saying US should’ve given over sovereignty to
Iraq early
on like in Afghanistan
2003 Report US forces using collective punishment Blowing up
homes of suspected
insurgents
Putting barbed wire around towns
2004 Number of US troops killed in combat in Iraq reached
1000 after soldier shot in Baghdad
2004 Report Nov 04 CIA said security deteriorating Iraqi
govt had to assert authority
and rebuild
economy
2005 KDP backers attacked PUK offices in Dohuk Zakho Amedia
Shaklaca Kadash
Sedarash
Akre 3 killed including a KDP candidate
2005 KDP followers set PUK office in Dohuk on fire wounding
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