1981 Iran accused Iraq of using napalm and chemical weapons
on Ahvaz, Iran
1981 Iraq defeated Iranian attack in Susangard in one of
largest tank battles in Middle
East Iran lost 300 tanks to 50 by
Iraq
1984 Iraq announced plan to build oil pipeline to Jordan’s
Aqaba
1991 Congress began debate on Bush’s request to use force
against Iraq in Kuwait
2001 Clinton DefSec Cohen briefed Pres elect Bush on Iraq
said Saddam contained
and strong
action vs Iraq would cause problems in region
2003 US official said Iraq was deceiving the IAEA about its
nuclear program
2003 Bush met with 3 Iraq dissidents Rend Francke Hatim
Mukhlis Kanan Makiya Bush
said he
thought Iraqis could have a democracy
2003 Mukhlis told Bush all Iraqis wanted Saddam out Makiya
said removing Saddam
would
change US’s image in region
2003 Makiya told Bush that U.S. forces would be greeted with
sweets and flowers in Iraq
2003 Mukhlis told Pres Bush if US troops didn’t win support
of Iraqis Iraq
would turn
into Somalia in 2 months
(Musings
On Iraq article on Bush meeting with Iraqi exiles in Jan 2003)
2003 NYTimes article IAEA challenged aluminum tubes story
that they were for nuke
program and
Energy and State Depts thought they might be for rockets
2004 4 days of protests started in Kut Wasit over lack of
jobs
2005 Bush said that U.S. would stick with January 30
election date for Iraq
2005 Ukraine announced it would withdraw its 1650 troops
from Iraq after 8 soldiers
killed in
bombing
2005 Zarqawi’s forces assassinated Baghdad’s deputy police
chief and his son
2007 Bush and Maliki individually announced troop Surge in
Iraq
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