1970 Iraq went to UN over Shah placing troops on border
after coup he backed vs
Pres Bakr
failed
2002 William Kristol told Senate invading Iraq would
transform Middle East
2003 Powell and his deputy Armitage went to CIA to go
through Iraq intel to use in his UN speech
2003 Powell decided to use 3 intercepts of Iraqi officers
perhaps talking about hiding WMD and
intel on
Zarqawi in Kurdistan
2003 CIA Dir Tenet told Powell no intel Saddam directly
involved with Zarqawi Powell
decided to
claim Iraq giving sanctuary to Zarqawi
2004 Powell told WashPost if he knew Iraq had no WMD his
decision on Iraq invasion
would have
been different
2004 Rumsfeld claimed Iraq Study Group head Kay’s Senate
testimony Iraq had
no WMD
stocks proved White House case
2005 Assyrians in Ninewa Plains accused Kurds of stopping
them from voting in Jan
30 election
2005 Bush said US in Iraq to create a democracy that could
defend itself and was not
a threat to
its neighbors
2008 Bombing 2 markets in Baghdad killed 99 wounded 145
2014 Al Qaeda publicly renounced ties with ISI
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