1920 War Min Churchill wrote there were far too many British
troops in
Mesopotamia
that could be sustained
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s ideas on Mesopotamia/Iraq)
1924 UK Colonial Sec Thomas wrote British air power was
effective way to control
Rebellions
tribes in Iraq
1941 Germany told Italy it was thinking of arming Iraq and
was going to give money to
Mufti of
Jerusalem who was living in Baghdad
1959 Former Dep PM Arif sentenced to death after being sent
away as Amb to Germany
and
secretly returned to Iraq
1983 Iran launched Op Fajr al-Fajar attacking Basra-Baghdad
highway in Maysan
with 6
divisions Iran-Iraq War
1983 Iranians regained 100 sq mi of Iranian territory but
turned back in Maysan
1984 Iranian offensives led Iraq to counter with 1st
War of Cities
2001 CIA report to Congress no evidence Iraq reconstituted WMD
program since
1990s
2002 Gen Franks presented revised Iraq invasion plans to
Bush at White House
2003 Pres Chirac called Bush saying there were alternatives
to war with Iraq Said if war
happened
France would help with reconstruction
2003 US officials pushed back against Powell’s UN speech
Told Wash Post Zarqawi
connected
to Al Qaeda but not part of group
2003 UK admitted paper on Iraq deception campaign over its
WMD was plagiarized
from US
college student paper
2003 Pres Mubarak’s son Gamal visited Bush saying Saddam
might want to go into exile
in Egypt
2003 State Dept gave translated copies of Iraq-Niger uranium
deal to CIA Were not
considered important to case Iraq
restarted nuke program so docs not analyzed
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2004 Rumsfeld said Iraq war Saddam’s fault for his deception
and defiance
2004 Bush and Cheney said Iraq war justified because Saddam
could have made
WMD Gave up
argument he had them
2005 Insurgents complained to Newsweek that Zarqawi was
trying to hijack insurgency
and opposed
his attacks upon Iraqi civilians
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