1922 Colonial Sec Churchill told King Feisal accepted
England supporting Iraq’s
Membership in League of Nations
after Anglo-Iraq Treaty signed Feisal demanded Iraqi sovereignty and thought he
had right to League membership without England
1929 Iraq High Commissioner Clayton told Baghdad that it
would be admitted to League
of Nations
for independence in 1932
1961 After Gen Qasim rejected Barzani Kurdish rights plan he
called for revolt against govt
Kurds ambushed an Iraqi army column
starting Kurdish revolt against Qasim govt
1980 Iraq sent protest letter to Iran about border incidents
Said Iran violated intl law
and Iraq
would defend itself
1982 Iraq agreed to Arab League ceasefire proposal including
withdrawing from
Iran $70
bil in reparations Iran said no
1985 Iran seized western Majnoon Islands Iraq
counterattacked but failed to dislodge
Iranians
Did stop advance
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War
1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review Iran-Iraq War, The
Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq review The Iran-Iraq War)
1990 Iraq released edited version of Saddam’s meeting with
US Amb Glaspie Saddam told
Amb Glaspie Iraq would take
military action vs Kuwait if it didn’t give into Iraq’s Demands
1996 KDP took control of all of Kurdistan after pushing PUK
out with help of
Iraqi army
2001 Bush asked whether Iraq was involved in 9/11 because
Saddam backed
Palestinian
terrorists
2001 Rice told UK Amb to US Meyer that White House was
looking into whether Iraq
involved in
9/11
2001 5 hrs after 9/11 Def Sec Rumsfeld wrote memo asking for
info on whether US
should
attack Saddam and Iraq
2001 Rumsfeld told Pentagon lawyer to talk to Dep Sec Def
Wolfowitz about Iraq-Al
Qaeda
connections
2001 At NSC meeting Rumsfeld brought up bombing Iraq
2001 Counterterrorism chief Clarke said Rumsfeld and
Wolfowitz were taking
advantage
of 9/11 to push their Iraq agenda
2001 Bush said that US should get rid of Saddam and told
some aides to look into
Iraq-Al
Qaeda connections
2001 In 2003 Bush would say 9/11 changed his mind about the
problems Saddam could
pose Said he
no longer believed in containment afterward
2001 Report that Saddam put his forces on alert and
retreated to a bunker in Tikrit area
showing he
was involved in 9/11
2001 DepSecDef Wolfowitz told TV show that US would target
govts that supported
terrorism
Mentioned Iraq as example of that type of state
(Musings
On Iraq article on how Bush admin went from 9/11 to Iraq invasion)
2001 Italian intelligence told CIA that Iraq had tried to
buy uranium from Niger
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 UK intel report that Iraq was producing WMD 7 days a
week in facilities throughout
the country Warned overthrow of
Saddam would increase chances of WMD falling into hands of terrorists &
terrorism overall
2002 Blair said parliament had to discuss Iraq and WMD Told
Parliament war with Iraq
would increase terrorism threat but
Saddam giving WMD to terrorists was larger concern
2002 Bush told Rice and Powell he would ask for new UN
resolution vs Iraq
2002 Bush said he had gotten support from Australian Premier
Howard and Spanish
Pres Aznar
for action against Iraq
2002 Sen Graham asked CIA for new National Intelligence
Estimate on Iraq
2002 Bush speechwriter Gerson called another speechwriter
Gibson that Iraq tried to buy
uranium from Niger and wanted it
included in Bush’s UN speech CIA was going to allow Niger claim be used in
Bush’s UN speech initially, but then changed mind saying it was single source
and unconfirmed
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 White House asked CIA to clear use of aluminum tubes
story for Bush UN speech
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2003 DepDefSec Wolfowitz said Saddam connected to terrorism
and Al Qaeda and bin
Laden now
trying to work with ex-Baathists
2003 Report Pentagon made no detailed plans for postwar Iraq
Hoped Chalabi and INC
would take
over govt
2004 Zarqawi recording condemned Muslims who were not
supporting jihad in Iraq
2005 Report 70% of Iraqi detainees picked up by US released
for lack of evidence or being
a threat 1000s of innocent Iraqis
being held in US detention facilities for months before being released US mass
arrests causing widespread resentment against Americans
2006 Bush speech US being tested like Cold War and
withdrawing from Iraq would
be
catastrophe US strategy at time was to withdraw from Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 Wash Post report Marine intel reported US losing in
Anbar due to lack of troops no
functioning
Iraqi govt Caused US politicians to question war
2006 Ramadi area sheikhs met to plan announcement of Anbar
Awakening
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar Awakening)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Confronting Al
Qaeda, The Sunni Awakening and American Strategy In Al Anbar)
(Musings
On Iraq book review of The Marines
Take Anbar, The Four-Year Fight Against Al Qaeda)
2006 Cheney told Meet The Press insurgency had gone on
longer than expected May 2005
Cheney said insurgency in “last
throes” Defended invasion of Iraq saying Saddam supported terrorism and would
have restarted WMD programs if not for US Blamed fmr CIA Dir Tenet for bad
pre-war intel on Iraq
2015 Kataib Hezbollah said no Hashd or lovers of Islam
should join protests Claimed
they were
being controlled by US
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