1983 Reagan Special Envoy to Middle East Rumsfeld arrived in
Baghdad to try to improve
US-Iraq relations
1998 Op Desert Fox by Pres Clinton to punish Iraq for ending
cooperation with UN weapons
inspectors ended Iraq gave up
rebuilding its WMD programs as a result
(Musings
On Iraq article on Op Desert Fox)
2001 Gen Franks made 3rd presentation to Rumsfeld
of revised Iraq war plan
2002 Blix and El Baradei told Security Council about initial
weapons inspections Blix said Iraq had
not provided much new info Said 1
main problem was declared amounts of WMD produced vs what Iraq could’ve
produced and 2 secret destruction of stocks Iraq’s claims and potential WMD
production didn't match and had no proof of its secret destruction of stocks
2002 Sec of State Powell said Iraq in “material breach” of
disarmament obligations with its weapons
declaration to UN
2002 State Dept paper accused Iraq of active WMD programs
rebuilding nuke program Not
disclosing them to UN Said Iraq
weapons declaration to UN did not include it trying to buy uranium from Niger
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2002 UK cabinet told Blair govt would declare Iraq in
material breach of UN Resolution 1441 in Jan
because of its arms declaration
2002 France said it was up to inspectors not US to determine
whether Iraq was hiding WMD
2002 Russia criticized US for not providing evidence to
Security Council and inspectors of Iraqi
violations during inspections
2002 CNN/Time poll 63% of US respondents believed US war
with Iraq was inevitable
2002 Gen Franks briefed Bush again on war plans Went over
what could go wrong and lessons from
war game
2002 CIA had meeting on Curveball informant that claimed
Iraq had mobile WMD labs German
office chief said Curveball seemed
unreliable Analyst said Curveball claim of Iraq mobile WMD labs corroborated by
another source Was an INC defector Deputy CIA Dir’s executive assistant said
Curveball was credible
(Musings
On Iraq article on how CURVEBALL influenced US intel on Iraq’s WMD)
2004 Suicide bomber in Karbala killed 14 and wounded 30 and
car bomb in Najaf killed 48 wounded
90
2004 30 insurgents attacked members of Election Commission
on Haifa St Baghdad Dragged them
from car and shot them in street
2005 Adnan al-Dulaimi of Iraqi Accordance Front called for
revote at polling stations where
violations were registered
2005 Salah al-Mutlaq of National Dialogue Front claimed
there was voter fraud
2005 Amb Khalizad said couldn’t have sectarian Badr member
run Interior Ministry
2006 NSC meeting Bush told Maliki agreed to new Baghdad
security plan
2006 Maliki proposed Baghdad security plan to Americans Said
he would support troop surge if US
only went after insurgents and not
militias Said he would make a political deal with Sadr that would reduce Mahdi
Army violence
2008 Pres Talabani proposed reforms to PUK at politburo
meeting to address factionalism
2011 Arrest warrant for VP Hashemi issued forcing him into
exile
(Musings
On Iraq article on charges against VP Hashemi)
2011 3 of Hashemi’s guards appeared on TV saying they were
involved in terrorist attacks
(Musings
On Iraq article on Hashemi bodyguards’ confessions)
2011 Report one of VP Hashemi’s guards had been arrested
start of Dec on charges of building a car
bomb Guard confessed leading to 3
more guards and manager of Hashemi’s office to be arrested
(Musings
On Iraq article on PM Maliki’s moves against VP Hashemi)
2011 PM Maliki ordered Dep PM Mutlaq barred from entering
parliament
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki’s moves against Mutlaq and Iraqiya)
2012 PM Maliki ordered arrest of Fin Min Issawi on terrorism
charges Detained 10 of his bodyguards
1 yr after having warrant issued
for VP Hashemi for terrorism
2012 Pres Obama called Fin Min Issawi US Amb Beecroft
visited Issawi US Embassy issued protest
to Iraq’s Foreign Min over warrant
for Issawi
2012 Protests started in Anbar Salahaddin Adhamiya in
Baghdad over warrant for Fin Min Issawi
(Musings
On Iraq article on Maliki’s moves against Fin Min Issawi)
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