1985 Saudis announced attempt to end the Iran-Iraq War
through dialogue with Tehran
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The
Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq
War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)
(Musings
On Iraq book review The
Iran-Iraq War)
2002 Iraq admitted that it was close to building a nuclear
bomb but was abandoned a long time ago
2002 Gen Thurman and McKiernan went to Gen Franks and asked
for more troops for Iraq invasion
2004 In Kuwait after being questioned about lack of up to
date equipment for US troops in Iraq
Rumsfeld said “You go to war with
the army you have”
2005 Bin Laden’s Pakistani biographer quoted in Osama bin
Laden I Know book said bin Laden
hated Saddam
2006 NSC meeting SecState Rice pushed for not getting
involved in civil war and pushing Iraqis to
do more Joint Chiefs head Gen Pace
said US forces could not stand by during Iraq civil war Bush told NSC that US
couldn’t wait for Iraqis to do more US had to act to reduce violence
2006 Report Iraq Study Group found that Saudis were
financing insurgency Much of it came
through religious donations Some
money went to Sunni politicians and figures who then distributed it to
militants Other money went directly to insurgency Saudis denied any money was
going to Iraq but then set up monitoring group under US pressure to crackdown
on religious donations
2009 ISI set off 5 car bombs hit Finance, Justice and Foreign
Ministries in Baghdad killing 127 448
wounded 3rd mass bombing
in Baghdad over short span
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