1977 Bakr govt put down Shiite protests killing 16 and
arresting around 2000 Ayatollah Mohammed
Baqir al-Hakim and others arrested
1983 Iranian Op Fajr al-Nasr began Attacked Fakkeh area
heading for Maysan in central front
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with author Tom Cooper 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)
1991 Jordan’s King Hussein condemned Saudis for letting Arab
land be used to attack Iraq during Gulf War
1999 Guardian reported that Dec 98 Iraqis met with Al Qaeda
in Afghanistan Claimed Iraq offered bin
Laden asylum False story
2001 US and UK launched largest air strikes on Iraq in 2 yrs
to destroy fiber optic communications system
Iraq trying to install
2002 Sec State Powell told Congress White House considering
all options on Iraq but that regime change
had been US policy and would be
good for region
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq’s
Future The aftermath of regime change)
2002 CIA officials told NY Times Iraq not taken part in any
anti-U.S. terrorism since 1993 attempt on ex-
Pres Bush
2002 US intel officials told NY Times 9/11 hijacker Atta met
with Iraqi intel in Prague
2003 UK Foreign Sec Straw wrote Attny Gen Lord Goldsmith
challenging need for 2nd UN resolution to go
to war with Iraq
2003 Press revealed most of UK intel dossier on Iraq trying
to hide WMD was plagiarized from a US college
student’s paper
2003 NYTimes Washington Post USA Today editorials all said
Powell’s UN speech convinced them of Iraq
threat
2003 Khalizad met with Turkmen Front Kurds Turks to try to
make deal between Ankara and Kurds to
facilitate using Turkey for
invasion
2004 Bush announced Silberman-Robb commission to look into
U.S. pre-war intel on Iraq’s WMD after
none found
2004 Report DIA said CURVEBALL intel on Iraq mobile WMD labs
was questionable in 02 Never passed to
rest of intel community
(Musings
On Iraq article on how CURVEBALL influenced US intel on Iraq’s WMD)
2006 US Iraq Amb Khalizad said US talking to Iraqi
insurgents in Anbar Syria Jordan Anbar Sheikh
Fahadawi assassinated for taking
part in talks
2007 PM Maliki told Al Hayat that ISF penetrated and needed
to be purged Claimed ISI was weak due to
divisions
and govt had penetrated group and found out its organization and leadership
2007 PM Maliki said govt had not started new security plan
in Baghdad well and was hurting standing with
public ISF commanders said some
units slow to deploy to Baghdad Getting army and police to cooperate a problem
2007 Iranian diplomat detained by Iraqi police commandos and
accused CIA of torturing him after his
release
2007 Bremer testified to Congress 1st time
Questioned about missing $8.8 bil Bremer said money given to
Iraqi ministries but didn’t follow
what happened afterward Disputed claims CPA staffed by young inexperienced
Republicans Said pre-war planning bad
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