1922 UK Colonial Office wrote only reason King Faisal
accepted in Iraq was because he was
backed by British
1961 Gen Qasim took 99.5% of Iraq Petroleum Company’s concessions and created Iraq National Oil
Company Company demanded
arbitration for Iraq taking it concession but Iraq refused
(Musings On Iraq interview
with Western Kentucky’s Prof Romero on the Qasim govt)
1998 Chief UN inspector Butler met with Natl Sec Adv Berger
and decided US would strike Iraq
Clinton wanted to send message
Saddam was vulnerable
(Musings
On Iraq article UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD
and 2003 Invasion)
2001 VP Cheney said that Saddam needed to be careful and see
what happened to the Taliban in
Afghanistan
(Musings
On Iraq book review Wanting War: Why
the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2002 Pentagon started another post-war planning group just 3
months before invasion
(Musings
On Iraq article on Part I Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
Hard Lessons Planning for Postwar
Iraq September 2001 to May 2003)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
2002 IAEA went to Tarmia facility where Iraq had worked on
enriched uranium before Gulf War Found
it destroyed
(Musings
On Iraq article UN Inspectors Were Right Iraq Was Not A Threat)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq’s Rejection of UN Inspectors Led To Mistrust Over WMD
and 2003 Invasion)
2005 Report French intel told CIA several times in 2002 that
no evidence to support Iraq-Niger
uranium story
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2005 National Dialogue Council’s Salah al-Mutlaq called for
US to bring back Saddam era police and
soldiers that didn’t have blood on
their hands
2005 Sunni sheikhs and clerics in Salahaddin and Baghdad
said they would not boycott the Dec 15
elections like they did in January
2006 Outside experts told Bush status quo and withdrawal
plan not working in Iraq Said Bush’s
national security team had failed
on Iraq and should be replaced
(Musings
On Iraq article on pre-Surge US Iraq strategy)
2006 Ret Gen Keane told Bush US needed troop surge Protect
civilians using counterinsurgency
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Prof Mansoor on the Surge)
2006 Report US intel and Pentagon not investing resources to
fully understand insurgency and
militias in Iraq
2006 Saudi imams called on Sunnis around the world to
mobilize against Iraqi Shiites
(Musings
On Iraq article on Saudi role in insurgency)
2007 Bremer responding to Fmr Dep Def Sec Feith claim that
Bremer’s long term policy for political
transition in Iraq responsible for
problems said it was Bush who okayed his strategy
2007 Report SIIC’s Hakim appealed to Iran who assured him
they would rein in support for Sadr after
series of clashes between Mahdi
Army and Badr across south Iraq
2007 Report US military wanted to reform National Police
rather than disband it as suggested by US
Jones report ordered by Gen
Petraeus because of role in sectarian violence
2009 Oil Min started second auction for international energy
companies to invest in oil fields 3
bids accepted
(Musings
On Iraq First Day Of New Bidding Round On Iraqi Oil Fields)
(Musings
On Iraq 2nd Round of Bidding On Iraq’s Oil Fields Ends As A
Success)
2011 Human Rights Min found mass grave in Basra from Saddam
era
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