1983 Reagan Special Envoy to Middle East Rumsfeld arrived in
Baghdad to try to improve
US-Iraq relations
(Musings
On Iraq book review The Saddam Tapes)
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
(Musings
On Iraq book review of Shaping the
Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Role of Military Intelligence Assessment)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Leap of Faith,
Hubris Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy
Tragedy)
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
(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)
2002 Sec State Powell and US Amb to UN Negroponte said Iraq
in “material breach” of disarmament
obligations with its weapons
declaration to UN
2002 Sec State Powell said Iraq bought aluminum tubes for
centrifuges
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
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)
(Musings
On Iraq article Iraq, One Of The Worst Intelligence Failures In US History)
(Musings
On Iraq article on how poor US intel work led to claim Iraq rebuilt its
nuclear weapons program)
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 How Iraqi Defector CURVEBALL Became Basis For US Claims That Iraq
Had WMD)
(Musings
On Iraq Look Who The LA Times Dug Up – CURVEBALL)
(Musings
On Iraq The Story Of CURVEBALL And Iraq’s Mobile Biological Weapons Labs)
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
(Musings
On Iraq article on the history of Badr Organization)
(Musings
On Iraq interview with Jerry Burke police and Interior Min adviser on how
Badr took over Interior Ministry)
2006 NSC meeting Bush told PM Maliki agreed to new Baghdad
security plan
2006 PM Maliki proposed Baghdad security plan to US 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
2006 Report Lawyer that investigated Diyala said that
torture widespread in police Police full of militias
Death squads operated with help of
police Sunni and Shiite religious leaders tried to get local sheikhs to sign
pledge to stop violence Baquba mayor said Shiites had mostly been expelled from
city by Sunnis ISF did not protect Sunnis in province Deputy police commander
in Diyala said politicians were constantly interfering in his work
2006 Report insurgents and gangs taking down power towers to
Baghdad Insurgents launching
campaign to deprive capital of
electricity Gangs stripping towers of aluminum that they sell Electricity Min
said Baghdad in crisis Mar 06 1-2 power lines to Baghdad down at one time
Summer 06 6-7 lines down Fall 06 up to 12 power lines down July insurgents took
down every power line to Baghdad in coordinated attacks across central Iraq
2007 West Point study of
captured ISI docs Largest group of foreign fighters were Saudis 41% Most were
24-25 yrs old
43% students Strength of ISI was able to constantly draw upon young recruits
(Musings
On Iraq article on Saudi role in insurgency)
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)
(Musings
On Iraq book review Iraq From War To
A New Authoritarianism)
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)
2013 Sheikh Mohammed al-Hayes’ house in Ramadi bombed in
spate of violence against Anbar
notables
(Musings
On Iraq article on Anbar violence)
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