1973 Sheikh Jabir al-Sabah visited Iraq and again offered to
talk about Iraq-
Kuwait
border dispute
1973 Iraq demanded 2 islands from Kuwait which it refused
1991 Bush announced no fly zone over southern Iraq to stop
Saddam offensive
to clear
out southern marshes
1995 UN interviewed Hussein Kamal former Industry Min and
Saddam’s son-in-law
that defected
to Jordan
1995 Kamal said Iraq hid its WMD & nuke programs from
inspectors but all programs
ended after
Gulf War
1995 US & UN didn’t believe Kamal’s claim that Iraq
had ended its WMD & nuke
program Did
convince them that Iraq would always hide its programs
1996 Massoud Barzani wrote Tariq Aziz asking for Baghdad’s
help to fight PUK
and their
Iranian backers in Irbil
2003 Bush said Iraq war had transformed to one against
Baathists and Al Qaeda
2003 Australian intel officer testified to parliament no
pre-war evidence of Iraq-Al
Qaeda ties
& Iraq’s WMD contained
2003 Australian intel officer testified to parliament US
flooded with disinformation by
anti-Saddam
Iraqis before war
2005 Draft constitution presented to parliament Same time
given 3 day extension 2nd
one to
finish draft
2014 ISF and Asaib Ahl Al-Haq raided mosque in Diyala and
killed worshippers
2015 Gunmen in military uniforms attacked sit in
protesters in Basra Police did nothing
2015 Riot police broke up protests in Hillah beating them
Used water hoses
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