1980 Iraq sent letter to UN saying it was still following
the 1975 Algiers Accord
on Shatt
al-Arab and Iran was violating it
1983 Pres Reagan signed NSDD114 saying U.S. would back
Iraq in Iran-Iraq
War to
prevent it from losing
1993 Iraq accepted UN Resolution 715 to extend UN weapons
inspections Initially
rejected
resolution
2001 Bush called Saddam a terrorist who would be held
accountable and said Iraq
needed to
allow UN weapons inspectors back in
2001 White House spokesman Fleischer said US afraid Al
Qaeda might try to get
nuclear
weapons from Iraq
2002 Gen Franks presented deployment plan for Iraq
invasion to Rumsfeld Was for
300,000 troops
to be sent from summer 02-spring 03
2002 Rumsfeld said large deployment would undermine
diplomatic moves US making
on Iraq
2002 Rumsfeld decided to go through entire deployment
process for Iraq invasion Ended
up breaking
it up and controlling entire process
2003 Sistani said he opposed CPA’s plan for caucuses to be
formed to draft new
Iraq
constitution
2003 Sistani wanted Islamic identity to be included in any
new Iraqi government
2006 US Iraq strategy review presented to Bush Said Maliki
unable or unwilling
to act
against violence
2006 US Iraq strategy review said US should continue with
withdrawal plan but
could have
temporary surge of troops
2006 SecState Rice told Bush US should step back from Iraq
Was opposed to
surge of troops
2006 NatlSecAdv Hadley told Bush US should have a surge of
troops in Iraq to
bring down
violence
2006 Bush said he would consult with everyone and decide
on a new Iraq
strategy in
Dec 06
2007 Maliki told Bush he was afraid insurgents were infiltrating
the sahwa
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