1927 UK For Sec Chamberlain told King Faisal talks over
Anglo-Iraq Treaty
should be
delayed for two years and Faisal would have to run Iraq on his own
1927 British knew Faisal afraid of potential unrest and were
trying to intimidate him
during
negotiations over new treaty Tactic worked
1934 Border dispute between Iraq and Persia escalated
1980 Iranian marines destroyed Mina al Bakr and Khor al
Amaya oil terminals
in Iraq
1980 Iranian attack on Iraqi oil facilities in Basra cut
exports from 3.24 mil/bar/day to
550,000
bar/day
1981 Iran started Op Jerusalem Way in Khuzestan province Was
start of human wave
attacks
1990 UN Resolution 678 gave Iraq until 1/15/91 to withdraw
from Kuwait
2001 UN Res 1382 extended Oil for Food program
2001 Amer Enterprise Institute panel said Saddam had to be
removed before US
could
confront radical Islam
2002 UK Defense Min told Blair that US still had no
political strategy for Iraq
2002 American Enterprise Inst group of experts started work
on paper on what U.S.
facing
after 9/11 Would focus on Iraq
2003 Insurgent attacks killed 7 Spanish intelligence
officers and 2 Japanese diplomats
in Iraq
2004 Bush told NSC January 2005 Iraqi election had to happen
on time
2005 Rumsfeld told press “insurgent” should no longer be
used when reporting on Iraq
2005 Joint Chiefs head Gen Pace talked to press and used
word “insurgent” in briefing
on
situation in Iraq
2005 Rumsfeld said US forces had no responsibility to report
torture and abuse by Iraqi
forces
2005 Joint Chiefs head Gen Pace said US absolutely had to
report any abuse and torture
it
witnessed by Iraqi forces
2005 Report Badr infiltrated Interior Min Mahdi Army regular
police Both carrying out
extrajudicial
killings torture abuse
2005 Interior Min Inspector General said police carrying out
extrajudicial killings
2005 Ceremony for DNO to start drilling for oil at field in
Zakho
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