1983 Reagan envoy to Middle East Rumsfeld met with Saddam as
part of new
US policy
to back Iraq in Iran-Iraq War
1998 UN Res 1153 allowed Iraq to sell $5.3 bil in oil for
6 months under Oil for Food
program
2001 NYTimes article with Iraqi defector Haideri provided by
INC claimed he went to 20
WMD sites
2001 Haideri’s claims used in CIA DIA and White House reports
Later found to be
unreliable
by US intel
2002 IAEA inspectors said Tuwaitha facility involved in civilian
nuclear research not
involved in
weapons program
2002 CIA blocked UN Amb to UN Negroponte mentioning
Iraq-Niger uranium deal in
speech to
Security Council
2004 Bush said he expected violence to increase before Jan
05 elections
2006 US military turned over 3rd province to
Iraqi forces, Najaf
2012 Maliki had 10 of Finance Min Issawi’s bodyguards
arrested Led to protests in
Anbar
Salahaddin Ninewa Baghdad
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