1932 Executive Committee of the Shias in Iraq issued
Manifesto saying monarchy discriminated
against
Shiites
1932 Executive Committee of the Shias called on England to
remove monarchy and empower
Shiites
1958 Jordan began talks with Iraq for a federation in
response to Egypt and Syria’s United Arab
Republic
1979 Ayatollah Baqir al-Sadr declared 3 day holiday for
Najaf hawza after Iranian Revolution
1981 Iraq offered Iran a ceasefire at Non-Aligned Movement
conference Iran rejected offer
1986 Iranians captured Fao Peninsula in Basra Iran-Iraq War
1986 Iran launched diversionary attack in Basra marshes to
take Iraqi forces away
from
counterattacking Fao Peninsula
1986 Iraq blamed US for not providing intel on Iranian offensive
1987 Pres Khamenei said that aim of Iran-Iraq War was to
punish Iraq and overthrow
Saddam
1990 Bush sent Undersecretary of State Kelly to Baghdad to
discuss improving Iraq-US
relations
1990 Saddam told Undersecretary of State Kelly that US could
dominate Middle East
with
decline of Soviet Union
1990 Saddam told Undersecretary of State Kelly that he
wanted to work with US but
wanted to
be sure Bush was not just going to follow Israel
2000 Iraq announced UN weapons inspectors would not be allowed
back into country
2002 UK Amb to US Meyer said Bush’s Axis of Evil speech made
more in US think
about war
vs Iraq
2002 Fmr CIA Dir Woolsey told Pentagon about Iraqi defector
with intel on Iraq’s
WMD
provided by INC
2003 Powell claimed bin Laden complaining about effect of
sanctions on Iraqi people
showed
Baghdad aligned with Al Qaeda and terrorism
2003 UK Amb to US said that Bush admin was ready for war by
March with or without
UN approval
2003 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate Iraq had WMD and was hiding
them from UN
inspectors
2003 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate Intel Comm Iraq tried to buy
aluminum tubes for its
nuke
program
(Musings
On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)
2003 CIA Dir Tenet told Senate Iraq harboring Zarqawi an Al
Qaeda associate Iraq
trained Al
Qaeda operatives
2003 CIA senior Africa analyst said that Iraq-Niger uranium
docs looked like fakes
(Musings
On Iraq article on Iraq-Niger uranium story)
2003 Bin Laden released tape saying Iraqi people had to
resist U.S. invasion and
called
Baath infidels
2003 UnderSecDef Feith and State Dept’s Grossman testified
to Senate Foreign
Relations
Comm on postwar Iraq plans Didn’t give any details
2003 State Dept’s Grossman told Senate US would only stay in
Iraq as long as necessary
2003 State Dept’s Grossman said 4 phases to postwar Iraq 1st
stability 2nd handing
authority
to Iraqis 3rd New constitution 4th electing new Iraqi
govt
2003 State Dept’s Grossman told Senate US would not create a
govt in exile before
invasion
2003 State Dept’s Grossman said committees would be formed
to create new Iraq
Iraqi
institutions would still be running to help govern country
2003 UnderSecDef Feith told Senate Iraqi oil would pay for
all reconstruction and
running
govt Said US would not impose any leaders or govt on Iraq
2003 Former CENTCOM commander Gen Zinni testified to Senate
Foreign Relations
Committee
on postwar Iraq
2003 Gen Zinni said U.S. had to maintain law and order
peacekeeping civil unrest had to
be stopped
and prevent revenge develop local police
2004 Suicide bombing on army recruitment center in Baghdad
killed 36
2006 Former head of US training mission for Iraqi army Gen
Eaton said effort set back
by initial
poor planning that didn't prioritize creating new Iraqi forces
2006 Sadr threatened to withdraw from United Iraqi Alliance
if list didn’t support
Jaafari as
premier
2007 US military in Baghdad presented evidence of EFPs being
supplied to militias
by Iran
(Musings On Iraq interview with Galen Wright of Arkenstone blog on on Iranian arms shipments to Iraqi militias)
2009 Iran’s Foreign Minister came to Baghdad to mediate between
Dawa and SIIC
2010 Iraqi Special Forces with US advisers raided Kataib
Hezbollah in Maysan
killing 8
Iraqi politicians condemned raid
2010 After raid Maliki ordered all raids be authorized by
him personally Led
several ISF
commands to suspend ops with US
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