1921 Colonial Secretary Churchill memo said he supported
Iraqi govt and
independence
to maintain British influence in Iraq
(Musings
On Iraq article on Churchill’s views on Mesopotamia)
1945 Iraqi forces launched new assault upon Kurdish forces
in Barzan 1943 Barzani revolt
1980 Iran shelled Khanaqin and Mandali in Diyala and bombed
two other towns
Saddam
accused Iran of starting hostilities
1980 Saddam ordered army to seize disputed areas with Iran
Would take 201 sq miles of
territory including small islands
in Shatt al-Arab Iraqis would lose 100 soldiers while Iran 50
1991 U.N. investigation of impact of sanctions on Iraq
suggested oil for food program
1994 Iraq accused Iran of arming Shiite opposition groups in
southern marshes
1996 US fired 17 more cruise missiles at Iraqi air defense
sites in response to
Saddam’s moves
against PUK
2002 At meeting on Al Qaeda Rumsfeld said Iraq more important
than Al Qaeda
2002 Bush sent letter to Speaker of House saying US had to
deal with disarming Iraq
2002 Rep Ike Skelton wrote letter to Pres Bush “To win
victory is easy, to preserve its
fruits,
difficult”
2002 Bush met with Congressional leaders to lobby for
resolution on use of force vs Iraq
Many were receptive to idea House majority
leader Dick Armey told Bush if he invaded Iraq US would be stuck in a guagmire
2002 Rumsfeld briefed large number of Congressmen on Iraq He
wasn’t prepared and
wouldn’t
divulge any info on threat
2002 UK Defense Ministry paper said that US had no clear
postwar strategy for Iraq
and that
meant no winning plan
2002 Blair told ForSec Cook Iraq’s army depleted so he was
trying to get nuclear
weapons
2002 Report on whether Iraq working on its nuclear program
Quoted INC defector
ex-nuke
scientist Hamza who claimed Iraq could have bomb by 2005
2002 Report Iraq took reporters to suspected nuke site at Al
Qaim and was destroyed
2002 Germany’s Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder ruled out German
participation in any
Iraq war
even with UN and EU approval
2003 Fmr CENCTOM Cmdr Gen Zinni said US had no strategy in
Iraq and danger of
failing
2003 Rumsfeld said US speeding up creation of new Iraqi
security forces in face of
growing
attacks
2003 Rumsfeld talked with Iraq commanders about troop
withdrawal Pentagon plan was to
have
25,000-30,000 troops in Iraq by Sep 03 Instead 130,000 due to violence
2004 US op to clear Tal Afar began
2006 Report Dora south Baghdad 1st area Op
Together Forward II started in Deaths down
dramatically Question of whether
area could be held by Iraqi forces National Police brigade to take control but
had little to no training
2015 Allawi condemned Abadi saying his reforms were
unconstitutional
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