In Iraq, “By the time the constitution was adopted on October 15 [2005], insurgent attacks were averaging one hundred per day–despite a reported doubling of Iraqi security forces over the course of the year.” – Larry Diamond, Squandered Victory, Pages 338-339 […]
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10/15/2005
"According to an October 2005 report by the Congressional Research Service, the total cost of the Iraq war to American taxpayers had reached $251 billion. The report calculated a total expenditure of $82 billion for operations in Afghanistan and $24 billion for enhancements in base security attributable to the wars in those countries for a […]
10/15/2005
“In a sophisticated October 2005 poll of 3,900 respondents in six Arab countries, only 6 percent registered support for al-Qaeda’s aim of a renewed caliphate over all Muslim lands; 39 percent, however, said they sympathized with al-Qaeda’s desire to ‘confront the United States.’ More than 70 percent endorsed the view that American objectives in the […]
10/15/2005
In Iraq, “The new constitution was finalized in September 2005, and was ratified in a nationwide referendum on October 15, 2005.” – “Profile: Republic of Iraq, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs,” U.S. Department of State, May 2, 2011 […]
10/15/2005
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “Referendum on the Iraqi Constitution.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary,” IraqInquiry.org.uk, Oct. 15, 2005 […]
10/13/2005
In an article in The International Herald Tribune on October 13, 2005, “former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski observes, ‘America’s ability to cope with nuclear nonproliferation has…suffered [as a result of the invasion of Iraq]. The contrast between the attack on the militarily weak Iraq and America’s forbearance of the nuclear-armed North Korea has strengthened […]
10/11/2005
In an October 11, 2005, email to journalist Peter Bergen, former U.S. Ambassador to Sudan Timothy Carney stated: ” ‘At no time did Sudanese, Ali Osman Taha [the Foreign Minister of Sudan] or anyone else, ever say to me that they could give the U.S. Osama bin Laden.’ ” – Peter Bergen, The Osama bin […]
10/6/2005
In President Bush’s speech at the National Endowment of Democracy on October 6, 2005, he claimed that “Western security services had thwarted 10 planned attacks by al-Qa’ida since 11 September 2001, three of them against mainland US.” – Robert Cornwell, “God Told Me to Invade Iraq,” The Independent, Oct. 7, 2005 […]
10/6/2005
“A White House list of 10 terrorist plots disrupted by the United States has confused counterterrorism experts and officials, who say they cannot distinguish between the importance of some incidents on the list and others that were left off. Intelligence officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the White House overstated the gravity […]
10/6/2005
President George Bush remarked at the National Endowment for Democracy on October 6, 2005, regarding terrorists and the fight against them: ” ‘No act of ours invited the rage of killers–and no concession, bribe, or act of appeasement would change or limit their plans for murder. …We will never back down, never give in, and […]