Coalition Provisional Authority leader Jerry “Bremer had folded on the issue of [hiring members of] Saddam’s old army by February 2004. He told a leading Iraqi, ‘The Coalition has no principled objection to former army personnel. About 80 percent of the New Iraqi Army and Civil Defense Corps are former soldiers. All officers and NCOs […]
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2/15/2004
“…in February of 2004, the [9/11] commission said it actually could not complete its work by the May 27, 2004, deadline because it did not have access to many crucial documents the Bush administration was withholding, and requested more time to complete its task.” Eventually, a sixty-day extension was granted. [The 15th of the month […]
2/12/2004
In Fallujah, Iraq, on February 12, 2004, “CentCom’s [Central Command’s] chief, General [John] Abizaid, escaped an assassination attempt when his convoy came under fire from insurgents with rocket-propelled grenades.” – Ali A. Allawi, The Occupation of Iraq, Page 275 […]
2/11/2004
“…On February 11, 2004, even without an elected government and over European complaints that the ‘demand was irregular and premature,’ Iraq obtained WTO [World Trade Organization] observer status: the first step toward full membership. …Less than one year later, the WTO agreed to accept Iraq’s bid and begin the review and negotiation process toward full […]
2/11/2004
Former FBI translator Sibel “Edmonds, who had top secret clearance with the Bureau, now charges that the FBI had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks–proof, in fact, that al Qaeda was going to attack the United States with aircraft. In an interview with the British newspaper the Independent, Edmonds revealed that she testified to this […]
2/10/2004
“…The Note, a widely read online publication put out by ABC News, summarized the media coverage [of President Bush’s war rationale] in its February 10, 2004, issue. ‘The press, by and large, does not accept President Bush’s justifications for the Iraq war–in any of its WMD, imminent threat, or evil-doer formulations.’ ” – Stephen F. […]
2/9/2004
Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al- “Zarqawi wrote an extraordinary letter (no date specified) to the top leaders of al Qaida, Usama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, which was intercepted by U.S. intelligence and aired publicly for the first time in a February 9, 2004, New York Times story.” – Douglas Feith, War […]
2/8/2004
In a February 8, 2004, appearance on Meet the Press, President Bush said: ” ‘I expected there to be stockpiles of weapons’ and ‘We thought he [Saddam] had weapons.’ ” – Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page 424 […]
2/8/2004
In an appearance on Meet the Press on February 8, 2004, President Bush explained to host Tim Russert his rationalization for war with Iraq, and the apparent lack of WMD in the country. ” ‘First of all, I expected to find the weapons. …I based my decision on the best intelligence possible, intelligence that had […]
2/8/2004
” ‘I’m a war president,’ Bush told TV host Tim Russert [on Meet the Press] on February 8, 2004. ‘I make decisions here in the Oval Office with war on my mind.’ ” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 65 […]