“The US and Britain produced a blueprint for postwar Iraq. In this document, which was adopted by the UN in Resolution 1483 on 22 May 2003, the allies not only identified themselves as ‘occupying powers’ but awarded themselves total control of Iraq’s oil revenues on the basis that it would be needed to rebuild Iraq’s […]
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5/22/2003
“[T]he Development Fund for Iraq (DFI), which derived from the country’s oil and gas income… had been created by UN Security Council Resolution 1483 on May 22 [2003], which also created an International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) to audit the expenditure of DFI funds.” – Dov S. Zakheim, A Vulcan’s Tale, Page 208 […]
5/22/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “656. Discussion between the US and UK on the content of a new UN Security Council resolution began the same day. Resolution 1483 (2003) was eventually adopted on 22 May.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report […]
5/22/2003
“The United States acted swiftly to ensure that oil would remain dominantly a dollar commodity, by an executive order empowering Iraqi oil sales to be returned from euros to dollars. [President] Bush’s order of May 22, 2003 [Executive Order 13303], declaring a ‘national emergency,’ did not directly mention the dollar as such; but it directed […]
5/21/2003
Former CIA Director George Tenet discussed al-Qa’ida’s attempt to get sanctions from the clergy to use weapons of mass destruction. Shaykh Nasir bin Hamid al-Fahd “helpfully gave al-Qa’ida just what they needed. In a document published in May [21] 2003 called ‘A Treatise on the Legal Status of Using Weapons of Mass Destruction Against Infidels,’ […]
5/20/2003
“After lowering the U.S. terror alert level following the conquest of Baghdad [Iraq], on May 20 [2003] the Department of Homeland Security brought the level back up to orange. The move was a response to intelligence suggesting the high risk of a new al Qaeda attack on U.S. soil. …former White House Press Secretary Ari […]
5/19/2003
“At [the entrenchment location of U.S. forces in Baghdad dubbed] Curley, however, most of the fighting had been against foreign Arabs and jihadists. Interrogation reports indicated that the Arab fighters were organized into platoons of thirty to forty and that there were an estimated 200 to 300 at Curley. Many had been brought over from […]
5/16/2003
On May 16, 2003, “the New York Times reported that…[9/11 mastermind] Khalid Shaikh Mohammed had confessed to interrogators that ‘landmarks in New York and Washington, previously selected by Mr. bin Laden, remain on al Qaeda’s target list.’ Included on that list was the Sears Tower in Chicago…” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page […]
5/16/2003
“On May 16 [2003], a week after [Coalition Provisional Authority leader L. Paul] Bremer arrived [in Iraq], he signed Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 1, which was designed to extinguish the Baath Party and Baathists from Iraqi government and society. …Excising Baathists hollowed out the entire Iraqi civil service and professional control over the ministries. […]
5/16/2003
Coalition Provisional Authority leader L. Paul Bremer’s disbanding of the Iraqi army on May 16, 2003, “contradicted the recommendations of an interagency planning group chaired by the National Security Council.” – James Risen, State of War, Page 3 […]