On May 22, 2003, “the United Nations Security Council explicitly recognized United States and Britain, under international law, as ‘occupying powers’ in Iraq. Security Council Resolution 1483 called upon America and Britain ‘to promote the welfare of the Iraqi people through the effective administration of the territory,’ while creating the conditions for Iraqis to ‘freely […]
Category: quotes
5/22/2003
“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 […]
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 […]
5/21/2003
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
“By [Lieutenant General Jay] Garner’s calculation the U.S. now had at least 350,000 more enemies [in Iraq, on May 16, 2003] than it had the day before–the 50,000 Baathists, the 300,000 officially unemployed soldiers from the army, and a handful from the now defunct Iraqi leadership group.” – Bob Woodward, State of Denial, Page 200 […]
5/16/2003
Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) leader L. Paul “Bremer’s first act of business in Iraq was to define his powers as administrator of the CPA with the enactment of Coalition Provisional Authority Regulation Number 1 on May 16, 2003. …Bremer altered Iraqi law in order to implement an economic model preferred by the Bush administration…to implement […]
5/16/2003
Director of Reconstruction in Iraq L. Paul Bremer issued Coalition Provisional Authority Order No. 1 on May 16, 2003. It “provided for the ‘De-Ba’athification of Iraqi Society.’ All Ba’ath party members holding any position [of importance]…were removed from their jobs. With this Order, 120,000 of Iraq’s most experienced and highest ranking civil servants…were fired.” – […]