“In the spring of [May 14] 2003, [Central Command leader] General [Tommy] Franks was named in a lawsuit brought before a Belgian court for his role in the Iraq war. The Belgian parliament had passed a law in the 1990s giving their nation’s courts the jurisdiction to try war crimes, genocide, and other crimes against […]
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5/13/2003
“On 13 May, 2003, two large mass graves containing thousands of people were located in the area of Mahawil near Hilla [Iraq]. Many of those arrested in the uprising of 1991 had been detained there. The US military at first tried to secure the site, but the pressure of the crowds seeking information about their […]
5/13/2003
President George W. Bush: “We moved into Iraq, we removed the dictator, but we’ve got work to do. First, we’re going to help rebuild the country, make sure the people have got food on the table, make sure the children can go to school, make sure those who need medical supply can find medical supply. […]
5/12/2003
Coalition Provisional Authority leader “Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III arrived in Baghdad on May 12, 2003, with two draft edicts that he, as the president’s [Bush’s] designated envoy and with the president’s full authority, would issue within days of his arrival in Iraq. In magnitude, they were on par with the decision to base the […]
5/12/2003
On May 12, 2003, “a powerful car bomb in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia…killed thirty-four people, including eight Americans. [Bush] Administration officials charged that the al-Qaeda planners of the attack had operated out of Iran.” – Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell, Page 471 […]
5/12/2003
President George W. Bush on our goals in the Middle East: “And part of the war on terror was dealing with the dictator in Iraq. Part of making this country more secure and the world more peaceful was going into Iraq and removing a dictator who had defied resolution after resolution after resolution from the international community; […]
5/12/2003
On May 12, 2003, “nine al Qaeda suicide bombers mounted synchronized strikes on three housing compounds in the Saudi Arabian capitol of Riyadh; the thirty-four who were killed included eight Americans.” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 443 […]
5/12/2003
“On May 12 [2003], a suicide bomb set off by Al Qaeda kills at least 11 people in Riyadh [Saudi Arabia] and injures more than 120. The explosion takes place in a compound that houses mainly Arab families and is seen as a direct attack on the House of Saud rather than Westerners.” – Craig […]
5/12/2003
“…on May 12 [2003], explosions ripped through an apartment complex on the outskirts of Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], killing 35–including 9 Americans–and injuring 309.” – Ron Suskind, The One Percent Doctrine, Page 236 […]
5/12/2003
“…teams of Saudi jihadis targeted the capital, Riyadh, in suicide attacks that killed twenty-nine Saudis and foreigners, none of them Americans, on May 12, 2003.” – Jonathan Randal, Osama, Page 202 […]