“On July 25 [1990], President Saddam Hussein of Iraq summoned the United States Ambassador to Baghdad, April Glaspie, to his office in the last high-level contact between the two Governments before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2.” Hussein said: ” ‘The United States wants to secure the flow of oil. This is understandable […]
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7/25/1990
“On July 25 [1990], he [Secretary of State James Baker] asked Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher for new controls over exports [of U.S. technology to Iraq]. ‘Iraq’s extraordinarily aggressive weapons proliferation efforts make this situation urgent,’ wrote Baker.” – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 131 […]
7/20/1990
Then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney wrote: “On July 20 [1990], the two of them [Israeli defense minister Moshe Arens and deputy chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces Ehud Barak] took seats at the small round table in my office, and pulling papers and maps out of their briefcases, they presented evidence of the […]
7/19/1990
“On July 19, 1990, State [Department] sent a memo to [Secretary of State James] Baker advising stricter controls because Saddam was developing chemical and biological weapons and was working on nuclear weapons. ‘Iraq has been attempting to obtain items to support these proliferation activities from U.S. exporters, in some cases successfully,’ said the memo…’including seventeen […]
7/19/1990
On July 19, 1990, after Iraq had stationed troops on the Kuwaiti border, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney “offered a public warning to Saddam Hussein. ‘We take very seriously any threat that could risk U.S. interests or U.S. friends in the region,’ he told reporters. ‘That’s a part of the world you’ve got to be […]
7/18/1990
As Iraq built up troops on the Kuwaiti border, “The State Department declared on July 18 [1990] that the United States remained ‘determined to ensure the free flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz and to defend the principle of freedom of navigation. We also remain strongly committed to supporting the individual and collective […]
7/17/1990
In his National Day address on July 17, 1990, Saddam Hussein “directly threatened his neighbors and explicitly referred to Iraq’s chemical weapons. He said Iraq had defended the Arab States against the Persians and then been stabbed with a poison dagger. The day before, in a memorandum to the secretary general of the Arab League, […]
7/15/1990
In July 1990, Saddam Hussein “accused Kuwait of siphoning off Iraqi oil and massed troops along the border.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Jonathan Randal, Osama, Page 104 […]
7/15/1990
In July 1990, “The CIA helps [future World Trade Center bombing conspirator] Sheikh Rahman enter the United States by approving his visa in Sudan even though he is on a U.S. Watch List.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Peter Lance, Triple Cross, (Timeline) Page 4 […]
7/15/1990
Future World Trade Center bombing conspirator Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman arrived in New York in July 1990. “Even though he’d been on a U.S. terrorism Watch List for three years, the Sheikh was granted a visa to enter America.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Peter Lance, 1000 Years […]