Member of the Iraqi interim governing council Ahmad Chalabi “gave an interview to the British Sunday Telegraph [on February 18, 2004]. He casually dismissed the charge that his Iraqi National Congress had provided the American government with bogus intelligence on weapons of mass destruction. ‘We are heroes in error,’ he told the reporter. ‘As far […]
2/16/2004
According to an article in the February 16, 2004, issue of The New Yorker: ” ‘People think [Vice President Dick] Cheney’s Energy Task Force has been secretive about domestic issues,’ said Mark Medish, senior director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian affairs at the National Security Council during the Clinton administration. ‘But if this little group […]
2/16/2004
Per The New Yorker, on February 16, 2004: “…there is now far more evidence than was available at the time of the invasion to suggest that Iraqi oil supplies may have played a much bigger role in the administration’s overall decision than anyone realised. …his [President Bush’s] National Security Council was ordered to meld its […]
2/15/2004
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “699. February 2004 was the worst month for Coalition casualties since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime. More than 200 people, mainly Iraqi citizens, were killed in suicide attacks. Attacks on the Iraqi Security Forces were increasing and concerns about Islamic extremists operating in […]
2/15/2004
A secret military investigation of the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib in Iraq concluded in February 2004: “that U.S. military personnel had committed numerous acts of ‘sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuse’ at the prison during 2003.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life of […]
2/15/2004
“A [February 2004] report by the International Committee of the Red Cross, first disclosed by The Wall Street Journal, found that the [Iraqi prisoner] abuses were not confined to a handful of rogue guards at Abu Ghraib but appeared to be ‘part of the standard operating procedures by military intelligence personnel to obtain confessions and […]
2/15/2004
“In January 2004, the U.S. military launched an investigation into reports of misconduct at the [Abu Ghraib] prison [in Iraq] and concluded in an internal report in February [2004] that U.S. soldiers ‘have committed egregious acts and grave breaches of international law.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – […]
2/15/2004
“Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, warned Osama bin Laden in a letter [that was intercepted in February 2004] that ‘democracy is coming’ and ‘with the deployment of [Iraqi] soldiers and police, the future has become frightening.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Karl Rove, Courage and […]
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 […]
2/15/2004
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 […]