“A suicide car bomber had destroyed it [the four-story American embassy in East Beirut, Lebanon] on September 20, 1984, killing 14 people, just 17 months after its seven-story predecessor along the waterfront had been blown sky high.” – Robert Baer, See No Evil, Page 107 […]
9/15/1984
In September 1984, “Osama bin Laden and [his mentor] Abdullah Azzam launch the Services Office in Peshawar, Pakistan, to support Arabs seeking to join the jihad against Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Roy Gutman, How We Missed the Story, Page 263 […]
6/15/1984
In June 1984, “Vice President George H.W. Bush telephoned the president of the Export-Import Bank and persuades him to approve $500 million in loan guarantees so Iraq can build an oil pipeline.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Philip Taylor, The War in Iraq, Page 8 […]
6/12/1984
The Reagan Administration wanted to help Iraq build an oil pipeline to the port of Aqaba in Jordan to get around Iran’s blockade of Iraq’s Persian Gulf ports. However, the U.S. agency, Export-Import Bank, refused to cover the loan because of Iraq’s shaky credit. “As a result, the Reagan administration had to lobby to get […]
5/15/1984
“In May 1984, Vice President George H. W. Bush visited the region [Pakistan] and peeked across the border into Afghanistan from the Khyber Pass in Pakistan. Armed with a $14 million check for humanitarian relief, Bush told the refugees, ‘Across the border, a brutal war is being waged against the people of Afghanistan. I know […]
4/5/1984
“In an April 5, 1984, ‘Top Secret’ National Security Division Directive, the Reagan administration condemned chemical weapons use, but also called for the preparation of ‘a plan of action designed to avert an Iraqi collapse.’ As a result, the United States allowed programs to go forth that may have aided Iraq’s development of biological and […]
4/5/1984
“[O]n April 5, 1984, following a tour of the region [the Strait of Hormuz] by Special Envoy Donald Rumsfeld, [President Ronald] Reagan signed NSDD [National Security Decision Directive]-139, requiring a plan to prevent Iraqi defeat in the Iran-Iraq War.” – Charles Duelfer, Hide and Seek, Page 35 […]
4/3/1984
“As terrorist attacks multiplied and public concern mounted, National Security Directive 138 was adopted [on April 3, 1984], announcing the policy of using force against terrorists and moving from ‘defense to offense.’ Secretary of State George Shultz warned terrorists that they would pay a price for further attacks on the United States and that America […]
3/29/1984
“According to a New York Times report from Baghdad on March 29, 1984, ‘American diplomats pronounce themselves satisfied with relations between Iraq and the United States and suggest that normal diplomatic ties have been restored in all but name.’ ” – Amy Goodman with David Goodman, The Exception to the Rulers, Page 29 […]
3/24/1984
“He [Middle East Envoy Donald Rumsfeld] returns [to Iraq] in March [24] 1984 to assure Iraq that U.S. protests against the use of chemical weapons should not interfere with a warm relationship between the two countries.” – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 302 […]