President George W. Bush: “Iraq is the latest battlefield in this war. Many terrorists who kill innocent men, women, and children on the streets of Baghdad are followers of the same murderous ideology that took the lives of our citizens in New York, in Washington, and Pennsylvania. There is only one course of action against […]
6/28/2005
Former Director of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) L. Paul Bremer addressed a reunion of CPA members on June 28, 2005. ” ‘We will complete the mission [in Iraq]… When I go around the country, I usually make the point that this is going to be a tough, long struggle. It’s going to take a […]
6/28/2005
President Bush addressed a reunion of Coalition Provisional Authority members via videoconference on June 28, 2005. ” ‘Our mission in Iraq is clear,’ he said. ‘We’re hunting down the terrorists. We’re helping Iraqis build a free nation that is an ally in the war on terror. We’re advancing freedom in the broader Middle East. We […]
6/27/2005
“Porter Goss, the director of the CIA, had made a tantalizing comment in June [27] 2005 that rocked Pakistan. Asked about the whereabouts of bin Laden, he replied, ‘I have an excellent idea where he is…in the chain that you need to successfully wrap up the war on terror, we have some weak links.’ Pakistanis […]
6/27/2005
After discussing the situation in Iraq with the National Security Council, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) was quoted in the June 27, 2005, U.S. News & World Report, saying: ” ‘Things aren’t getting better; they’re getting worse. The White House is completely disconnected from reality.’ ” – Bob Woodward, State of Denial, Page 400 […]
6/24/2005
On June 24, 2005, “an Italian judge in Milan issued arrest warrants for thirteen CIA agents on charges of kidnapping, stemming from the CIA’s 2003 rendition of an Islamic cleric known as ‘Abu Omar.’ Italy had given the Muslim cleric asylum, but the American operation had snatched him and flown him to Egypt, where he […]
6/21/2005
“…in June [21] 2005 Al Qaeda in Iraq posted a statement on a jihadi Web site known for carrying its messages that said that it has formed a unit of potential suicide attackers who are exclusively Iraqis, an apparent bid to deflect criticism that most suicide bombers in Iraq are foreigners.” – Fawaz A. Gerges, […]
6/21/2005
In an appearance on the Tony Snow Show on June 21, 2005, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld discussed allegations of torture made by detainees at Guantanamo. ” ‘These detainees are trained to lie, they’re trained to say they were tortured, and the minute we release them or the minute they get a lawyer, very frequently they’ll […]
6/16/2005
“In June [16] 2005, the MNF [Multi-National Forces] came up with its ‘Infrastructure Protection Plan.’ It called for the allocation of $70 million for oil pipeline protection and the enhancement of the capabilities of the Strategic Infrastructure Battalions (SIB). Control over the entire plan would be assigned to Iraq’s Ministry of Defence. The plan was […]
6/15/2005
“According to Gal Luft of the Institute of the Analysis of Global Security [in June 2005], the sabotage [of oil pipelines] has cost Iraq more than $10 billion, or more than 50 percent of its total 2004 oil revenue.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Daniel Benjamin and Steven […]