Iraqi National Congress
Events (73)
- After August 2, 1989: Chalabi Forges Strong Ties with US Neocons 1989-08-02
- February 19, 1998: Neoconservative Group Calls on US to Help Overthrow Hussein 1998-02-19
- June 10, 1998: Evidence Seems to Show Iraq Created Warheads Loaded with Nerve Gas 1998-06-10
- October 31, 1998: Clinton Signs Law Making It US Policy to Remove Hussein in Iraq 1998-10-31
- February 4, 1999: President Clinton Designates 7 Iraqi Opposition Groups as Eligible for US Funding 1999-02-04
- November 19, 1999: Congress Allocates $10 Million for Iraq Opposition Groups 1999-11-19
- October 25, 2000: Congress Allocates $25 Million for Iraq Opposition Groups 2000-10-25
- January 30, 2001: First National Security Council Meeting Focuses on Iraq and Israel, Not Terrorism 2001-01-30
- September 15, 2001: State Department Audit of INC Finds Many Problems 2001-09-15
- October 29, 2001: Sen. McCain Supports 9/11 Hijacker-Iraq Spy Story and Other Dubious Claims of Iraqi Links to Al-Qaeda 2001-10-29
- November 6-8, 2001: Fabricated INC Story of Muslim Terrorists Training in Iraq Electrifies Media, Builds Case for War 2001-11-06
- November 8, 2001: Bush Foreign Policy Adviser Says Al-Qaeda Far More Imminent Problem than Iraq 2001-11-08
- February 11, 2002: Former CIA Director Arranges Meeting Between Defense Intelligence and Iraqi Defector 2002-02-11
- Between February 12, 2002 and March 31, 2002: DIA Concludes Iraqi Defector ‘Coached by the Iraqi National Congress’ 2002-02-12
- February 12, 2002: Bush Official: Decision Made to Overthrow Hussein 2002-02-12
- June 26, 2002: INC Brags to Congress of Planting 108 Fabricated Stories in Western Press 2002-06-26
- October 24, 2002: Rumsfeld Announces Existence of Counter-Terrorism Evaluation Group 2002-10-24
- January 30-February 4, 2003: Powell’s Top Aide Refuses to Include Material From White House Reports in Powell’s Upcoming UN Speech 2003-02-04
- February 5, 2003: Powell Gives Fraudulent Presentation About Iraqi WMDs to UN 2003-02-05
- April 6, 2003: Iraqi Training Camp Overrun by US Forces; Allegations Facility Was Used to Train Islamist Terrorists Is Found Baseless 2003-04-06
- April 21, 2003: Nation Magazine Finds Military Analysts Have Ideological, Financial Interests in Promoting War 2003-04-21
- July 25, 2003: Slate Reporter Slams Miller’s Erroneous WMD Reporting 2003-07-25
- August 16, 2003: Document Proves ‘45-Minute’ Claim Based on Single Anonymous, Uncorroborated Source 2003-08-16
- December 7, 2003: Iraqi Claims to be Source of 45-Minute WMD Claim; Tells Lurid Tale to British Reporter 2003-12-07
- February 18, 2004: Chalabi Says Iraqi National Congress ‘Heroes in Error’ 2004-02-18
- May 21, 2004: Zinni: Rumsfeld, Pentagon Neoconservatives Guilty of ‘Dereliction of Duty’ 2004-05-21
- July 9, 2004: Former INC Official Admits Falsifying Defector Stories 2004-07-09
- November 22, 2004: Paris Club Agrees to Forgive 80% of Iraqi Debts if It Implements IMF-Mandated Reforms 2004-11-22
- February 9, 2005: Kay Outlines Recommendations for US to ‘Avoid Mistakes’ Made in Iraq 2005-02-09
- April 16, 2006: Cheney’s Staff Powerful, Secretive, and Highly Influential, Reporter Finds 2006-04-16
- September 8, 2006: Senate Finds White House Lied about Links between Iraq, Al-Qaeda 2006-09-08
- November 4, 2007: INC Denies Curveball Link 2007-11-04
- June 2002: INC Letter Reveals ‘Direct Flow of Information’ to Cheney
- June 2000: Chalabi Pleased at Selection of Cheney for Vice Presidential Candidate
- July 2005: Italian Parliament Allegedly Names Chalabi, Bush Administration Allies as Likely Niger Document Forgers; Report Denied by Italian Officials, Press
- November 2000: Former Iraqi Nuclear Scientist Writes Book Warning of Iraqi Nuclear Weapons Development
- Fall 2002: Cheney, Staffers Give INC Intelligence More Credence than CIA’s, Attempt to Inject INC Intel into CIA Analyses
- Late May 2001: Pentagon PR Chief Forms ‘Rumsfeld Group’ to Manage Public Relations for War on Terror
- Late May 2003: 45-Minute Claim Sourced by ‘Unreliable’ Iraqi Defector, Britain Admits
- Late December 2000: Sexual Liaisons Cost Wolfowitz Post as Director of CIA
- Mid-September-October 2001: Neoconservatives Attempt to Link Iraqi Government to 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks
- Spring 2006: Liz Cheney Pushes for War with Iran from Senior State Department Post
- Summer 2004: Bush Foreign Policy Dominated by Small Core of Insular, Ill-Informed Advisers
- October 2005: Iraqi General Confirms He Never Spoke to Reporters about Salman Pak
- April 2006: Media Only Grudgingly Admits Being Duped in 2001 Salman Pak Story
- 2001: Curveball Has Some Connections to Iraqi National Congress
- 2000: Former CIA Director Woolsey Works With Chalabi’s INC
- March 2001: US Begins Giving Weapons Training to Members of INC
- Early 2003: Defense Intelligence Agency Concludes Intelligence Leads from INC Are of Little Value
- June 1992: Iraqi National Congress Formed