Saddam Hussein
Events (290)
- February 11, 2008: US, Allies Engaged in Massive Propaganda Campaign about Iraq, Terrorists, Says Author 2008-02-11
- June 5, 2008: Senate Intelligence Committee Finds that Bush Administration Misled Public, Ignored Intelligence that Contradicted its Push for War 2008-06-05
- June 6, 2008: US Using Iraq’s Money to Pressure Iraq into Signing Permanent Presence Agreement 2008-06-06
- December 15, 2008: Cheney Acknowledges Detainee was Waterboarded, Says Such Methods Do Not Constitute Torture 2008-12-15
- March 18, 2009: Rice: No One in Bush Administration Ever Conflated Hussein, Iraq with 9/11 2009-03-18
- April 22, 2009: Author: CIA, Military Authorizations of Torture Designed to Elicit False Confessions Supporting Iraq Connections to Al-Qaeda, 9/11 2009-04-22
- June 20, 2012: Poll: Almost Two-Thirds of Republicans Still Believe Hussein’s Iraq Possessed WMDs 2012-06-20
- January 2002: Cheney Convinces Bush to ‘Correct Error’ of 1991 Gulf War, Overthrow Hussein
- January 2003: Bush: US Will Go against Will of American Public to Invade Iraq
- January 2004: Hussein Captured by Kurds, Not US Forces, New Information Shows
- January 1995 and After: Alleged CIA Agent Ships Weapons to Hussein’s Forces
- February 2001: Former CIA Director Attempts to Link Iraqi Government to 1993 WTC Bombing
- February 1991-1992: Cheney and Neoconservatives Dispute Decision Not to Overthrow Hussein
- April-July 1999: ’Desert Crossing’ War Game Predicts Instability, Potential Chaos if Saddam Hussein Ousted by US
- June 2003: Plame Wilson, Other CIA Analysts Wonder if Iraq Didn’t Deceive US into Believing It Possessed WMD
- Early June 2004: 9/11 Commission’s Zelikow Accepts Lack of Connections between Iraq and Al-Qaeda
- July 2003: Neoconservative Author Says CIA, State Department Hiding Connections between Iraq and 9/11
- Late August 2001: Hussein Puts His Troops on Highest Military Alert Since Gulf War
- August 2002-March 2003: Author: Mainstream Media Slants Coverage in Pro-War Direction; Americans Believe Iraq Responsible for 9/11 and Poses Threat to US
- September 2000: Neoconservative Think Tank Writes ‘Blueprint’ for ‘Global Pax Americana’
- September 1990: ’Celebrity Statesmen’ Begin Visiting Iraq
- September 1998: Bush, Scowcroft Defend Decision Not to Overthrow Hussein; Younger Bush Disagrees
- October 2005: CIA Report Concludes There Never Was Any Hussein-Al-Zarqawi Link
- November 2001: FBI Inteviews Al-Qaeda Operatives in Sudan; Hussein-Bin Laden Link Is Dismissed
- November 1993: Iraqi Exile Plans to Overthrow Hussein, with Approval of Clinton Administration
- Late December 2003 - May 2004: Hussein Gives Wealth of Information in Long Interrogations with FBI Agent; No Harsh Tactics Used
- December 2003: Journalist Discredits Neoconservative Conspiracy Theorist about Iraq-9/11 Connections
- 1980s: Nixon, Agnew Arrange Deal for Iraqi Uniforms
- 1985: Neoconservatives Meet Iraqi Exile Chalabi
- 1990: Neoconservative Mylroie and Times Reporter Judith Miller Collaborate on Book about Hussein
- March-June 1998: Al-Qaeda Leader Attempts to Meet Hussein, but Is Turned Away
- 1998: Former Iraqi Nuclear Scientist Proposes Book Proving Iraq’s Hunt for Nuclear Weapons Has ‘Fizzled’
- 2002: Al-Qaeda Leader Makes Second Attempt to Meet Hussein, but Is Turned Away Again
- 1994: US Declines to Accept Documents Exposing Saudi Ties to Islamic Militants and Pakistan’s Nuclear Program
- Early 2007: State Department Official Blames Failures in Iraq on Neoconservative Ignorance
- Late July-Early August, 1990: Arab Neighbors Urge Caution in Negotiating with Iraq
- Late September 2004: CBS Refuses to Air ‘60 Minutes’ Investigation of Iraq-Niger Uranium Claims
- Late November, 1990: Algerian Foreign Minister Recommends that Iraq Release American Hostages
- Late December 2000 and Early January 2001: Bush Transition Teams Install Neoconservatives in Key Offices
- Late 2000: Book Favored by Prominent Neoconservatives Argues that Hussein Was Behind 1993 WTC Bombing
- Late Summer 1996: Neoconservative Author Wants US to Redraw Map of Middle East
- Mid-September-October 2001: Neoconservatives Attempt to Link Iraqi Government to 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks
- Mid-1990: US Intelligence Community Predicts Iraq Will Not Invade Kuwait
- Spring 1989: US Attempts to Thwart Iraqi Arming of Lebanese Christians
- Summer 2003: Nearly Half of Remaining US Spies and Commandos in Afghanistan Sent to Iraq
- Late September 2002: CIA Strikes Deal with Iraqi Religious Leader to Exploit High-Level Contacts in Iraqi Government for Intelligence
- March, 2001: Perle Says Hussein Has Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Late January 2003: Powell Given Curveball’s Information on Iraqi Bioweapons Labs by CIA
- 1999: US Intelligence Agencies Hampered by Poor Intelligence on Iraqi WMDs; Vulnerable to Curveball’s Fabrications
- February 2002: Bush Orders CIA to Find Evidence of Iraqi WMDs