| April 25: Afghanistan -- Two US soldiers were
killed and others wounded when they were attacked by Taliban holdouts in eastern
Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. |
| April 26: An Iraqi munitions depot in Baghdad
was intentionally ignited and exploded by a group planning to disrupt the liberation and
Iraqi's progress toward peace. Six civilians were killed and over 50 were injured. |
| The US is planning to triple the number of munitions experts searching for
unconventional weapons and incriminating lethal material throughout Iraq. |
| April 27: Evidence is being found in Hussein's
government buildings of definite links -- meetings and contacts -- between Hussein's
regime and al Qaeda, including bin Laden, going back several years. |
| Evidence is being found in Hussein's government buildings of intelligence
sharing between the French and Hussein's regime. There is direct evidence that the
French provided Iraq with information regarding talks between President Bush and Chirac's
government after 9/11/2001. This is reminiscent of similar information that the
Germans provided Iraq. |
| April 28: Potential Iraqi leadership assembled
today in Baghdad for a conference led by retired U.S. General Jay Garner. In a show
of hands, 250 prominent Iraqis agreed to assemble a national conference within one month
to begin building a transitional government. There are still divisions regarding the
role of Iraq's liberator, the US. |
| Continued testing of a pile of 55-gallon drums showed positive for nerve
agents. The drums were found in central Iraq near a small industrial town.
Laboratory tests will reveal conclusively whether or not the chemicals were of the type
used to make lethal chemical weapons. |
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General
Tommy Franks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Saudi Prince Khalid bin Sultan
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April
29: The US has decided to re-deploy most of its forces from Saudi
Arabia to Qatar. The US will move most of the 5,000 troops from its high-tech
airbase built in the 1990's that had been used as the center of air operations since 2001.
The US will leave about 400 troops in Saudi Arabia near Riyadh to train Saudi
forces. The move should be completed by the end of this summer. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that with the war won, forces are no
longer required for their decade-old mission of patrolling the no-fly zone over southern
Iraq. |
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May
1: President Bush has announced that the defeat of Hussein's regime,
"is one victory in a war on terror...." He went on to explain that the war
against terrorism will continue.
"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended," the president said and,
"The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror." |
| May 3: The US will establish an international
peacekeeping force consisting of elements from at least six nations. Iraq will be
divided into three zones to be patrolled by Poland, Britain and the US. |
| May 4: A nuclear site, known as the Baghdad
Nuclear Research Facility, located near Kut -- an area of regime holdouts and resistance
until recently -- has proven to be a repository containing several radioactive nuclear
elements and compounds. Many of these elements and compounds are of the types used
in weapons and research. The site has been completely looted over recent weeks.
Initial reports from the scene indicate it would be difficult to identify if and
what nuclear materials are missing. Looted and discarded laboratory equipment was
strewn over an acre of highway. This site is
the second found in Iraq since the recent end of fighting that contains nuclear equipment
and materials that have been extensively looted. It will now be difficult and likely
impossible to determine original quantities and further specifics regarding the material's
applications.
Today's review and preliminary analysis was performed by US
Special Forces and eight nuclear experts from a Pentagon office identified as the Direct
Support Team. |
| May
4: In an effort to get Iraqi people working, the US offered emergency
payments for a month's work to public sector workers and took measures to bring order to
the oil sector. Over 400,000 people received payments. Yesterday some schools
reopened and non-political services were starting to be staffed by Iraqi police. The
US-led Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA), has advised Iraqis
that it will take more time to get policemen on more local streets. |
| May 5: President Bush appointed L. Paul Bremer
III to the top civilian post in the administration and building of Iraq. Bremer, a
61 year old 23-year career State Department diplomat, replaces the retired General Garner.
There has been criticism of the US for the seemingly slow stabilization and
building of Iraq despite the lack of democracy, personal freedoms, education, and business
and industrial development over 34 years of the Hussein dictatorship. Hussein's
dictatorship lasted longer than most Iraqis have lived. After 34 years of Hussein's despotic regime, the US liberated Iraq on April
9, and the Iraqi people will, if capable and desiring to learn and remain free, build a
government of their choosing or have their freedom and liberty usurped again by other
despotic forces. The choice is now theirs thanks to the liberation of their nation
by the United States. |
| May 5: Reports from diplomatic sources indicate
the same German government that fought vigorously on several fronts against the US
liberation of Iraq may now be willing to support the US in its efforts to have UN Iraqi
economic sanctions lifted. The US is working to have the sanctions lifted since
Hussein's regime has been removed. The sanctions hinder the progress of Iraq's 23
million people. High-level meetings between the
US administration and senior German officials have apparently resulted in a willingness of
the German government to work with the US to get a new resolution approved by the UN.
This new resolution would not require a direct linkage between WMD existence and
elimination of detrimental economic sanctions. |
| May 8: Al Qaeda announced that it has regrouped
and is planning attacks against the US on the scale of the September 11 attacks. |
| May 9: An al Qaeda so-called media coordinator
named Thabet bin Qais is quoted in the London-based weekly al-Majalla emphasized
that a major attack against America "is definitely definitely coming." Bin
Qais said that al Qaeda has restructured since 9/11/01. "We in al Qaeda are cold toward news that talks about the Americans
uncovering new plans or arrests of leaders," bin Qais was quoted as saying during a
speech. "We ignore these because we know that the Americans are moving in the
expected direction. Their moves are very traditional."
"Al Qaeda is still way ahead of the Americans and their
allies in the intelligence war." Al-Majalla reported that bin Qais sent
these comments to it via email. |
| May 11: The US and Iran are in high level talks
to ease tensions and agree upon the shape of the Middle Eastern region. Talks have
been held three times this year and are opened by a representative of the United Nations
who does not stay for the meetings. A wide range of issues are discussed including
Iraq and re-establishment of US-Iranian relations which were broken 23 years ago.
The most recent meeting was on May 3. The talks have been held in Geneva. |
| May 13: Hundreds of Iraqis are exhibiting signs
of possible radiation poisoning. Seven nuclear facilities were ransacked and looted
since the toppling of Hussein's regime. Documents discussing technical points,
specialized equipment, and jars and barrels of radioactive material have been tampered
with and their contents taken. Several people
who live near the Tuwaitha nuclear facility south of Baghdad are showing classic signs of
radiation poisoning that include vomiting, nosebleeds and rashes. Other nuclear
facilities looted include the Baghdad Nuclear Research Center, the Baghdad New
Nuclear Design Center, the Tahadi Nuclear Establishment, and Ash Shaykhili Nuclear
Facility.
Many of the materials that existed in these facilities are
eligible for use in constructing dirty bombs. |
| May 20: Reports are that the US military is
using psyop methods that many culturally depraved free people choose to inflict upon
themselves daily. That method is the playing of heavy metal music and so-called
children's songs. Included on the program are Metallica specialties and Sesame
Street's "Barney" theme. Sgt. Mark Hadsell says, "These
people haven’t heard heavy metal before. They can’t take it." |
| May 21: French President Chirac is planning to
embarrass President Bush at the June 2, G8 summit. He will introduce an agenda heavy
on environmental topics and light on War Against Terrorism. |
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Representing the
civilized world's only hope to defeat terrorism, the US & UK stand up in the UN. |
May
22: At the UN, the US and UK voted to lift sanctions that had been
placed against Hussein's Iraqi regime in 1991. The French, German and Russian axis
went along with this vote.
Lifting sanctions will continue the economic liberation of Iraq by allowing Iraq to
sell oil for profit. The Iraqi people and their chosen leaders will soon have
political control of Iraq. After selling oil from one of the world's largest oil
reserves the Iraqi people should have more than enough economic
resources --- money --- to build a civilized nation and be all they can
be....The Associated Press reports, "With
the immediate lifting of economic sanctions against Iraq, the international community now
can resume oil shipments and start the long process of reconstruction and building a
democratic government." |
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| May 24: Donald Rumsfeld has identified the
military accident rate as unacceptable and challenged his forces cut it in half within two
years. Rumsfeld said, "World-class organizations do not tolerate preventable
accidents." He wrote these words in a memo on May 19. Interestingly the
Secretary of Defense found it necessary to make this challenge and specify that it applies
too all military personnel and assets deployed domestically and internationally. |
| The last week of May: Nine US soldiers died in
ambushes and assaults. Nearly 20 were wounded. The uncivilized world remains a
dangerous place. |
| June 2: Reuters reports: "Deputy
Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz Monday forecast changes in frontline forces on the
North-South Korean border on a swing through Asia aimed at reassuring allies U.S. military
restructuring will improve their security." "U.S. officials say the
restructuring is overdue and argue that it will enhance the ability to deter aggression by
North Korea." |
| June 9: A report issued by the US to the UN
Security Council declared that there is a "high probability" al Qaeda will
attempt to use a WMD against the United States within two years. The report said
that despite losses and disruptions, "al-Qaeda maintains the ability to inflict
significant casualties in the United States with little or no warning. The al-Qaeda
network will remain for the foreseeable future the most immediate and serious terrorism
threat facing the United States. Al-Qaeda will continue to favor spectacular attacks
but also may seek softer targets of opportunity, such as banks, shopping malls,
supermarkets, and places of recreation and entertainment." The report confirmed that al Qaeda "will continue its efforts to acquire
and develop biological, chemical, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons. We judge
that there is a high probability that al-Qaeda will attempt an attack using a CBRN weapon
within the next two years." |
| June 21: US forces have now captured at least
32 of the 55 most wanted of Hussein's regime. |
| June 21: A convoy believed to be carrying
Hussein and at least one of his sons traveling in the Iraqi western desert was hit by US
Hellfire missiles last week. American experts are testing DNA to verify that their
"firm" information was accurate. Rumors
have been circulating amongst senior US military about the raid which is said by a
knowledgeable source to be "unreleasable information. The Pentagon has to release
that information." The Pentagon has refused comment on "operational
matters." |
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