They wanted war and lied to have it –
The Mother Jones Time Line
January 20, 2001 - George W. Bush is Inagurated as President
of the United States. We now know he was not legally elected.
February 3, 2001 - National Security Council (NSC) directed NSC staff to cooperate
fully with the Energy Task Force as it considered the “melding” of two
seemingly unrelated areas of policy:
“The review of operational
policies towards rogue states,” such as Iraq, and “actions regarding the capture of new and existing oil and gas fields”.
It is confirmed that these oil companies attending the meeting. Officials from Exxon Mobil Corp., Conoco
(before its merger with Phillips), Shell Oil Co. and BP America Inc. From: Washingtons
Blog and Washington
Post.
CNN interviews former
Treasury Secretary, Paul O'Neill, who says, "From the very beginning,
there was a conviction that Saddam Hussein was a bad person and that he needed
to go," O'Neill told CBS, according to excerpts released Saturday by the
network. "For me, the notion of pre-emption, that the U.S. has the
unilateral right to do whatever we decide to do, is a really huge leap."
September 11, 2001 – The World Trade Center in NY and the Pentagon
are hit, sending shock waves around the Globe.
The world reaches out to American in sympathy.
Published: Wednesday May 2, 2007
September 28, 2001 – Osama ben Laden catagorically
denies having any part of the attack on NY and the Pentagon in an interview
published in Ummat, a Pakistani daily published in Karachi on
September 28, 2001. The interview was translated into English by the BBC World
Monitoring Service and made public on September 29, 2001.
During the interview ben Laden said, “I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks
in the United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had
no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women,
children, and other humans as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids
causing harm to innocent women, children, and other people. From: Global Research
Such a practice is forbidden ever in the course of a battle. It is the United
States, which is perpetrating every maltreatment on women, children, and common
people of other faiths, particularly the followers of Islam. All that is going
on in Palestine for the last 11 months is sufficient to call the wrath of God
upon the United States and Israel.”
October 7, 2001
- The United States and a coalition force launch
Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
which, under Taliban control, had provided a safe haven for Osama bin
Laden while he and other al-Qaeda leaders plotted attacks against the Western
world. President Bush declares a war on terrorism and vows to hold states
responsible for harboring terrorist organizations.4
October 8, 2001 - The Office of Homeland Security, later to
become the Department of Homeland Security, is established.
October 9, 2001 - Letters containing anthrax were sent to Senate
Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and Senate Majority Leader Tom
Daschle. 1 Both
senators had been attempting to slow the passage of the USA PATRIOT
Act. Just seven days before the incident, Leahy accused the Bush
administration of reneging on an agreement on the bill. 2 9/11 Research
October 26, 2001 – Patriot Act - President Bush
signs into law the USA Patriot Act, which greatly expands domestic law
enforcement capacity to conduct surveillance and wiretaps, increases
presidential powers during a terrorist attack and tightens federal oversight of
financial activities. Concerns soon arise over restriction of civil liberties.
November 8, 2001 - The New York
Times and the PBS program “Frontline” report that an Iraqi defector, an army
general, claims that the Iraqi military trained Arab fighters to hijack
airplanes. These claims could not be substantiated and one of the defectors is
later exposed by Mother Jones to be using a false identity.
December 3, 2001 – Bush denounces Saddam Hussein
as evil.
December 5, 2001 - Interim government
placed in Afghanistan
December 9, 2001 - The city of Kandaharis surrendered by
the Taliban. Osama ben Laden is traced
to the Tora Bora caves. Al-Qaeda leaders continue hiding in the mountains,
April 4, 2002 - “I made up my mind that Saddam needs to
go.” - Bush
April 18, 2002 - Democratically elected Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez is removed from power in a military coup. The Bush Administration
blames Chavez for his own downfall and recognizes the interim government of
businessman Pedro Carmona. Officials from the Organization of American States
tell the London Observer that the United States sanctioned the coup and that
Carmona and his fellow plotters had been received at the White House by Bush's
key Latin America policy maker. Carmona dissolves the Venezuelan congress and
suspends the constitution. Governments across the Western Hemisphere condemn
the coup. Chavez is reinstalled 48 hours later. Mother Jones Time Line
August 26, 2002 - Dick Cheney publicly states, “Simply stated,
there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.”
September 16, 2002 - Iraq agrees
unconditionally to the return of inspectors. CNN
September 19, 2002 - Iraqi Foreign
Minister Naji Sabri delivers a letter to the United Nations from Saddam Hussein
stating that Iraq has no chemical, nuclear or biological weapons. CNN
October 1, 2002 - The United
Nations and Iraq agree on terms they say are consistent with existing U.N.
resolutions. The United States threatens to veto unless a U.S. resolution is
approved that would allow military action for non-compliance by Iraq. CNN
November 1, 2002 - High-level CIA operatives
stationed in the Middle East gather in London for a secret meeting. They are
told war is inevitable, and just a few months away, according to James Risen's
book, "State of War." Lie by Lie: The Mother Jones Iraq
War Timeline
November 9, 2002 – An ordinary American becomes
aware of events which point to a conspiracy for invasion. “Articles appeared from NBCNews
through Associated Press, in the Daily
Mail, and Washington
Post, reporting offers from Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq before the
invasion began either weeks before the date of the invasion or within days of
the beginning of hostilities. This is followed by a demand issued by George
Bush that Saddam and his sons leave within 48 hours before the scheduled
invasion. A letter
to this effect was issued from the White House and remains online today.
If Saddam
was willing to leave and be paid to do so we should have let him or just left
him alone. One Billion dollars is much less than we are in the hole for
today.
War is
expensive in every way imaginable. Paying Saddam to leave struck me as the
better choice. Then no war would be necessary and we could return to focusing
on our own country and the many problems confronting us. Then, I trusted
the good judgement of those in government to see this.
Saddam
Hussein would leave, being paid as he exited. But I also expected an
announcement which never came. This was an investigation of Bill and Hillary
Clinton for entering into a dialog with Saddam the previous November and
telling him no invasion was seriously planned. It was clear we were getting
ready for war – why would the Clintons lie?
I saw the
correspondence between Saddam and the Clintons only partially, but these
included one or two of the ongoing emails between traveling from Sidney
Blumenthal, to his son Max, and then to Uday Hussein. I was told by the person
who had hacked Blumenthal's computer the previous summer that Saddam was
negotiating through this backdoor so he could leave Iraq and be paid for doing
so. The hacker was my daughter. I found out when she forwarded me a draft
chapter of the book Blumenthal was then writing. I advised her to stop -
but she felt justified because Blumenthal had done the same to her
earlier. To told her to stop sending me his correspondence and the draft
chapters of Sidney's book, "Clinton's War."
As for
Saddam, leaving sounded like his best option. But why would the Clintons
tell him no invasion was imminent? You could tell it was going to happen.
As soon as
I had realized what was happening, that shocking day in November, 2002, I
informed someone well known to me at the CIA expecting any necessary action
would be taken. The Clintons with Blumenthal, I believed, were acting without
the knowledge of the White House.
Now, it
appeared I had been very mistaken in trusting anyone within the U.S.
Government.
It now
appears this unexpected breech in a confidential back door had revealed
information already well known to the Bush Administration. The assurances
delivered by the Clinton via the Blumenthals, father and son, were orchestrated
to lull Saddam into believing a deal had been cut, apparently. The only problem
was the existence of a few people who had blundered into the scene playing out.
That would be myself, the hacker-daughter, and two other people we had trusted
with the information.
Now, we
know the Bushes and Clintons were friendly after the end of the Clinton
Administration. Hillary was receiving generous donations from Bush's
'Associates,' If Saddam thought they had the power to negotiate he
probably had reasons for believing this was authorized.
The
stories about Saddam leaving and being paid were cover to stall any statement
by Saddam, inconvenient to the Bush Administration and overwhelm any possible
action on his part before the invasion began.
This is why these four additional names are included. If they
helped Bush they are also guilty.”
November 13, 2002 - Iraq delivers
a letter to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, accepting
the terms set forth in resolution 1441. CNN
November 27, 2002 - Inspections
resume in Iraq. CNN
December 7, 2002 - Iraq submits
a 12,000 page report on its WMD programs. CNN
January 16, 2003 - Inspectors discover 12 chemical warheads, 11 of
them empty, at the Ukhaider ammunition storage area. CNN
January 20, 2003 - After two days of negotiation, Hans Blix, Mohamed
ElBaradei, and Iraqi officials reach an agreement about Iraqi cooperation and
concessions regarding the inspections. CNN
February 5, 2003 - Secretary of
State Colin Powell briefs the U.N. Security Council on inspections.
He presents evidence that the United States says proves Iraq has misled inspectors
and hid proscribed weapons and equipment. CNN
February 14, 2003 - Blix and ElBaradei brief the U.N. Security
Council. Blix reports that the inspectors have not yet found any weapons of
mass destruction in Iraq. Blix also reports that Iraq is in violation of U.N.
resolutions concerning its al Samoud 2 missile program. CNN
February 19, 2003 - Inspectors visit the Ibn al Haytham factory
northwest of Baghdad and tag 32 al Samoud II missiles. CNN
February 27, 2003 - Iraq agrees to destroy the country's al Samoud
II missile stock. However, the letter doesn't specify a date that the missile
destruction will begin.
March 10, 2003 - It is
revealed that Iraq possesses drone aircraft that could have been used to launch
a chemical or biological attack against other countries. The plane has a
wingspan of 24 feet five inches, which suggests that it could fly further than
150km/93 miles, which is the limit imposed by U.N. resolutions.
March 16, 2003 – Dick Cheney publicly states, “And we believe he has, in fact,
reconstituted nuclear weapons.”
Statement made just three days before the invasion.
March 18, 2003 - Inspectors withdraw from Iraq.
March 20, 2003 – Bush
announces the start of a war against Iraq. Allied forces begin the campaign
with strikes on military targets, including an attempt to kill Saddam Hussein.
April 9, 2003 - Saddam
Hussein's rule collapses in a matter of hours as much of Baghdad comes under
American control. Across much of the capital, Iraqis take to the streets to
topple statues of Mr. Hussein, loot government ministries and interrogation
centers, and give a cheering, often tearful welcome to advancing American
troops.
Published: Wednesday May 2, 2007
“According to NBC's chief Pentagon correspondent,
former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that his "interest is to hit
Saddam Hussein" just hours after the attacks on September 11, 2001,
"even though all indications pointed at al-Qaida as the guilty
party," a Rhode Island newspaper reports.
At the annual Business Expo at the Rhode Island Convention Center
Tuesday, NBC's Jim Miklaszewski "advanced a theme garnering attention
since former CIA director George J. Tenet made his public revelations last
week," writes Tom Mooney for the Providence
Journal.
"Some things are right on the mark, when he says the Bush
administration appeared predisposed to attack Iraq," Miklaszewski says of
Tenet's book At the Center of the Storm.”
Quote from Dick Cheney from RightWeb - “During the lead up to the invasion of
Iraq, for example, he said that there was “no doubt” that the Saddam Hussein
regime had “weapons of mass destruction” and predicted that Iraqis would greet
U.S. troops as “liberators.” In 2005, Cheney insisted that the Iraqi insurgency
was in its final stages. Faced with criticism for his mistaken views, Cheney
has been unrepentant, arguing in July 2014: “I look back on it now, [the
invasion of Iraq] was absolutely the right thing to do.”[1]”
What did the Vice-President do for Halliburton?
By Jane Mayer
The list of cronies and how they used war for their own benefit is
frightening. The asserted, self-serving
meme that America is, according to daughter, Elizabeth Cheney, “We know that
America is the exceptional nation, and that there is no substitute for American
leadership around the world.”[4] is a chilling reminder of the constructed reality these people have built,
which allows them to ignore the swimming pools of blood draining from their
victims.
As the Invasion forces from
America left, for what proved to be a temporary hiatus, the oil companies who
had signed on with Cheney before 9/11 remained to steal the natural resource of
this devestated nation. Aljezeera - Western oil
firms remain as US exits Iraq
