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This is the home page for the Iraq Under US Occupation investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.
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Events Recently Added to the Iraq Under US Occupation timeline
- 1/22
- Iraqi Peace Activist Accuses US of ‘Corporate Genocide’ in Iraq, March 18, 2008, posted by mtuck
- 7/11
- McCain: Kerik ‘Irresponsible’ as Police Trainer in Iraq, November 9, 2007, posted by mtuck
- 7/9
- Security Contractor Deploys CS Nerve Gas on Busy Bagdad Intersection, Affects Iraqis and US Troops, May 2005, posted by tmfgl
- 6/29
- Poll: Almost Two-Thirds of Republicans Still Believe Hussein’s Iraq Possessed WMDs, June 20, 2012, posted by mtuck
- 6/29
- Press Secretary: On Iraq, Bush Administration Equates Winning Polls with Policy Success, After January 2004, posted by mtuck
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What's New?
8/10/2009 More Entries Forthcoming
We have not forgotten the Iraq Occupation project! However, other projects have taken up the majority of our efforts in recent weeks. We have recently added a lengthy entry documenting the information gleaned from non-coercive interrogations of Saddam Hussein, but much more remains to be documented. We welcome your contributions.
5/15/2007 New Entries for the Week of May 5-12
Recent entries deal primarily with US efforts to pressure the Iraqi government into passing an oil law that would open the Iraqi oil sector up to foreign investment on capital-friendly terms.
5/9/2007 New Entries for the Weeks of April 22-May 4
Thirty-six new entries have been added to the Iraq under US Occupation project since April 22. Nearly all of them relate to the controversial oil law that the US government and international oil companies have been pressuring the Iraqi government to pass. The oil law has been widely criticized by civil society organizations and Iraqi oil workers as a mechanism that … More
4/21/2007 Submissions for week of April 15-21
Entries added this week again focus on attempts early in the occupation to impose neoliberal structural reforms on Iraq’s economy, despite resistance from Iraq’s ministers. Other entries focus on US and British efforts to influence the country’s oil development policy. There’s also one really interesting entry on an op-ed piece written by … More |
Recently Added Events
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- Iraqi Peace Activist Accuses US of ‘Corporate Genocide’ in Iraq, March 18, 2008, posted by mtuck
- 7/11
- McCain: Kerik ‘Irresponsible’ as Police Trainer in Iraq, November 9, 2007, posted by mtuck
- 7/9
- Security Contractor Deploys CS Nerve Gas on Busy Bagdad Intersection, Affects Iraqis and US Troops, May 2005, posted by tmfgl
- 6/29
- Poll: Almost Two-Thirds of Republicans Still Believe Hussein’s Iraq Possessed WMDs, June 20, 2012, posted by mtuck
- 6/29
- Press Secretary: On Iraq, Bush Administration Equates Winning Polls with Policy Success, After January 2004, posted by mtuck
- 6/27
- Former CENTCOM Commander: Bush Plans for Iraq ‘Ludicrous’, August 27, 2007, posted by mtuck
- 6/27
- State Department Official Blames Failures in Iraq on Neoconservative Ignorance, Early 2007, posted by mtuck
- 6/27
- Neoconservative Study Provides Counter-Proposal to Iraq Study Group Effort, December 14, 2006, posted by mtuck
- 6/27
- New York Times Pundit Says America Must Either Leave Iraq Within 10 Months or Accept 10 Years of Reconstruction, November 29, 2006, posted by mtuck
- 6/27
- Iraq Study Group Works to Keep Channels Open to White House, October-December 2006, posted by mtuck
- 6/27
- Conservative Activist: Invading Iran Would Be the Repetition of the Mistakes Made in Iraq, October 2006, posted by mtuck
- 6/27
- Former US Ambassador: Iraq Has Done Exactly the Opposite of What Bush Neoconservatives Predicted, October 2006, posted by mtuck
- 5/17
- Bush Administration Did Not Intend on ‘Nation-Building’ in Iraq, Author Writes, September 2006, posted by mtuck
- 5/17
- Bush PR Campaign to Sell War Falling Flat, Author Reports, August 2005, posted by mtuck
- 5/15
- Former Iraqi Prime Minister: ‘If This Is Not Civil War, Then God Knows What Civil War Is’, March 19, 2006, posted by mtuck
- 5/15
- Conservative Columnist Reconsidering Earlier Support for Iraqi Occupation, Says Facts Contradict Administration’s View, March 2, 2006, posted by mtuck
- 5/15
- Former Army General Says US Program to Rebuild Iraqi Army Crippled from Outset, February 11, 2006, posted by mtuck
- 5/15
- Bush ‘Military Strategy Proposal’ Actually Rehashed PR Document, November 30, 2005, posted by mtuck
- 5/4
- Former US Congressman Brokers Arms Deals between Ex-Soviet Arms Dealers and Middle Eastern Governments, February 6, 2007 and After, posted by mtuck
- 3/27
- State Department Spokesman Says Whistleblower’s Treatment ‘Ridiculous and Counterproductive and Stupid’, March 12, 2011, posted by KJF
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Recently Updated Events
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- Iraqis Elect a National Assembly, January 30, 2005, posted by mtuck
- 6/28
- Rumsfeld Answers Question about Improvised Armor: ‘You Go to War with the Army You Have’, December 8, 2004, posted by mtuck
- 6/28
- President Bush Gives George Tenet and Others the Medal of Freedom, December 14, 2004, posted by mtuck
- 11/12
- ’Grim’ CIA Situation Report from Baghdad Paints Picture of Effective Insurgency, August 30, 2003, posted by KJF
- 10/30
- CIA Lacks Resources to Monitor Al-Qaeda Haven in Pakistan, Due to Iraq War, Early 2004, posted by KJF
- 9/1
- New York Times Reporter Judith Miller Effectively Hijacks US Army Unit Searching for WMDs in Iraq, April-May 2003, posted by mtuck
- 8/17
- Bush on Iraq’s Lack of WMDs: ‘So What’s the Difference?’, December 17, 2003, posted by mtuck
- 8/17
- CIA Director George Tenet Resigns, June 3, 2004, posted by mtuck
- 8/16
- David Kay Tells Congress Iraq Survey Group Found No Evidence of WMD in Iraq, Says Hussein Deceived Own Generals, January 28, 2004, posted by mtuck
- 8/16
- Bush Gives State of the Union Address; Claims Iraq had WMD-‘Related Program Activities’, January 20, 2004, posted by mtuck
- 3/25
- David Kay Resigns as Head of Iraq Survey Group, January 23, 2004, posted by mtuck
- 10/30
- Rumsfeld on Looting, Vandalism: ‘Stuff Happens’, April 11, 2003, posted by mtuck
- 8/12
- Saddam Hussein’s Government Collapses; US Orchestrates Propaganda Stunt with Toppling Statue, April 9, 2003, posted by mtuck
- 8/7
- CNN Military Analyst Admits to Drinking ‘Government Kool-Aid’ as Part of Propaganda Operation, June 25, 2005, posted by mtuck
- 5/19
- US Military Begins Massive Offensive to Retake Fallujah; Observers Cite Systematic Brutality Towards Civilians, November 8, 2004, posted by mtuck
- 4/12
- Reconstruction Agency Chief Admits ‘We Started Very Slowly’, March 11, 2003, posted by mtuck
- 4/12
- Paul Bremer Dissolves Iraqi Army, May 23, 2003, posted by mtuck
- 1/26
- US and Partners Invade Iraq, March 19, 2003, posted by mtuck
- 1/3
- CPA Turns over Iraq’s Sovereignty to Interim Government, June 28, 2004, posted by mtuck
- 12/4
- Pentagon Creates Coalition Provisional Authority, January 2003, posted by mtuck
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This project is an attempt to document the various US misdeeds committed during its occupation of Iraq, which started in April of 2003. It takes a look at the strategic military blunders, coerced neoliberal reforms, human rights abuses, and corrupt contracting practices that plagued the US’ nation-building efforts and eventually led to Iraq’s current anarchic state of sectarian chaos.
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