The Contemporary Middle East. A Documentary History

Despite reported high-level discussions about the use of chemical weapons in the defense of Iraq, information acquired after OI ...

The IIS provided the BW program with security and participated in biological research, probably for its own purposes, from the ...

degradation of Iraq’s industrial base: new equipment and spare parts for existing machinery became difficult and expensive to ob ...

ISG is aware of BW-applicable research since 1996, but ISG judges it was not con- ducted in connection with a BW program. ISG h ...

It appears that testing on humans continued until the mid 1990s. There is no evidence to link these tests with the development o ...

their political tutors from the United States in 2004 devised a process for the three elections held in 2005 followed by the for ...

were generally fair and relatively free from violence. Political bargaining following the elections was, however, intense becaus ...

Later in 2006, senior officials of the Bush administration expressed doubt that Maliki had the will power or the political clout ...

Conference to the heads of tribes issues covenant of honor to confront the state fighting and fighting terrorism. Conference to ...

they will take the responsibility of managing Iraq’s security instead of the MNF before they withdraw. Activating the decisions ...

U.S. Policy in Iraq DOCUMENT IN CONTEXT All of the shortcomings of the George W. Bush administration’s policies in Iraq appeared ...

with the U.S. occupation, the Bush administration concluded that elements associated with the al-Qaida network had moved into Ir ...

Searching for a New Policy Responding to voter concerns about Iraq, members of Congress in 2005 proposed the creation of a blue- ...

DOCUMENT Recommendations of the Iraq Study Group DECEMBER6, 2006 II THE WAY FORWARD—A NEW APPROACH Progress in Iraq is still pos ...

The New Diplomatic Offensive Iraq cannot be addressed effectively in isolation from other major regional issues, inter- ests, ...

viii. Assist Iraq in establishing active working embassies in key capitals in the region (for example, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). ...

regional influence by Iran. Indeed, they may take active steps to limit Iran’s influ- ence, steps that could lead to an intrareg ...

RECOMMENDATION 7: The Support Group should call on the participation of the office of the United Nations Secretary-General in it ...

inflame sectarian tensions within Iran, with serious consequences for Iranian national security interests. Our limited contacts ...

The Wider Regional Context The United States will not be able to achieve its goals in the Middle East unless the United States ...