12-Sep-01 >>>>>>> Iraq misinterprets US reaction to events of 9/11; adopts ill-conceived diplomatic position
Late 2001 >>>>>>> IAEC Modernization Project begins and initiates purchase of CNC machines
Oct-Nov >>>>>>> 2001 Enduring Freedom defeats the Taliban in Afghanistan
Dec 2001 >>>>>>> Iraq begins serial production of the Al Samud II
Late 2001 >>>>>>> Around this time, Iraqi scientists tell Regime leaders they cannot produce WMD
January 2002 >>>>>>> Saddam issues order for IAEC and MIC to implement cooperative projects in physics, machining, electronics
January 2002 >>>>>>> Saddam directs the MIC to assist the IAEC with foreign procurement
26-28 January 2002 >>>>>>> Tariq ‘Aziz visits Moscow and Beijing to bolster international support for lifting UNSC sanctions
29-Jan-02 >>>>>>> Bush refers to ‘Axis of Evil’ in State of the Union address
12-Feb-02 >>>>>>> Saddam declares “We will not return to it” with reference to nuclear weapons
13-Feb-02 >>>>>>> Iraq says inspectors will not be allowed to return
March 2002 >>>>>>> MIC front company ARMOS authorized to trade outside of Russia
21-Mar-02 >>>>>>> Russia blocks UNSC attempt to tighten-up OFF, reduce violations
March/Apri l2002 >>>>>>> Iraq & UN hold new inspection talks in NY
01-Jun-02 >>>>>>> Jinin cruise missile project initiated (1000km range; 500kg payload)
2002 >>>>>>> Ibn Firnas recommends MIC cancel L-29 RPV program
July 2002 >>>>>>> Iraq & UN hold more inspection talks in Vienna
Mid 2002 >>>>>>> MIC Rotating Machinery Department (RMD) formed; machine tools ordered, including a balancing machine
05-Jul-02 >>>>>>> Copper vapor laser demonstrated to Huwaysh; put into storage
2002 >>>>>>> Regime procurement with Belarus, France, FRY, India, Jordan, PRC, Russia, Syria and Ukraine leads to further sanctions erosion
2002 >>>>>>> Iraq and Russia negotiate $40B oil development deal to be undertaken once sanctions are lifted
2002 >>>>>>> MIC sponsors 3200 research projects in Iraqi universities (up from 40 in 1997)
2002 >>>>>>> MIC builds explosive test facility capable of researching shaped charges
Mid 2002 >>>>>>> Iraq begins production of 81mm aluminum tubes for rockets
Sept 2002 >>>>>>> CAD designs for a launcher accommodating missiles up to 1m in diameter; 9m in length
Sept 2002 >>>>>>> Higher Committee, once controlled by Tariq ‘Aziz, is reconstituted to deal with inspections, headed by Taha Ramadan
Sep 02 >>>>>>> Over 900,000 nerve agent antidote autoinjectors had been purchased
12-Sep-02 >>>>>>> Bush calls Iraq ‘Grave and gathering danger’ in UN General Assembly (UNGA) speech
16-Sep-02 >>>>>>> Iraq agrees to readmit inspectors
18-Sep-02>>>>>>> Publication of UK Iraq WMD dossier
Nov 2002 >>>>>>> MIC scientists meet and are told that Iraq has no WMD, and they must not hide anything from inspectors
Nov 2002 >>>>>>> Jinin and other covert delivery system programs suspended due to return of inspectors
08-Nov-02 >>>>>>> UNSCR 1441 finds Iraq in material breach, calls for disarmament and FFCD
08-Nov-02 >>>>>>> Russia refuses to veto UNSCR 1441
27-Nov-02 >>>>>>> UNMOVIC inspections begin
Dec 2002 >>>>>>> Saddam tells his Generals he does not have WMD
Dec 2002 >>>>>>> Saddam tells military leaders/senior leaders to “cooperate completely” with inspectors
Dec 2002 >>>>>>> UNMOVIC freezes the Al Samud II and Al Fat’h fl ight tests upon further analysis of system’s range capbility
Dec 2002 >>>>>>> Details of IAEC dual-use CNC machine purchases provided to UN/IAEA
End of 2002 >>>>>>> Iraq successfully flight tests 81mm rockets with indigenously produced aluminum tubes
Late 2002 >>>>>>> Iraq again attempts foreign purchase of 81mm tubes
Dec 2002 >>>>>>> NMD publishes the Currently Accurate Full, and Complete Declaration
Jan 2003 >>>>>>> Two teams from IAEC and Al Majid Company develop multipurpose controllers for process plant
Jan 2003 >>>>>>> MIC annual budget at $500M
Jan-2003 >>>>>>> UNMOVIC finds 12 empty 122mm CW rocket warheads
Jan 2003 >>>>>>> Iraqi MoD conference on Iranian WMD
20-Jan-03 >>>>>>> Husam Amin tells military leaders to cooperate with inspectors, repeating Saddam’s earlier directives
20-Jan-03 >>>>>>> The MIC directs all Directors General of state companies to relinquish any WMD to the NMD
25-Jan-03 >>>>>>> The NMD director meets with Republican Guard (RG) leaders and advises they sign documents stating no WMD in RG units
Feb 2003 >>>>>>> Inspection of Al Nu’man factory reveals cluster bomb that management claimed from Al Muthanna
Feb 2003 >>>>>>> According to senior Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saddam has decided to use CW against US troops in the event of war
Feb-2003 >>>>>>> Iraq recommends excavating R-400 bomb fragments at Al ‘Aziziyah
February 2003 >>>>>>> DG of NMD still trying to satisfy IAEA concern over missing explosive lens mold drawings
05-Feb-03 >>>>>>> US SecState Powell presents evidence of Iraqi WMD programs to UNSC
14-Feb-03 >>>>>>> Saddam issues directive banning private companies and individuals from importing WMD materials or producing WMD
28-Feb-03 >>>>>>> Russia threatens veto of UNSCR authorizing war on Iraq
March 2003 >>>>>>> New construction scheduled for MIM plant to provide indigenous multi-purpose production facility, halted due to OIF
Mar 2003 >>>>>>> MIC has $186M in contracts with Syria (SES Company)
1-17 Mar 2003 >>>>>>> UNMOVIC bans Samud II and supervises destruction of missiles
Early 2003 >>>>>>> Regime procurement with Belarus, Bulgaria, France, India, Jordan, PRC, Russia, Syria, and Ukraine leads to further sanctions erosion
01-Mar-03 >>>>>>> MIC has accumulated $300M+ in reserves
Early March >>>>>>> Saddam forms a funds distribution committee consisting of Minister of Finance, President of the Diwan, Presidential Secretary, and Qusay Husayn
06-Mar-03 >>>>>>> UNMOVIC publishes report - Unresolved Disarmament Issues (Clusters)
10-Mar-03 >>>>>>> France threatens veto of UN resolution authorizing war; later opposes OIF
18-Mar-03 >>>>>>> UNMOVIC and IAEA depart Iraq
19-Mar-03 >>>>>>> Initiation of hostilities
Late March 2003 >>>>>>> Saddam implies to military leaders that he has secret weapon
[MY ADDITION] 6:00pm 14-Dec-03 >>>>>>> 600+ troops from the US 4th Infantry embarked on operation "RED DAWN" to search two locations named "Wolverine 1" & "Wolverine 2."
At 8:36pm a "disoriented" & "bewildered" Saddam Hussein was pulled out of a spider hole.
He spoke these words in English: "My name is Saddam Hussein. I am the president of Iraq and I want to negotiate."
To which a US Special Forces Solider responded: "Regards from President Bush."
Excerpted from Glossary and Acronyms Volume 3
CAD = Computer-Aided Design.
CW = Chemical Weapon-an item of materiel that disperses or disseminates a chemical agent; Chemical Warfare.
DG = Director General.
FFCD = Full, Final, and Complete Disclosure. The series of Declarations Iraq presented to the UN, detailing its WMD programs. Separate documents were submitted for CW, BW, nuclear, and ballistic missiles.
FRY= Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
IAEC = Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission.
MIC = Military Industrialization Commission.
MIM = Ministry of Industry and Minerals.
MoA = Ministry of Agriculture.
MoD = Ministry of Defense.
MoF = Ministry of Finance.
MoH = Ministry of Health.
MoO = Ministry of Oil.
MoT = Ministry of Trade.
NMD = National Monitoring Directorate.
OFF = Oil for Food program.
OIF = Operation Iraqi Freedom.
PRC = ???
RG = Republican Guard.
UNMOVIC United Nations Monitoring, Verifi cation, and Inspection Commission. Set up by UNSCR 1284 on 17 December 1999 as a replacement for UNSCOM. Its fi rst Executive Chairman was Dr. Hans Blix.
UNSC = United Nations Security Council.
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