As of 30 June 2009, there had been legislation in progress for a year to make the Iraqi CTB a separate ministry.

The Iraqi Counter Terrorism Bureau reports to the Prime Minister directly.

The January 2003 CIA paper Iraqi Support for Terrorism states that al-Libi told a foreign intelligence service that " Iraq — acting on the request of al-Qa ' ida militant Abu Abdullah, who was Muhammad Atif's emissary — agreed to provide unspecified chemical or biological weapons training for two al-Qa ' ida associates beginning in December 2000.

" The September 2002 version of Iraqi Support for Terrorism stated that al-Libi said Iraq had " provided " chemical and biological weapons training for two al-Qaeda associates in 2000, but also stated that al-Libi " did not know the results of the training.

The 2006 Senate Report on Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq stated that " Although DIA coordinated on CIA's Iraqi Support for Terrorism paper, DIA analysis preceding that assessment was more skeptical of the al-Libi reporting.

Since September 11, 2001, I Corps and Fort Lewis assets have been active in providing support for Global War on Terrorism operations, including Operation Noble Eagle ( Homeland Defense ), Operation Enduring Freedom ( Afghanistan ) and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

In part by referring to “ War on Terrorism ,” George W. Bush administration used hard power measures to uproot Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and to handle subsequent crisis in Iraq.

The U. S. government has tried to sell the notion that the war against Iraq is critical to the American " War on Terrorism ": " In the war on terror, Iraq is now the central front ..." President Bush said on December 14, 2005 ( Bush, George W. " President Discusses Iraqi Elections, Victory in the War on Terror.

* War on Terrorism – Canal Hotel: Investigators focus on the possibility that former Iraqi intelligence agents working as security guards may have assisted the attack.

The ISG mission was to organize, direct, and apply intelligence capabilities and expertise to discover, capture, exploit and disseminate information on individuals, documents and other media, materials, facilities, networks, and operations relative to Weapons of Mass Destruction ( WMD ), Terrorism, Former Regime Intelligence, as well as Iraqi or Third-Country Nationals associated with the Former Regime, detained by the Former Regime, or subjects of Indictment for War Crimes or Crimes against Humanity.

The Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal is similar in nature to the AFEM, and was awarded for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom up until June 2005 when it was replaced by the Iraq Campaign Medal for Operations directly in Iraq and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal for Operations directly in Afghanistan.

Operations related to the Global War on Terrorism ( to include Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom ) are not eligible for the ASCM.

Additional operations, for which the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal is authorized, include the active military campaigns of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Noble Eagle, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Although the 56th Fighter Wing does not deploy aircraft to United States Air Forces Central Command Expeditionary units as part of the Global War on Terrorism, Luke Airmen routinely deploy to USAFCENT in AEF deployment cycles, engaging in combat in support of Operation Enduring Freedom ( OEF ); Operation Iraqi Freedom ( OIF ), and other expeditionary operations as tasked.

After terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 that killed nearly 3, 000 people and wounded thousands more, USTRANSCOM became a vital partner in the United States ' Global War On Terrorism supporting the warfighter in Operation Enduring Freedom ( Afghanistan ) and Operation Iraqi Freedom ( Iraq ).

" Bergen writes, " In sum, by the mid -' 90s, the Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York, the F. B. I., the U. S. Attorney's office in the Southern District of New York, the C. I. A., the N. S. C., and the State Department had all found no evidence implicating the Iraqi government in the first Trade Center attack.

The January 2003 CIA report Iraqi Support for Terrorism noted that " the most reliable reporting to date casts doubt on this possibility " that such a meeting occurred.

In January 2003, the CIA released a special Report to Congress entitled Iraqi Support for Terrorism.

Scheuer states that he was not part of the analysis team that produced Iraqi Support for Terrorism, but that he was the main researcher reviewing the evidence and conclusions of that report.

According to the SSCI report, " Iraqi Support for Terrorism contained the following summary judgments regarding Iraq's provision of training to al-Qaida: Regarding the Iraq-al-Qa ' ida relationship, reporting from sources of varying reliability points to ... incidents of training ... The most disturbing aspect of the relationship is the dozen or so reports of varying reliability mentioning the involvement of Iraq or Iraqi nationals in al-Qa ' ida's efforts to obtain CBW training.

: Due to the limited amount and questionable quality of reporting on the leadership intentions of Saddam Hussein and Usama bin Ladin, the CIA was unable to make conclusive assessments in " Iraqi Support for Terrorism " regarding Iraq's relationship with al-Qaeda.

The CIA reasonably and objectively assessed in Iraqi Support for Terrorism that the most problematic area of contact between Iraq and al-Qaeda were the reports of training in the use of non-conventional weapons, specifically chemical and biological weapons.

* Head of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council ( 1979 – 2003 )

Although most members of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council ( RCC ) favored joining Iraq with the UAR, the new president Abdel Karim Qasim disagreed.

Although most members of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council ( RCC ) were Nasserists and favored joining Iraq with the UAR, Qasim held animosity towards him.

He served as the Deputy Commander ( Forward ), Combined Forces Command, US Central Command during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Command of the militia was handed to Qusay Hussein in 1996 when it was uncovered that Uday was diverting weapons to the militia from the Iraqi Republican Guard.

The meeting did not go as al-Bakr planned, and Michel Aflaq, the Secretary General of the National Command ( the Ba ' ath Party leader ), suggested that the National Command should take over the Iraqi Ba ' ath Party cell in an unknown period of time.

After a couple of years, al-Bakr was elected as the Iraqi cells Secretary General of the Regional Command.

Ali Salih al-Sadi, the Secretary General of the Iraqi cell's Regional Command, was expelled from the party in 1964, and al-Bakr succeeded him in office.

Active today, the corps acts as a subordinate headquarters of United States Army Forces Command, and has also seen deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Through a joint venture with McNeil Technologies called Global Linguist Solutions, Dyncorp was awarded a 5 year contract to provide management of translation and interpretation services to support U. S. Intelligence and Security Command ( INSCOM ) as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

* Occupation of Iraq: United States Central Command military officials confirm that Mahmoud Diyab al-Ahmed, the Iraqi Minister of Interior was in its custody.

Arif had previously been selected as the leader of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council and after the coup he was elected president of Iraq due to his popularity.

Arif was appointed president by the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council.

The 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse initiated Operation Ivy Blizzard, a joint operation with Iraqi security forces within Samarra at the request of local leadership, according to U. S. Central Command officials.

* Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council, the ultimate decision making body in Iraq before the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

United States Central Command claims that Iraqi naval losses thus far in the Gulf War total one oil platform, two patrol boats, one tanker, and four unidentified ships presumed sunk and four mine warfare ships, one hovercraft, three patrol boats, and two unidentified vessels confirmed as sunk.

The Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council was established after the military coup in 1968, and was the ultimate decision making body in Iraq before the 2003 American-led invasion.

The Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council ( RCC ) was established as the de facto ruling power in Iraq after the military coup of 1968.

The coup in 1968 led to the establishment of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council which became the ultimate decision-making body in Iraq during the Ba ’ ath ’ s rule from 1968 to 2003.

Recalled to full-time active military duty from 2001 to 2003, Hire supported Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom as a member of the Headquarters, U. S. Central Command Current Operations and Joint Operations Center ( JOC ) staffs at MacDill AFB, Florida during Operation Enduring Freedom, followed by reassignment to the U. S. Naval Forces Central Command / U. S. Fifth Fleet staff for Operation Iraqi Freedom.