Chapter 37: Liberation from the Occupation
1. Douglas J. Feith and Lieutenant General Walter L. Sharp (principal drafters),“Strategic Review: Stay the Course—Faster,” October 28, 2003, as cited in Douglas J. Feith, War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism (New York: HarperCollins, 2008), pp. 460, 644.
2. Rumsfeld, “Plan for Iraq,” October 14, 2003.
3. Rumsfeld, “Risk in the Way Ahead in Iraq,” October 28, 2003.
4. Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell, My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 227.
5. Judy Keen, “Rice Will Manage Iraq’s ‘New Phase,’” USA Today, October 6, 2003.
6. David E. Sanger, “White House to Overhaul Iraq and Afghan Missions,” New York Times, October 6, 2003.
7. “Rumsfeld Avoids Questions on Iraq Role,” CNN, October 9, 2003.
9. David E. Sanger, “White House to Overhaul Iraq and Afghan Missions,” New York Times, October 6, 2003.
10. Rumsfeld to Powell, “Afghanistan—Embassy Kabul Staffing,” March 26, 2004.
11. Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Iraq Reporting Relationships,” October 6, 2003.
12. Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Iraq Reporting Relationships,” October 6, 2003.
13. Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Iraq Reporting Relationships,” October 6, 2003.
14. Rumsfeld, handwritten note, October 14, 2003.
15. Rumsfeld, “Alternative Approaches to Operate the NSC—Consensus v. Options for POTUS,” April 1, 2004; Rumsfeld to Rice, “Interagency Process,” August 20, 2002.
16. Rumsfeld, “Conversation with Jerry Bremer,” December 10, 2003.
17. Rumsfeld, “Fight to the Death,” July 24, 2003.
18. Alexandar Vasovic, “Saddam: ‘I’m Willing to Negotiate,’ Raising Hopes Insurgency Might Weaken,” Associated Press, December 15, 2003.
19. Department of Defense notes of NSC meeting, April 9, 2003.
20. Department of Defense notes of NSC meeting, April 9, 2003; Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell, My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 334.
21. Department of Defense notes of NSC meeting, April 10, 2003.
22. International Monetary Fund, “Iraq: Third and Fourth Reviews Under the Stand-By Arrangement, Financing Assurances Review, and Requests for Extension of the Arrangement and for Waiver of Nonobservance of a Performance Criterion,” IMF Country Report No. 07/115, March 2007, p. 13.
23. Coalition Provisional Authority, “Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period,” adopted March 8, 2004.
24. Department of Defense news transcript, “Defense Department Operational Update Briefing,” April 20, 2004.
25. Rumsfeld to Abizaid et al., “Sunni Engagement,” December 19, 2003.
26. Rumsfeld to Bremer, “Sunni Outreach,” April 12, 2004.
27. Glen D. Shaffer, Director for Intelligence (J-2) to Myers et al., “The Importance of the Tribes in Post-Saddam Iraq,” April 8, 2003.
28. Bing West, No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah (New York: Bantam Books, 2005), p. 61.
29. Stephan Faris, “Islamic Justice: The Religious Militia Muscles In,” Time, March 1, 2004.
32. OSD Policy, “Apprehension of Moqtada al Sadr,” January 7, 2004.
33. Edward Wong, “Truce Extended in Falluja Siege, and Talks Go On,” New York Times, April 26, 2004.
34. Edward Wong, “Truce Extended in Falluja Siege, and Talks Go On,” New York Times, April 26, 2004.
35. Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell, My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), pp. 135–36.
36. Rodman to Rumsfeld, “Decision Not to Go After Sadr,” December 6, 2005.
37. Paul Bremer, statement to the Iraqi people, March 3, 2004; Paul Bremer, statement on UN Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi’s announcement regarding Iraq’s political transition, April 14, 2004.
38. Dexter Filkins, “U.S. Transfers Power to Iraq 2 Days Early,” New York Times, June 29, 2004.
