Everyone is always debating how there was no connection between Iraq and War on Terror and here is a brief chronology of events, hopefully you will see how these events are connected. In any case it's obvious Iraq was a pivotal point for both Bush dynasty and Osama bin Laden network and either ones' future seems to depend on the successful takeover and control of Baghdad and its oil resources as well as a powerbase in the region due to its resources (not just the oil). Saddam the evil moron is just a pawn in an old and well orchestrated game. I will try to keep it short and sweet:
1989 - Osama bin Laden travels to South Yemen and warns of imminent invasion of Kuwait by Saddam.
http://www.worldhistory.com/binladen.htm
08.02.1990 - Saddam invades Kuwait
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/h...t_invasion.stm
1990 - Osama bin Laden objects to non-muslim troops presence in holy land and volunteers to lead an arab army against Saddam's occupation forces, in effect getting close to declare Jihad on Saddam -
http://www.worldhistory.com/binladen.htm
08.08.1990 - First US troops arrive in Saudi Arabia
http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/dstorm/dsaug.htm
1990-1991 - US forces based in Saudi defeat Iraqi army in operation Desert Storm -
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/cron/
1991-1996 - Bin Laden's objections to US (non-muslim) troops based in Saudi Arabia escalate into several terrorist attacks including bombings in Yemen, Somalia resistance, USSCole attack and other attacks coordinated during his extensive travels to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan -
http://www.worldhistory.com/binladen.htm
1996 - Bin Laden issues a 'Declaration of War' its intent to remove US army presence from the Arabian peninsula
1991-2003 US and British bombing campaigns enforce 'No Fly Zone' in Iraq -
http://www.historyguy.com/no-fly_zone_war.html
1998 - Operation Desert Fox - Allied campaign in Iraq intensifies with intent to degrade Saddam's ability to produce weapons of mass destruction -
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/desert_fox/
1998 - Bin Laden issues Fatwa urging Jihad against Americans. The conditions to cease Jihad are 1. Removal of US presence from Arabian peninsula 2. Cessation of No Fly Zone enforcement by US 3. Withdrawal of US support of the state of Israel -
http://www.ict.org.il/articles/fatwah.htm
09.11.2001 - World Trade Center attacks, Pentagon and downed plane in Pennsylvania. Osama bin Laden is blamed -
http://911digitalarchive.org/
10.2001 - Operation Enduring Freedom - US and coalition forces fight against terrorists in Afghanistan -
http://www.army.mil/operations/oef/
2003 - US and Coalition of the willing invasion of Iraq