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It's not about chemical weapons.
It's not about oil even.
It's about the currency it is traded in.
Note: If you'd like to understand why this is important, I'd recommend reading Nitin Gupta's answer to What is the economics behind printing of currency?
IRAQ
2000.11 Saddam announces Iraq will only accept EUR as payment for its oil
2001.09 World Trade Centre destruction
2002.11 Saddam invites UN weapons inspectors into the country [18]
2003.01 UN weapons inspectors didn't find evidence of nuclear weapons in Iraq [18]
2003.01 Germany rules out Iraq invasion support
2003.01 France joins Germany in opposing Iraq invasion
2003.02 Europeans oppose Iraq invasion
2003.03 US, UK and Australia invade Iraq
2003.08 Public support for Iraq invasion plummets in the UK
2004.03 Madrid train bombings
2005.03 Italy plans Iraq pull out
2005.07 London bombings
2006.12 Saddam Hussein was executed and his hanging spread on the web
LIBYA
1999.08 Gaddafi announces plans for the African Development Bank, reviving the gold dinar as a single African currency
2009.00 Gaddafi announces Libya only accepts gold-backed dinar for oil
2011.02 Libyan Civil War starts
2011.07 US declares Libyan rebels as government and releases $30b
2011.10 US+NATO invade Libya
2011.10 Gaddafi is beaten and shot to death, and his body publicly displayed for days in an industrial freezer
IRAN
2003.Q1 US starts work on operation TIRANNT ("Theater IRAN Near Term")
2005.01 Iran announces Oil Bourse in Kish trading in EUR and IRR
2006.12 Security Council imposes sanctions on Iran for nuclear enrichment
2007.05 Bush authorises CIA operations against Iran
2007.09 Israel bombs Syria
2007.12 Iran completed converting all oil exports to non-USD
2008.02 Iranian Oil Bourse opens
2009.00 UK starts planning covert action in Syria
2009.02 Israel launches covert war against Iran
2009.11 IAEA adopts resolution against Iran's nuclear program
2009.11 Lula welcomes Ahmadinejad to Brazil
2010.05 US frustrates Iran-Turkey enriched fuel swap brokered by Brazil
2011.00 US+UK start training opposition forces in Syria
2011.03 Civil uprising starts in Syria
2013.03 The BRICS announce plans for a BRICS Development Bank
2013.06 Protests simultaneously hit the streets in Turkey and Brazil
Footnotes
[17] SECURITY COUNCIL IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON IRAN FOR FAILURE TO HALT URANIUM ENRICHMENT, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1737 (2006)
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