The Relations Between The USA and Iraq
However, the US did not try to remove Saddam Hussein from power and allowed him to suppress
Kurdish and Shi'a revolts. According to former U.S. intelligence officials, the CIA orchestrated a
bomb and sabotage campaign between 1992 and 1995 in Iraq via one of the insurgent organizations,
the Iraqi National Accord. The Iraqi government at the time claimed that the bombs, including one
exploded in a movie theater, resulted in many civilian casualties. In 1996, Amneh al-Khadami, who
described himself as the chief bomb maker for the Iraqi National Accord, recorded a videotape in
which he talked of the bombing campaign and complained that he was being shortchanged money
and supplies. However this campaign had no apparent effect in toppling Saddam Hussein's rule. In
October 1998, regime change became official with the U.S. Policy enactment of the "Iraq
Liberation Act"(ILA). The ILA is a United States Congressional statement of policy calling for