13 February 2006
Russia recommends that all material and findings collected by UNMOVIC and related inspection bodies such as the IAEA and the ISG be presented to the Security Council. Russia cites reasons for this recommendation as a way to bring full and final clarity to the much debated issue of Iraq's WMD programs.
--"Russia Wants All Iraq Inspections Files Referred to UN Security Council," Xinhua, 13 February 2006.

15 February 2006
The recently released tapes documenting conversations between Saddam Hussein and top Ba'ath officials in late April or May of 1995 indicate the regime did knowingly fail to reveal aspects of the missile program to United Nations inspection bodies. The tapes record the words of the deceased Iraqi general and son-in-law of Saddam Hussein, Hussein Kamel, relating his work to keep intelligence on Iraqi missile capabilities from inspectors.
--"Tapes Show Son-in-Law Admitted WMD Deception," ABC News, 15 February 2006.

11 February 2007
A U.S. military intelligence report is released in Baghdad accusing Iran of supplying Iraqi insurgents with weapons including anti-aircraft missiles. The report says that "Iranian Misagh-1 portable anti-aircraft missiles were found after a failed attempt to shoot down a plane at Baghdad's airport in 2004." The report claims that Iraqi insurgents have been receiving support from the Qods (Quds) Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
-- Bill Gertz, "Iran arms Iraqi insurgents; U.S. military cites bombs, missiles and rockets," The Washington Times, 12 February 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe; James Glanz, "U.S. Says Arms Link Iranians To Iraqi Shiites," The New York Times, 12 February 2007.

12 February 2007
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies U.S. allegations that Iran is supplying Iraqi insurgents with sophisticated weapons. He says, "There should be a court to prove the case and to verify the case."
-- "Iran Denies Arming Iraqi," The Daily Mail, 13 February 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe; "Iran Denies Supply Arms to Militants," Chinadaily.com.cn, 13 February 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.

27 April 2007
British Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram announces that the Board of Inquiry learned that the Lynx helicopter shot down in Iraq on 6 May 2006, was brought "down by a surface-to-air missile, using a man-portable air-defence system, fired from the ground." According to the report, "the distance was probably 'at the extreme range' of the system involved."
-- Sophie Freeman, "Iraq helicopter crash 'result of a missile attack,'" Daily Post (Liverpool), 28 April 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe; "Single missile downed by UK Lynx," Flight International, 8 May 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.

29 June 2007
The Security Council passes Resolution 1762 terminating the mandates of the UN Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the IAEA in Iraq. Resolution 1762 also requests the UN Secretary General to dispose safely of archives containing sensitive information, and to transfer any remaining UNMOVIC funds to the Development Fund for Iraq. A letter to the Security Council from the Iraqi government indicates it is committed to respecting its obligations to the nonproliferation regime.
-- Colum Lynch, "UN Security Council Dissolves Unit Looking for Iraqi Arms," The Washington Post, 30 June 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe; UN Security Council, "Iraq (UNMOVIC)," Security Council Report, Update Report No. 10, 26 June 2008.

25 September 2007
U.S. spokesman Rear Admiral Mark Fox claims that Iranian-supplied surface-to-air missiles, such as the Misagh 1, have been found in Iraq. The U.S. military says that these missiles have been smuggled into Iraq from Iran. Iran denies the allegation. [Note: See NTI Chronology 11 and 12 February 2007].
"Tehran blasted on Iraq Missiles," Hobart Mercury, 25 September 2007, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe; David C Isby, "U.S. Outlines Iranian Cross-Border Supply of Rockets and Missiles to Iraq," Jane's Missiles & Rockets, Jane's Information Group, 1 November 2007.

29 February 2008
UNMOVIC is officially closed down as directed by UN Security Council Resolution 1762, which terminated its mandate. [Note: See NTI Chronology 29 June 2007].
-- UN Security Council, "Iraq (UNMOVIC)," Security Council Report, Update Report No. 10, 26 June 2008.

	Updated November 2008