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- September 5, 1988 and After: Joseph Wilson Takes Diplomatic Post in Baghdad; Engages in ‘Moderate’ US Policy toward Iraq 1988-09-05
- April 12, 1990: Republican US Senators Call Hussein ‘Honorable,’ Say Problems Stem from ‘Clumsy Public Relations’ 1990-04-12
- May 28-30, 1990: Hussein Says Oil Production by Neighbors Constitutes ‘Economic Warfare’ against Iraq 1990-05-28
- July 25, 1990 and After: US Ambassador Scapegoated for Giving Iraq Permission to Invade? 1990-07-25
- July 25, 1990: US Ambassador Gives Seeming ‘Green Light’ for Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait 1990-07-25
- July 27, 1990: Bush Letter Equivocates on Likely Response to Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait 1990-07-27
- July 31, 1990: State Department Official Confirms US Has No Mutual Defense Treaty with Kuwait 1990-07-31
- July 31, 1990: US Ambassador Goes on Leave; Wilson Left in Charge of Embassy 1990-07-31
- August 1-2, 1990: US Diplomat Wilson Works to Avoid Escalation of Iraq-Kuwait Conflict 1990-08-01
- August 1, 1990: Iraq Conducts ‘Negotiations’ with Kuwait on Eve of Invasion 1990-08-01
- August 4, 1990: Iraqis Hold Hundreds of Americans Hostage; US Reluctant to Take Action 1990-08-04
- August 5, 1990: US Media Arrives in Baghdad to Cover Invasion 1990-08-05
- August 6, 1990: US Diplomat Discusses Iraq’s Occupation of Kuwait with Hussein; Dictator Promises Cheap Oil if US Will Allow Occupation to Stand 1990-08-06
- August 8-9, 1990: US Diplomats Decide to Confront Hussein Rather than Negotiate 1990-08-08
- August 8, 1990: Iraqis Use Americans as Human Shields 1990-08-08
- August 8, 1990: New York Times Prints Details of Meeting between Hussein and US Diplomat Wilson 1990-08-08
- August 17, 1990: Iraq Promises that All Americans Can Leave Region under Geneva, Vienna Conventions 1990-08-17
- August 17-23, 1990: Iraq Announces All Foreign Citizens in Iraq and Kuwait to be Held Hostage 1990-08-17
- August 24, 1990: Iraqis Renege on Promise to Let US Diplomats, Families Leave 1990-08-24
- August 28, 1990: Iraqis Free Women and Children Hostages 1990-08-28
- September 20, 1990: US Diplomat Joseph Wilson Faces Down Iraqis, Prevents Americans from Being Taken Hostage 1990-09-20
- November 20-22, 1990: US Diplomat Joseph Wilson Uses Thanksgiving to Pressure Iraq to Release American Hostages 1990-11-20
- November 28, 1990: Former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Supports Continued Sanctions; US Diplomats in Baghdad Disagree 1990-11-28
- November 29, 1990: Bush Praises Acting Ambassador in Iraq for Heroism 1990-11-29
- December 6, 1990: Hussein Releases American Hostages 1990-12-06
- January 9-13, 1991: Congress Authorizes War with Iraq 1991-01-09
- January 12, 1991: US Embassy Shuts Down on Eve of Iraq War 1991-01-12
- January 16, 1991 and After: ’Operation Desert Storm’: US Launches Massive Air Assault against Iraq 1991-01-16
- After February 28, 1991: US Diplomat Wilson: Gulf War Establishes Internationalist ‘Blueprint for Post-Cold War New World Order’ 1991-02-28
- February 28, 1991: Iraq Surrenders, Hostilities End 1991-02-28
- (February 13, 2002): Cheney Asks CIA to Probe Deeper into Allegation that Iraq Attempted to Purchase Uranium from Niger 2002-02-13
- Shortly after February 13, 2002: CIA Decides to Send Joseph Wilson to Niger; Wilson’s Wife Relays the Request to Him 2002-02-13
- February 13, 2002: CIA Division Requests Approval to Send Joseph Wilson to Niger 2002-02-13
- February 13, 2002: CIA Operative Valerie Plame Wilson Suggests CIA Send Her Husband to Niger to Verify Reports Iraq Attempted to Purchase Uranium There 2002-02-13
- February 19, 2002: Intelligence Analysts Discuss Merits of Sending Wilson to Niger 2002-02-19
- February 20, 2002: CIA Provides Joseph Wilson with Talking Points for His Trip to Niger 2002-02-20
- February 21, 2002-March 4, 2002: Former Ambassador Visits Niger to Investigate Allegations that Iraq Attempted to Purchase Uranium 2002-02-21
- March 1, 2002: State Department Intelligence Memo Argues It Is ‘Unlikely’ That Iraq Attempted to Purchase Uranium from Niger 2002-03-01
- March 4-5, 2002: Ambassador Reports No Evidence of Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal 2002-03-04
- March 8, 2002: CIA Alerts White House, Other Agencies that Wilson Found No Evidence of Iraq Uranium Purchase 2002-03-08
- September 24, 2002: Joseph Wilson Asks CIA to Inform British About His February Trip to Niger 2002-09-24
- October 13, 2002: Wilson Recommends Aggressive Disarmament, Inspections for Iraq to Avoid War 2002-10-13
- November 20, 2002: Bush Warns that ‘Deception’ from Iraq ‘Will Not Be Tolerated’ 2002-11-20
- December 9, 2002: Wilson: US on Brink of Launching an ‘Imperial War’ 2002-12-09
- January 28-29, 2003: CIA Analyst, Former Ambassador Bemused by President’s Claim of Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal 2003-01-28
- 9:01 pm January 28, 2003: President Bush Gives His 2003 State of the Union Address 2003-01-28
- January 29, 2003: Joseph Wilson Wants White House to Correct the Record with Regard to Uranium-from-Africa Allegation 2003-01-29
- February 4, 2003: IAEA Receives Iraq-Niger Documents, Talking Points 2003-02-04
- February 5, 2003 and After: Media Reaction to Powell’s Speech Overwhelmingly Positive, Less So among Skeptical Nations 2003-02-05
- After February 5, 2003: Wilson: Powell’s UN Presentation Unconvincing, Final Proof of Complicity with Administration Neoconservatives 2003-02-05