Saddam Hussein

Events (290)

• September 12, 2001: Neoconservative Academic Blames Hussein, Iraq for 9/11 2001-09-12
• September 13, 2001: Televangelists Blame Gays, Abortionists, Civil Liberties Groups for 9/11 2001-09-13
• September 13, 2001: Powell Privately Complains Administration Neoconservatives Need to Be Put ‘Back in the Box’ 2001-09-13
• September 13, 2001: Former CIA Director Suggests Saddam Hussein May Have Been Behind the 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-13
• September 15, 2001-April 6, 2002: Bush Shifts Public Focus from Bin Laden to Iraq 2001-09-15
• September 16, 2001: Cheney Says Iraq Is ‘Bottled Up,’ Not Tied to 9/11 2001-09-16
• September 17, 2001: Attendee of 2000 Malaysia Summit Is Arrested, but ‘Inexplicably Released’ 2001-09-17
• September 21, 2001: President Bush Told of No Connection between Iraq and 9/11 2001-09-21
• September 23, 2001: Senator Lieberman Says US Should Attack Iraq after Finishing with Afghanistan 2001-09-23
• September 28, 2001: Bush Tells His Advisers Iraq ‘Probably Was Behind’ 9/11; Wants to Use Afghanistan War as Warning to Other Countries 2001-09-28
• October 7, 2001: Neoconservative Says US Erred in Not Toppling Hussein Regime in 1991 2001-10-07
• October 15, 2001: Italian Intelligence Provides CIA with Report Alleging that Niger Agreed to Sell Iraq Uranium 2001-10-15
• Shortly before October 26, 2001: Former CIA Director Says US Should Go after Saddam Hussein 2001-10-26
• October 28, 2001: Bush Says UN Must Disarm Iraq or US Will Invade 2001-10-28
• November 6-8, 2001: Fabricated INC Story of Muslim Terrorists Training in Iraq Electrifies Media, Builds Case for War 2001-11-06
• November 8, 2001: Bush Foreign Policy Adviser Says Al-Qaeda Far More Imminent Problem than Iraq 2001-11-08
• November 14, 2001: Neoconservative Foreign Policy Adviser Perle Says Iraq War Should Alert Other Nations: ‘You’re Next’ 2001-11-14
• December 11, 2001: Cheney Publicly Threatens Attack on Iraq 2001-12-11
• December 20, 2001: Iraqi National Congress Arranges Interview between Iraqi Defector and New York Times Reporter 2001-12-20
• February 6, 2002: US Officials Claim CIA Has Not Linked Hussein to Terrorism, WMDs, or Al-Qaeda for Many Years 2002-02-06
• February 12, 2002: Bush Official: Decision Made to Overthrow Hussein 2002-02-12
• March 24, 2002: Cheney Calls Hussein ‘Man of Great Evil’ 2002-03-24
• April 23, 2002: Neoconservative: US Should ‘Pick Up Some Small, Crappy Little Country and Throw It against the Wall’ 2002-04-23
• July 31, 2002: AEI Scholar Says Bush Has Already Decided to Attack Iraq, Partly Because of ‘Strong Suspicions’ about Iraq’s Possible Connection to 9/11 2002-07-31
• August 4, 2002: Scowcroft Warns That Invading Iraq Could Destabilize Middle East, ‘Destroy War on Terror’ 2002-08-04
• August 7, 2002: Cheney: Inspections Merely Play Into Saddam’s Hands; Iraq Close to Obtaining Nuclear Weapons 2002-08-07
• August 15, 2002: Rice: Hussein an Imminent Global Threat; Gives No Specifics 2002-08-15
• August 15, 2002: Eagleberger: Intelligence Needs to be Clear Before US Invades Iraq 2002-08-15
• August 15, 2002: US Intelligence Refuses to Confirm Iraqi WMD 2002-08-15
• August 16, 2002: Bush Says He Listens to Opposing Views on Iraq 2002-08-16
• August 19-21, 2002: Poll: Most Americans Believe Iraq Supports Terror, Hussein ‘Personally Involved’ in 9/11Attacks 2002-08-19
• September 4, 2002: Former Navy Secretary Says Neoconservatives Will Put US in Iraq For Decades 2002-09-04
• September 5, 2002: CIA Director Tenet Gives in to Senators’ Request for a National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq 2002-09-05
• September 9, 2002: Chretien: US Working WMD Angle on Iraq 2002-09-09
• September 12, 2002: WHIG Puts Out White Paper On Iraq 2002-09-12
• September 12-16, 2002: Majority of Americans Believe Hussein Involved in 9/11, Has Connections to al-Qaeda 2002-09-12
• September 13, 2002: Bush Implies Democrats Cowardly by Waiting for UN Resolution on Iraq War 2002-09-13
• September 15, 2002: Rice Says Hussein Has Clear Links to Al-Qaeda 2002-09-15
• September 16, 2002: Bush: Iraq a ‘Grave and Gathering Danger’ to World 2002-09-16
• September 16, 2002: Iraq Agrees to Readmit UN Weapons Inspectors; US, Britain Oppose Move 2002-09-16
• September 17, 2002: White House Releases Timeline of Iraqi Obstruction of UN Efforts to Monitor Weapons 2002-09-17
• September 18, 2002: Rumsfeld Testifies that Iraq Has WMDs 2002-09-18
• September 19, 2002: Iraq Denies Having WMD, Says US Working with Israeli ‘Zionists’ to Control Middle East Oil 2002-09-19
• September 20, 2002: Bush: Iraq ‘An Extension of the War on Terror,’ Military Action Will be Managed with Midterm Elections in Mind 2002-09-20
• September 21, 2002: Bush’s Military Options on Attacking Iraq Leaked to New York Times 2002-09-21
• September 24, 2002: Blair Echoes Dossier’s Unsubstantiated Claims in Speech 2002-09-24
• September 24, 2002: Bush Urges Congress to Pass Iraq Resolution Now 2002-09-24
• September 25, 2002: British Newspaper Reports Iraq Contacted Multiple African Countries in Search of Uranium 2002-09-25
• September 25, 2002: Book Strongly Argues against US Invading Iraq 2002-09-25
• September 25, 2002: Daschle Accuses Cheney of Politicizing Debate on Iraq War Resolution 2002-09-25