Tony Blair

Events (75)

• December 16-19, 1998: ’Operation Desert Fox’ Hammers Iraqi Targets in Retaliation for Iraq’s Refusal to Cooperate with UN Inspectors 1998-12-16
• December 10, 2000: Radical London Imam Admits He Helps Finance and Train Islamist Recruits 2000-12-10
• July 16, 2001: British Intelligence Agencies Warn Al-Qaeda Is in the Final Stages of Preparing Attack in the West 2001-07-16
• September 10, 2001: Intelligence Intercepts Show Al-Qaeda Agents Ordered to Return to Afghanistan by This Date 2001-09-10
• September 20, 2001: Bush to Blair: After Afghanistan, ‘We Must Come Back to Iraq’ 2001-09-20
• October 4, 2001: British Prime Miniter Tony Blair Says 9/11 Hijacker Played ‘Key Role’ in Embassy Bombings 2001-10-04
• September 30-October 4, 2001: British Prime Minister Tony Blair Claims Seeing ‘Incontrovertible Evidence’ that Bin Laden Is Responsible for 9/11 2001-10-04
• October 4, 2001: British Prime Minister Tony Blair Presents Case for Al-Qaeda 9/11 Involvement 2001-10-04
• Before November 11, 2001: Western Intelligence Obtains Copy of Secret Al Jazeera Interview of Bin Laden 2001-11-11
• March 14, 2002: British Official Tells Rice that Blair Supports Regime Change in Iraq 2002-03-14
• March 22, 2002: British Official Says in Memo that Washington Has Little Evidence To Support Allegations against Iraq 2002-03-22
• March 25, 2002: British Foreign Minister: No Evidence of Imminent Threat, No Guarantees that Post-War Iraq Will Be Better, No Iraq-Al-Qaeda Link 2002-03-25
• April 6-7, 2002: During Visit to Crawford, Blair Tells Bush Britain Will Support US Military Action against Iraq 2002-04-06
• April 25, 2002: British Government Officials Contradict One Another on Al-Qaeda Links to Iraq 2002-04-25
• July 16, 2002: Blair Claims Attack on Afghanistan Only Possible After 9/11 2002-07-16
• July 21, 2002: British Document: Britain to Back Military Action against Iraq; Legal Pretext Needed for Invasion; US Post-War Plan Insufficient 2002-07-21
• July 23, 2002: British Intelligence Chief Says Bush Has Decided on War; ‘Facts… Being Fixed around the Policy’ 2002-07-23
• September 7, 2002: President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair Make Inaccurate Statements During Press Conference 2002-09-07
• September 24, 2002: Blair Echoes Dossier’s Unsubstantiated Claims in Speech 2002-09-24
• September 24, 2002: Final Version of British Intelligence Dossier on Iraqi WMD Released; Same Vagaries of Language about Iraq-Niger Uranium Claims Remain from Earlier Drafts 2002-09-24
• Before October 7, 2002: Attorney General, Solicitor General Warn Blair That Invasion of Iraq Could Violate International Law 2002-10-07
• October 30, 2002: Bush Refuses to Open Negotiations with Iran Over Nukes 2002-10-30
• November 9, 2002: Poison Attack on London Subway Is False Alarm 2002-11-09
• December 5, 2002: Fleischer: Everyone Says Iraq Has WMD 2002-12-05
• January 7, 2003: British Officials Announce Discovery of Alleged Ricin Plot, but No Ricin Is Actually Found 2003-01-07
• January 8, 2003: Britain Urges US to Hold Off Invading Iraq, Give Inspectors More Time 2003-01-08
• January 20, 2003: Police Raid on Finsbury Park Mosque; Weapons and Chemical Weapons Suits Are Found 2003-01-20
• January 31, 2003: Bush and Blair Acknowledge No Direct Link Between Saddam and 9/11 2003-01-31
• January 31, 2003: Bush Tells Blairs US Going to War Regardless of Inspection Results; US Considering Luring Saddam into Shooting at US Aircraft Painted in UN Colors 2003-01-31
• February 3, 2003: Britain Releases ‘Dodgy Dossier’ Plagiarized from Grad Student’s Magazine Article, Other Sources 2003-02-03
• February 8, 2003: Jane’s Says 1997, 2002 Articles Used for ‘Dodgy Dossier’ 2003-02-08
• February 23, 2003: Bush Tells Aznar US Will Invade Baghdad In March 2003-02-23
• March 5, 2003: British Prime Minister Blair Seems to Agree with Robin Cook that Iraq Unlikely to Use WMD against US 2003-03-05
• March 17-18, 2003: House of Commons Leader Resigns Post in Protest of Iraq Invasion 2003-03-17
• (7:40 a.m.) March 19, 2003: Bush Gives ‘Order to Execute Operation Iraqi Freedom’ 2003-03-19
• July 2002-March 19, 2003: Intelligence Groups Refute Bush Claim of Iraqi Ties to al-Qaeda 2003-03-19
• March 26, 2003: British Attorney General Warns Prime Minister that Occupying Powers in Iraq Cannot Legally Impose ‘Major Structural Economic Reforms’ 2003-03-26
• July 27, 2003: Niger Denies Negotiating with Iraq for Uranium Deal 2003-07-27
• August 16, 2003: Document Proves ‘45-Minute’ Claim Based on Single Anonymous, Uncorroborated Source 2003-08-16
• September 7, 2003: ’Propaganda’ Docudrama of 9/11 Airs, Portrays Bush as ‘Action-Movie Superhero’ 2003-09-07
• December 14, 2003: Hussein Captured by US Forces 2003-12-14
• February 10, 2004: Rumsfeld, Myers Claim Not to Remember 45-Minute Claim 2004-02-10
• February 26, 2004: British Whistleblower Free after Government Refuses to Reveal Information Necessary for Prosecution 2004-02-26
• July 3, 2004: London-based Islamist Approves Killing of British Troops in Iraq, Assassination of Prime Minister, but Authorities Take No Action 2004-07-03
• October 13, 2004: Blair, British Government Admits 45-Minute Claim in Error 2004-10-13
• November 17-18, 2004: Powell Says US Intelligence Shows Iran Constructing Missiles for Nuclear Warheads; Administration Says Powell Misspoke 2004-11-17
• May 4, 2005: Blair Denies Plans to Invade Iran 2005-05-04
• June 7, 2005: Reporter Asks Bush and Blair if Pre-War Intelligence Was ‘Fixed’; Bush Avoids Answering Question 2005-06-07
• July 22, 2005: British Police Kill Innocent Brazilian 2005-07-22
• December 13-14, 2005: British Government Will Not Allow Any Public Inquiry into 7/7 London Bombings 2005-12-13