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Iraq Under US Occupation

786 events in this timeline

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This is the home page for the Iraq Under US Occupation investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.

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  1. 2003-04-04 April 4, 2003: Rice Says Iraq Will Be Handed over to Iraqis ‘As Quickly As Possible’
  2. 2003-04-06 April 6, 2003: Wolfowitz Says US Will Arrive in Iraq as ‘Army of Liberation’
  3. 2003-04-06 April 6, 2003: Iraqi Training Camp Overrun by US Forces; Allegations Facility Was Used to Train Islamist Terrorists Is Found Baseless
  4. 2003-04-07 April 7, 2003: Hussein Barely Eludes Capture by US Troops
  5. 2003-04-08 April 8-12, 2003: Baghdad Museum Evacuated and Locked
  6. 2003-04-09 March 20 - April 9, 2003: Studies Find that TV Coverage of Iraq Invasion Heavily Sanitized
  7. 2003-04-09 Shortly After April 9, 2003: US Troops Find Many Forged Documents in Iraq that Attempt to Link Hussein and Al-Qaeda
  8. 2003-04-09 April 9, 2003: Mainstream Media Reporters Echo Rumsfeld’s Description of Firdos Square Statue Toppling
  9. 2003-04-09 April 9, 2003: US Television News Organizations Scale Back War Coverage after Statue’s Fall
  10. 2003-04-09 April 9, 2003-September 18, 2003: Halliburton Overcharges US Government on Gasoline Imports
  11. 2003-04-09 After April 9, 2003: US Army Refuses to Stop Looting at Refrigerator Factory
  12. 2003-04-09 April 9, 2003: Fall of Iraqi Government Results in Widespread Looting, $12 Billion Worth Lost
  13. 2003-04-09 April 9, 2003: Saddam Hussein’s Government Collapses; US Orchestrates Propaganda Stunt with Toppling Statue
  14. 2003-04-09 After April 9, 2003: Shiite Groups Provide Social Services in Order to Gain Support
  15. 2003-04-09 Early April 2003-April 9, 2003: Nuclear Site in Iraq Left Unguarded by US Troops
  16. 2003-04-10 April 10, 2003: Neoconservative Says It Is Time for Pro-War Supporters to Celebrate
  17. 2003-04-10 April 10, 2003: Some Print Journalists Begin Writing More Skeptically of Statue Toppling
  18. 2003-04-10 April 10, 2003: White House: WMD Will Be Found Because ‘That Is What This War Is About’
  19. 2003-04-10 April 10, 2003: Press Secretary Fleischer: War Is about Iraq’s Alleged Arsenal of WMDs
  20. 2003-04-10 April 10, 2003: Wolfowitz Says Pentagon Wants Fast Transfer of Power to Iraqis
  21. 2003-04-11 April 11, 2003: Deputy Defense Secretary Dubbed ‘Wolfowitz of Arabia’ by Press
  22. 2003-04-11 April 11, 2003: Rumsfeld on Looting, Vandalism: ‘Stuff Happens’
  23. 2003-04-12 April 12, 2003: Rumsfeld Suggests Using Military Analysts to Continue Selling Iraq Occupation
  24. 2003-04-13 April 13, 2003: Baghdad’s National Museum Ransacked; Over 170,000 Antiquities Stolen or Destroyed
  25. 2003-04-13 April 13, 2003: Chalabi Says Iraqi Reconstruction Should be Completed In ‘Only a Few Weeks’
  26. 2003-04-13 April 13, 2003: Rumsfelds Says US Invasion of Iraq Aimed at Bring Democracy
  27. 2003-04-13 April 13, 2003: Gen. Tommy Franks Says Iraq Will Be A Model
  28. 2003-04-13 April 13, 2003: World Bank and IMF Announce Plans to Send Their Economists to Iraq to Assess its Needs
  29. 2003-04-14 April 14, 2003: CBS News Anchor Dan Rather Says His News Coverage Has Pro-US Bias
  30. 2003-04-16 April 16, 2003-June 28, 2004: CPA Refuses to Contract Work to Iraqi Cement Companies
  31. 2003-04-16 April 16, 2003: State Department Official Talks about Creating Iraqi Interim Authority
  32. 2003-04-17 April 17, 2003 and After: Coalition Provisional Authority Officially Created; Operates outside US Law
  33. 2003-04-17 April 17, 2003: USCENTCOM Commander Tells of Plan to Use Former Iraqi Military to Stabilize Iraq
  34. 2003-04-17 April 17, 2003: USAID Awards Reconstruction Contract to Bechtel
  35. 2003-04-17 April 17, 2003: Khalilzad Says Iraqi Interim Authority to Be Established Soon
  36. 2003-04-18 April 18, 2003: US Soldiers Unseal Explosive Bunkers in Hunt for WMD
  37. 2003-04-19 April 19, 2003: Columnist Notes that Pro-Military Viewpont Dominates Media, Aided by Retired Military Officers as News Analysts
  38. 2003-04-19 April 19, 2003: US Forces in Iraq Seize Trailer
  39. 2003-04-20 April 20, 2003: CNN News Chief Says Network Sought, Received Pentagon Approval on Choice of Military Analysts
  40. 2003-04-20 April 20, 2003: Times Reporter Claims Iraqi Scientist Led Army Unit to WMD Evidence; Claims Later Proven Wrong
  41. 2003-04-20 Between April 20, 2003 and April 30, 2003: Pentagon Experts Conclude Suspicious Iraq Trailer Is a Mobile Biological Weapons Factory
  42. 2003-04-21 April 21, 2003: Nation Magazine Finds Military Analysts Have Ideological, Financial Interests in Promoting War
  43. 2003-04-21 April 21, 2003: Pentagon Official Says New Ruler of Iraq Will Be Iraqi
  44. 2003-04-21 April 21, 2003: Coalition Provisional Authority Arrives in Baghdad
  45. 2003-04-24 April 24, 2003: Rumsfeld Says Iraq Will Not Have ‘Iranian-Style Government’
  46. 2003-04-24 April 24, 2003: Pentagon Official Says Government Process in Iraq to Start ‘Next Week’
  47. 2003-04-28 April 28, 2003: Bush Says Iraq Will ‘Choose Their Own Leaders’
  48. 2003-04-28 April 28, 2003: US Troops Shoot into Crowd in Fallujah Killing 17
  49. 2003-05-01 Before May 1, 2003: Bush Administration Arranges ‘Mission Accomplished’ Banner
  50. 2003-05-01 May 1, 2003 and After: Neoconservative Foreign Policy Adviser Says ‘Relax, Celebrate Victory,’ Prepare for Further Invasions