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Us Occupation Of Iraq Tmln

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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