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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. 2003-04-17 April 17, 2003: Khalilzad Says Iraqi Interim Authority to Be Established Soon
  2. 2003-04-19 April 19, 2003: US Forces in Iraq Seize Trailer
  3. 2003-04-20 Between April 20, 2003 and April 30, 2003: Pentagon Experts Conclude Suspicious Iraq Trailer Is a Mobile Biological Weapons Factory
  4. 2003-04-21 April 21, 2003: Pentagon Official Says New Ruler of Iraq Will Be Iraqi
  5. 2003-04-24 April 24, 2003: Rumsfeld Says Iraq Will Not Have ‘Iranian-Style Government’
  6. 2003-04-24 April 24, 2003: Pentagon Official Says Government Process in Iraq to Start ‘Next Week’
  7. 2003-04-28 April 28, 2003: Bush Says Iraq Will ‘Choose Their Own Leaders’
  8. 2003-05-01 May 1, 2003: Former Intelligence Officers Warn Iraq Intelligence Is Being Manipulated
  9. 2003-05-01 May 1, 2003: Judith Miller: Ahmed Chalabi Was Main Source for New York Times’ Major WMDs Stories
  10. 2003-05-04 May 4, 2003: Senior Bush Administration Officials Privately Admit They Will Be ‘Amazed’ If WMDs Are Found in Iraq
  11. 2003-05-05 May 5, 2003: Pentagon Official Jay Garner Says Iraqi Government Will Soon Emerge
  12. 2003-05-06 May 6, 2003: New York Times Columnist Breaks Story of Joseph Wilson’s Trip to Niger
  13. 2003-05-09 May 9, 2003: Bush Proposes US Free Trade Zone for Middle East
  14. 2003-05-09 May 9, 2003: US Forces in Iraq Seize Second Trailer
  15. 2003-05-14 May 14, 2003-May 18, 2003: Study Finds One Third of Americans Think WMDs Found in Iraq
  16. 2003-05-16 May 16, 2003: US Adviser to Iraq Oil Ministry Says Iraq Might End Its Membership in OPEC
  17. 2003-05-18 May 18, 2003: Bremer Says No Delay in Formation of Transitional Authority
  18. 2003-05-21 May 21, 2003: Bremer Says National Conference to Be around July
  19. 2003-05-21 Before May 21, 2003: Expert Who Examines Trailer In Iraq Believes It Was Designed to Produce Biological Weapons
  20. 2003-05-21 Before May 21, 2003: US Intelligence Experts Believe Suspicious Trailer in Iraq Intended for Bioweapons Production
  21. 2003-05-21 May 21, 2003: New York Times: US Intelligence Believes Trailers Found in Iraq Are Mobile Biological Weapons Factories
  22. 2003-05-23 May 23, 2003: Senators Ask CIA, State Department to Investigate Iraq-Niger Forgeries
  23. 2003-05-25 May 25, 2003: Biological Weapons Experts Quickly Determine Iraqi Trailers Not for BW Production
  24. 2003-05-27 May 27, 2003: Rumsfeld Says Transition to Liberty in Iraq Will Take Time
  25. 2003-05-27 May 27, 2003: Rumsfeld Says Coalition Provisional Authority Will Fill ‘Vacuum of Power’ in Iraq
  26. 2003-05-27 May 27, 2003: Pentagon-Sponsored Team Files Field Report Concluding that Trailers Not Designed to Make Biological Weapons
  27. 2003-05-28 May 28, 2003: Rice Says US Has Found Biological Weapons Labs in Iraq
  28. 2003-05-28 May 28, 2003: A Joint Report by the CIA and DIA Concludes that Trailers Found in Iraq Were Designed to Produce Biological Weapons
  29. 2003-05-29 May 29, 2003: Libby Calls for Information about Wilson’s Trip to Niger
  30. 2003-05-29 May 29, 2003: Rumsfeld Doesn’t Know When Iraq May Have Government in Place
  31. 2003-05-29 May 29, 2003: President Bush Falsely Claims US Found Mobile Biological Weapons Labs in Iraq
  32. 2003-05-30 May 30, 2003: Wolfowitz: WMD Used to Justify War because ‘Everyone Could Agree on’ It as a Rationale
  33. 2003-06-01 June 1-9, 2003: Administration Defenders Say Wolfowitz Was Misquoted in Stating WMD Were ‘Bureaucratic Rationale’ for War
  34. 2003-06-01 June 1, 2003: Bush Again Says US Found Mobile Biological Weapons Lab in Iraq
  35. 2003-06-02 June 2, 2003: Iraqi Nuclear Scientist Gives US Authorities Material Related to Iraq’s Former Nuclear Program
  36. 2003-06-02 June 2, 2003: State Department Intelligence Agency Warns Powell that CIA-DIA Paper On Trailer Not Supported by Current Intel
  37. 2003-06-03 June 3, 2003: Libby Discusses Wilson Controversy with Cheney
  38. 2003-06-03 June 3, 2003: Rice Says Discovered Trailers Were Made to Produce Biological Weapons
  39. 2003-06-03 Between June 3, 2003 and June 17, 2003: Iraqi Nuclear Scientist Tells CIA Analyst Iraq Abandoned Nuclear Program in 1991
  40. 2003-06-04 June 4, 2003: Democratic Senator Declares Intention to Push for Iraq-Niger Investigation; Republican Chairman Says Investigation Premature
  41. 2003-06-08 June 8, 2003: Rice Says US Will Find WMDs in Iraq
  42. 2003-06-08 June 8, 2003: Condoleezza Rice Defends Prewar Allegations Concerning Iraq’s Alleged WMD
  43. 2003-06-08 June 8, 2003: Condoleezza Rice Denies that Top Administration Officials Knew Niger Documents Had Been Forged
  44. 2003-06-09 June 9, 2003: Bush Interested in New York Times Article Questioning Legitimacy of Iraq-Niger Uranium Claim
  45. 2003-06-09 June 9, 2003: Cheney Receives CIA Iraq-Niger Report
  46. 2003-06-09 June 9, 2003: CIA Sends Libby Classified Documents concerning Niger Trip
  47. 2003-06-09 June 9, 2003-July 6, 2003: Joseph Wilson Indicates He Wants Corrrection of Incorrect Statements by Rice
  48. 2003-06-10 June 10, 2003: State Department Memo Identifies Plame Wilson as Covert CIA Agent
  49. 2003-06-10 5:25 p.m. June 10, 2003: CIA Spokesman Speaks with Vice Presidential Aide; May Divulge Plame Wilson’s Identity
  50. 2003-06-10 4:30 p.m. June 10, 2003: CIA Deputy Director Asks Subordinates for Information about Ambassador Wilson, at Cheney’s Request