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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. 2003-07-14 Before July 14, 2003: Novak Asked Not to Reveal Plame Wilson’s Identity
  2. 2003-07-14 July 14, 2003: Wilson Notices Source Discrepancy in Novak Column
  3. 2003-07-14 July 14, 2003: Columnist Outs CIA Agent, Apparently to Discredit Administration Critic
  4. 2003-07-14 July 14, 2003: Outing of Plame Wilson Raises Concern for Safety of Family, Contacts
  5. 2003-07-14 Before July 14, 2003: Two White House Officials Leak Plame Wilson’s CIA Status to Six Journalists
  6. 2003-07-15 July 15, 2003: Western Diplomat Says IAEA Believes Britain’s Iraq Uranium Claim Based on Forged Nigeran Documents
  7. 2003-07-16 July 16, 2003: Intelligence Professionals: Bush Must Ask Cheney to Resign
  8. 2003-07-16 July 16, 2003: Nigerien Ambassador Says Nigerien Diplomatic Corps Had No Involvement in Creating Forgeries
  9. 2003-07-16 July 16, 2003: White House Communications Staff Coordinates All Responses to 2004 Re-Election Campaign, Uses Conservative Columnists and Radio Hosts to Spread Talking Points
  10. 2003-07-16 July 16, 2003: Columnist: Bush White House Deliberately Blew CIA Agent’s Cover in Act of Political Retaliation
  11. 2003-07-17 July 17, 2003: Documents from Cheney Energy Task Force Released; Maps, Charts of Iraqi Oil Fields Included
  12. 2003-07-17 July 17, 2003: Time Reports Administration Attempts to Smear Former Ambassador
  13. 2003-07-17 July 17, 2003: Wall Street Journal Prints Editorial Based on Leaked Classified Information
  14. 2003-07-17 July 17, 2003: Air Force Lt. Gen. Admits US and Britain Conducted Secret Air War Before Official Invasion of Iraq
  15. 2003-07-18 July 18, 2003: Cheney, Staff Lunch with Conservative Columnists; Want Columnists to Tell the White House’s Version of the Iraq-Niger Claims
  16. 2003-07-18 July 18, 2003: White House Releases Heavily Redacted Version of October 2002 NIE
  17. 2003-07-18 July 18, 2003: Iran-Contra Figure Accuses Wilson of Participating in Smear Campaign against Bush, Iraq Supporters
  18. 2003-07-18 July 18-21, 2003: Journalists Tell Wilson of ‘Off the Wall’ White House Allegations against Him and Wife
  19. 2003-07-20 July 20, 2003: New York Times Reporter Blames Failure to Find WMD on Pentagon Ineptitude
  20. 2003-07-20 July 20, 2003 and After: Cartoon Depicting Bush Being ‘Politically’ Assassinated Draws Secret Service Attention
  21. 2003-07-20 July 20, 2003: Wilson Learns White House Trying to Focus Media Attention on Him and His Wife
  22. 2003-07-20 July 20-21, 2003: Republican Congressional Leaders Defend Bush, Attack Critics
  23. 2003-07-21 July 21, 2003: Rove Tells News Anchor that Plame Wilson Is ‘Fair Game’
  24. 2003-07-21 July 21, 2003: Hadley Offers to Resign Over ‘16 Words’ Controversy; White House Staffers Decide to Approach Issue with ‘Forthrightness,’ ‘Honesty’
  25. 2003-07-21 July 21, 2003: CIA Confirms Plame Wilson’s Covert Status, Says that Outing Her Puts CIA Assets in Jeopardy
  26. 2003-07-21 July 21, 2003: Columnist Confirms Learning of Plame Wilson’s Identity from Administration
  27. 2003-07-21 July 21, 2003: Wilson: Intent of CIA Identity Leak Was to Intimidate Future Administration Critics
  28. 2003-07-21 July 21, 2003: NBC Edits Wilson Interview to Give Impression that Wilson Confirms Wife’s Identity as CIA Agent
  29. 2003-07-21 July 21, 2003: George Bush and Condoleezza Rice Meet with Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi at Bush’s Ranch
  30. 2003-07-22 July 22, 2003: Deputy National Security Adviser Apologizes for ‘Mistake’ of Iraq-Niger Claims
  31. 2003-07-22 July 22, 2003: CIA Tells Reporters Plame Wilson Was Undercover Official Working on WMD
  32. 2003-07-22 July 22, 2003: Plame Wilson Did Not Arrange for Husband to Go to Niger, CIA Official Says
  33. 2003-07-24 July 24, 2003: Cheney: How Could US Ignore Iraqi Threat?
  34. 2003-07-24 July 24, 2003: CIA Alerts Justice Department Counterespionage Chief of Possible Criminal Nature of Plame Wilson Leak
  35. 2003-07-24 July 24, 2003: Democratic Senator Asks FBI to Investigate Plame Wilson Leak
  36. 2003-07-24 July 24, 2003: Wilson Asked to Co-Chair Washington Arm of Bush-Cheney Re-election Campaign
  37. 2003-07-25 July 25, 2003: Slate Reporter Slams Miller’s Erroneous WMD Reporting
  38. 2003-07-27 July 27, 2003: Niger Denies Negotiating with Iraq for Uranium Deal
  39. 2003-07-29 July 29, 2003: David Kay Tells Top US Officials That Iraq Survey Group Has Yet to Find Evidence of WMD; Bush Unfazed
  40. 2003-07-30 July 30, 2003: CIA Informs Justice Department that Plame Wilson Leak Is Possible Crime
  41. 2003-07-30 July 30, 2003: CIA, Justice Department Begin Investigation of ‘Outing’ of Undercover Agent by Conservative Columnist
  42. 2003-07-30 July 30, 2003: Rice Admits to Responsibility in Not Vetting Iraq-Uranium Claims
  43. 2003-07-30 July 30, 2003: Rice Says Iraq Was Trying to Reconstitute Nuclear Weapons Program, Possessed Other WMD before Invasion
  44. 2003-07-30 July 30, 2003: Rice Touts Aluminum Tubes as Proof of Iraq WMD Program
  45. 2003-07-30 July 30, 2003: President Bush Says US Needs More Time to Prove Iraq-Al-Qaeda Link
  46. 2003-07-30 July 30, 2003: US Government Memo Discusses Importance of Middle East Oil for American and British Energy Needs
  47. 2003-07-31 July 31, 2003: Rice Says Evidence of Iraqi WMDs ‘Very Strong’
  48. 2003-08-01 August 1, 2003: Wolfowitz Says Iraq Might Not Have Been Involved in 9/11
  49. 2003-08-03 August 3, 2003: Wilson Discusses Iraq-Niger Claims on CNN
  50. 2003-08-04 August 4, 2003: Wall Street Journal: Bush Never Used Phrase ‘Imminent Threat’