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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. 2003-08-07 August 7, 2003-August 11, 2003: Seventy Percent of Americans Misled by Bush Administration Insinuations of Iraq-9/11 Links
  2. 2003-08-10 July 19-August 10, 2003: British Officials Say Hussein Not Developing Nuclear Weapons
  3. 2003-08-12 August 12, 2003: Wilson Reiterates Story behind Niger Mission, Wife’s Outing for PBS
  4. 2003-08-16 August 16, 2003: Document Proves ‘45-Minute’ Claim Based on Single Anonymous, Uncorroborated Source
  5. 2003-08-18 August 18, 2003: Former Diplomat Says Bush Decided To Go to War under Pressure from Rumsfeld
  6. 2003-08-21 August 21, 2003: Wilson Blames Rove for Leaking Wife’s Identity, Says He Should Be ‘Frog-Marched out of White House in Handcuffs’
  7. 2003-08-22 August 22, 2003: Analyst Says Australian Government Manipulated Intelligence in Run-up to Iraq War
  8. 2003-09-04 September 4, 2003: US-Educated Iraqi Oil Minister Announces that Plan for Privatization of Iraq’s Oil Industry is in the Works
  9. 2003-09-07 September 7, 2003: Rice Is ‘Absolutely’ Convinced There Was Link Between Al-Qaeda and Iraqi Government
  10. 2003-09-14 September 14, 2003: Wilson: Administration Attempting to Mislead, Delude American People in Rationale for Occupation
  11. 2003-09-14 September 14, 2003: Cheney Lies about Knowledge of Wilson Trip, Pressuring CIA Analysts
  12. 2003-09-14 September 14, 2003: Cheney Insists Iraq Supported Al-Qaeda and WMDs Have Been Found in Iraq
  13. 2003-09-14 September 14, 2003: Cheney Claims Atta’s Alleged Meeting in Prague Has Neither Been Confirmed nor Refuted
  14. 2003-09-14 September 14, 2003-September 17, 2003: Cheney Links Iraq to 9/11; Bush, Rumsfeld, and Rice All Disavow Cheney’s Claim
  15. 2003-09-15 September 15, 2003: Time Reporter Publishes Article Sourced from Rove Conversation Outing Plame Wilson
  16. 2003-09-16 Before September 16, 2003: CIA Conducted ‘Aggressive’ Assessment of Plame Wilson Exposure Ramifications, Calls Damage ‘Severe’
  17. 2003-09-16 September 16, 2003: CIA Recommends FBI Probe into Plame Wilson Leak
  18. 2003-09-16 September 16, 2003: White House Press Secretary Fends Off Aggressive Questioning Regarding Rove’s Involvement in Plame Wilson Leak
  19. 2003-09-16 September 16, 2003: Rove Lies to Press Secretary about Role in Plame Wilson Leak
  20. 2003-09-16 September 16, 2003: Rumsfeld Says There Is No Evidence Linking Hussein to 9/11 Attacks
  21. 2003-09-23 September 23, 2003: CIA Submits Justice Department Questionnaire Regarding Plame Wilson Investigation
  22. 2003-09-25 September 25, 2003: Representatives Criticize CIA over Poor Intelligence about Iraq
  23. 2003-09-26 September 26, 2003: FBI Begins Criminal Investigation into Plame Wilson Identity Leak
  24. 2003-09-26 September 26, 2003: Novak Advised to Keep Quiet about Role in Plame Wilson Leak
  25. 2003-09-26 After September 26, 2003: Rove Assures Bush He Did Not Leak Plame Wilson’s Identity to Press
  26. 2003-09-27 September 27, 2003: Plame Wilson Will Never Work Overseas Again, Says CIA; Damage to Foreign Contacts and Networks Being Assessed
  27. 2003-09-27 September 27, 2003: Rove Again Lies to White House Press Secretary about Outing Plame Wilson
  28. 2003-09-28 September 28, 2003: Bush Official: Two White House Officials Leaked Info on Plame Wilson to Six Reporters; Confirms Smear Campaign Concocted Much Earlier than First Suspected
  29. 2003-09-28 September 28, 2003: White House Press Secretary Retains Lawyer for Plame Wilson Leak Investigation
  30. 2003-09-28 September 28, 2003: Condoleezza Rice Links Iraq to Al-Qaeda Again
  31. 2003-09-29 September 29, 2003: Bush Assures Press Secretary that Rove Not Involved in Plame Wilson Leak
  32. 2003-09-29 September 29, 2003: Republican Committee Chairman Ignores Request for Plame Wilson Investigation
  33. 2003-09-29 September 29, 2003: Justice Department Agrees to Investigate Plame Wilson Leak
  34. 2003-09-29 September 29, 2003: Conservative Columnist Claims to Have Known that Plame Wilson Was a CIA Employee
  35. 2003-09-29 September 29, 2003: White House Denies Rove Involvement in Plame Wilson Leak, Says Leaker Should Be Fired
  36. 2003-09-29 September 29, 2003: Columnist Says He Had to Dig for Plame Wilson’s Identity as CIA Agent
  37. 2003-09-29 September 29, 2003: Novak Promises to ‘Protect’ Rove from FBI Investigation
  38. 2003-09-29 September 29, 2003: Republican Congressman Calls Plame Wilson a ‘Glorified Secretary’
  39. 2003-09-29 September 29, 2003: Rove Denies Leaking Plame Wilson’s Identity to Press
  40. 2003-09-29 September 29, 2003: Wilson Disputes Novak’s Characterization of Events Regarding Sourcing for Plame Wilson Leak
  41. 2003-09-29 September 29-30, 2003: Unnamed Journalist Confirms White House Leaked Plame Wilson Identity
  42. 2003-09-29 September 29-30, 2003: White House Counsel Gonzales Waits 12 Hours before Informing Other Officials of FBI Investigation
  43. 2003-09-30 September 30, 2003: Bush: ‘I Want to Know Who the Leakers Are’
  44. 2003-09-30 September 30, 2003: Conservative Columnist Says ‘Washington Cocktail Circuit’ Knew of Plame Wilson’s CIA Employment
  45. 2003-09-30 September 30, 2003: Senate Democrats Fail to Pass Resolution Asking for Special Counsel in Plame Wilson Investigation
  46. 2003-09-30 September 30, 2003: White House Counsel Sends Follow-Up E-Mail Directing Employees to Preserve Documents
  47. 2003-09-30 September 30, 2003: Plame Wilson Again Confirmed as Covert Agent; Reporter Says Novak Acted as Instrument of ‘Republican Revenge’ in Outing Her
  48. 2003-09-30 September 30, 2003: RNC Chairman Falsely Paints Wilson as Partisan Democratic Supporter
  49. 2003-09-30 September 30, 2003: White House Orders Staff to Cooperate with FBI Investigation of Plame Wilson Identity Leak
  50. 2003-09-30 (September 30, 2003): Justice Department Asks CIA, State, and Defense Departments to Keep Info Related to Plame Wilson Investigation