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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. 1991-02-27 February 27, 1991: US Declares Kuwait Liberated
  2. 1991-02-28 After February 28, 1991: US Diplomat Wilson: Gulf War Establishes Internationalist ‘Blueprint for Post-Cold War New World Order’
  3. 1991-02-28 February 28, 1991: Iraq Surrenders, Hostilities End
  4. 1991-03-01 March 1, 1991: Cease-Fire between Coalition, Iraqi Forces
  5. 1991-03-02 February 26-March 2, 1991: Thousands of Retreating Iraqis Slaughtered
  6. 1991-03-02 March 2, 1991: US Soldier Found to Have Been Exposed to Mustard Chemical Weapons
  7. 1991-03-10 March 10, 1991: US Destroys Chemical-Laden Rockets in Iraq and Kuwait
  8. 1991-03-17 March 17, 1991: US Forces Begin Withdrawal from Iraq, Kuwait
  9. 1991-04-03 April 3, 1991: UN Resolution 687 Requires Iraq to Destroy All WMDs
  10. 1991-04-05 April 5, 1991: US Announces Airdrops of Supplies to Kurdish Refugees
  11. 1991-04-06 April 6-11, 1991: Cease-Fire Accepted, Goes into Effect
  12. 1991-08-05 August 5, 1991: Kuwaiti Girls’ School Reported to House Chemical Warfare Agents; Initial Reports Disproven
  13. 1992-03-08 March 8, 1992: Raw US World Dominance Plan Is Leaked to the Media
  14. 1992-04-09 April 9, 1992: Ahmed Chalabi is Convicted of Embezzlement and Sentenced to 22 Years.
  15. 1992-06-23 June 23, 1992: Commerce Department Official Acknowledges Falsifying Documents for Iraq Export Licenses
  16. 1992-08-01 August 1, 1992: Attorney General Refuses Independent Counsel for Iraqgate Investigation
  17. 1993-01-17 January 17, 1993: US Fires Cruise Missiles at Baghdad Nuclear Plant
  18. 1993-06-26 June 26, 1993: US Retaliates against Purported Iraqi Assassination Attempt
  19. 1994-05-22 Before May 22, 1994: CIA Front Company Brewster Jennings Established
  20. 1995-07-21 July 21, 1995: CDC Head Provides Lawmaker With List of Biological Materials Provided to Iraq
  21. 1995-08-22 August 22, 1995: High Level Defector Secretly Reveals Iraq’s WMD Program Has Ended
  22. 1996-07-08 July 8, 1996: Neoconservative Think Tank Advocates Aggressive Israeli Foreign Policy
  23. 1996-09-03 September 3-4, 1996: US Attacks Iraqi Military Sites
  24. 1997-10-06 October 6, 1997: UN Nuclear Watchdog Agency Says Iraq Free of Nuclear Weapons
  25. 1997-11-12 November 12, 1997: Neoconservative Advocates Backing INC in Overthrowing Hussein
  26. 1998-01-26 January 26, 1998: Neoconservative Think Tank Urges US to Attack Iraq
  27. 1998-01-27 January 27, 1998: Scott Ritter Discloses Knowledge Gaps on Iraqi WMD to Chalabi
  28. 1998-02-18 February 18, 1998: Clinton Accuses Iraq of Building ‘Arsenal’ of WMD
  29. 1998-02-18 February 18, 1998: Former CIA Director Says First Gulf War Motivated by Oil
  30. 1998-02-19 February 19, 1998: Neoconservative Group Calls on US to Help Overthrow Hussein
  31. 1998-05-29 May 29, 1998: PNAC Calls on Republican Congressional Leaders to Assert US Interests in Persian Gulf
  32. 1998-06-10 June 10, 1998: Evidence Seems to Show Iraq Created Warheads Loaded with Nerve Gas
  33. 1998-06-23 June 23, 1998: Halliburton CEO Dick Cheney Discusses Importance of Oil Reserves in Caspian Basin
  34. 1998-07-15 July 15, 1998: Rumsfeld’s Ballistic Missile Committee Says Chief Threat to US Is from Iran, Iraq, and North Korea
  35. 1998-07-24 July 24, 1998: Chalabi Supporters Ask Israel to Pressure Congress to Grant Funding for INC
  36. 1998-10-31 October 31, 1998: Clinton Signs Law Making It US Policy to Remove Hussein in Iraq
  37. 1998-12-16 December 16-19, 1998: ’Operation Desert Fox’ Hammers Iraqi Targets in Retaliation for Iraq’s Refusal to Cooperate with UN Inspectors
  38. 1998-12-16 December 16, 1998: Richard Butler Orders the Withdrawal of UN Weapons Inspectors from Iraq
  39. 1998-12-19 December 19, 1998: Clinton Administration Confirms Support for Regime Change in Iraq
  40. 1999-02-04 February 4, 1999: President Clinton Designates 7 Iraqi Opposition Groups as Eligible for US Funding
  41. 1999-03-30 March 30, 1999: UN Declares Iraq’s Known Bioweapons Destroyed
  42. 1999-04-22 April 22, 1999: Plame Wilson Lists CIA Front Company as Employer on Donation Form
  43. 1999-04-26 April 26, 1999: Former President Bush: Those Who Leak CIA Identities Are ‘The Most Insidious of Traitors’
  44. 1999-11-19 November 19, 1999: Congress Allocates $10 Million for Iraq Opposition Groups
  45. 1999-12-02 December 2, 1999: Bush Declares Need to Overthrow Saddam Hussein
  46. 1999-12-17 December 17, 1999: UNMOVIC Replaces UNSCOM; Set Up to Keep Out Western Spies
  47. 2000-05-17 May 17, 2000: Bush Allegedly Says He Will Take Saddam Hussein Out
  48. 2000-05-31 May 31, 2000: Atta Namesake Arrives in Prague, Is Deported
  49. 2000-06-02 June 2, 2000: Atta Arrives in Prague on Way to New York
  50. 2000-10-03 October 3, 2000: Bush Accuses Gore of Advocating Nation-Building in Presidential Debate