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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. 2007-05-31 May 31, 2007: Judge to Release Letters Asking for Leniency for Libby
  2. 2007-05-31 May 31, 2007: Libby’s Lawyers Ask for Probation
  3. 2007-05-31 May 31, 2007: Former Time Editor: Libby Trial Shows Serious Flaws in National News Reporting
  4. 2007-06-05 June 5, 2007: Libby Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison
  5. 2007-06-06 June 6, 2007: Legal Analysts: Cheney’s Public Support for Libby ‘Troubling’
  6. 2007-06-12 June 12, 2007: Fitzgerald Asks Judge Not to Delay Libby’s Jailing
  7. 2007-06-14 June 14, 2007: Libby Denied Delay in Beginning Jail Sentence
  8. 2007-06-17 June 17, 2007: ’Liberal’ Washington Post Columnist Blasts Libby Investigation; Salon Columnist Says Argument Emblematic of Beltway Elitism
  9. 2007-06-19 June 19, 2007: Libby Asks for Incarceration Delay
  10. 2007-06-27 June 27, 2007: Libby Assigned Inmate Number 28301-016
  11. 2007-07-02 July 2, 2007: Appeals Court Refuses to Delay Libby’s Prison Sentence
  12. 2007-07-02 July 2, 2007: Bush Commutes Libby’s Sentence
  13. 2007-07-02 July 2, 2007: Democrats Outraged over Libby Commutation, Republicans Commend Bush for Letting Libby Go Free
  14. 2007-07-03 July 3, 2007: Judge Refuses to Comment on Libby Commutation
  15. 2007-07-05 July 5, 2007: Libby Pays $250,400 Fine
  16. 2007-07-09 July 9, 2007: Congressman Asks Bush to Explain Libby’s Commutation
  17. 2007-07-19 July 19, 2007: Wilsons’ Lawsuit Dismissed on Jurisdictional Grounds
  18. 2007-09-16 September 16, 2007: Greenspan Says Iraq Invasion Centered on Control of Iraq’s Oil
  19. 2007-10-22 October 22, 2007: Reporter: US Deliberately Used Bad Intelligence for Iraq Invasion; Congress Failed to Question Case for War
  20. 2007-11-04 November 4, 2007: Curveball’s Identity Revealed
  21. 2007-11-04 November 4, 2007: INC Denies Curveball Link
  22. 2007-11-17 November 17, 2007: Blair Admits to Wanting War with Iraq
  23. 2007-11-20 November 20, 2007: Former White House Press Secretary Says Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby, Card Responsible for ‘False Information’ about Plame Outing
  24. 2007-11-20 November 20, 2007: Rove Claims White House Did Not Want Iraq Vote before Midterm Elections
  25. 2007-11-22 November 22, 2007: Wilson, Plame Highlight McClellan Revelation, Blame Media for Ignoring It
  26. 2007-12-03 December 3, 2007: Bush Administration Refuses to Allow Fitzgerald to Give Documents to Congress
  27. 2007-12-10 December 10, 2007: Libby Drops Appeal
  28. 2007-12-27 December 27, 2007: Archives Agency Head Says He Is Resigning Partly because of Battles with Cheney’s Office
  29. 2008-01-23 January 23, 2008: Bush, Seven Top Officials Made 935 False Statements about Iraq in Run-up to War, Analysis Concludes
  30. 2008-01-23 January 23-24, 2008: White House Dismisses Analysis of Administration Falsehoods Leading to War
  31. 2008-01-24 January 24, 2008: Co-Author of Analysis Explains Process behind Study of Falsehoods Promulgated by Bush Administration
  32. 2008-02-11 February 11, 2008: US, Allies Engaged in Massive Propaganda Campaign about Iraq, Terrorists, Says Author
  33. 2008-02-18 February 18, 2008: Evidence Shows Press Official Helped Write Misleading Intelligence Dossier
  34. 2008-02-26 February 26, 2008: British Official Orders Transcripts of Cabinet Discussions on Legality of Iraq Invasion Published
  35. 2008-03-20 March 20, 2008: Libby Disbarred Due to Perjury Conviction
  36. 2008-04-20 April 20, 2008: Networks Claim Ignorance of Analysts’ Connections to Pentagon, Defense Firms
  37. 2008-04-20 April 20, 2008: Pentagon Domestic Propaganda Campaign Revealed; Relies on ‘Military Analysts’
  38. 2008-05-13 January 2002-May 13, 2008: Pentagon Analysts Make over 4,500 Appearances between January 2002 and May 2008
  39. 2008-05-29 May 29, 2008: Former NBC Anchor Defends Media’s Coverage during Push to Invade Iraq
  40. 2008-06-03 June 3, 2008: Oversight Chairman Requests Interview Transcripts from CIA Leak Investigation
  41. 2008-06-05 June 5, 2008: Democrats, Republicans Spar Over Intelligence Committee Findings on Administration’s Use of Intelligence for Invasion
  42. 2008-06-05 June 5, 2008: Senate Intelligence Committee Finds that Bush Administration Misled Public, Ignored Intelligence that Contradicted its Push for War
  43. 2008-06-06 June 6, 2008: Media Figures Discuss US’s Difficulties in ‘Selling’ War with Iran to Citizenry
  44. 2008-06-06 June 6, 2008: Media Figures Discuss Iraq Occupation, Media’s Enabling of Administration’s Push to War
  45. 2008-12-01 December 1, 2008: Novak Says He Would Out Plame Wilson Again Because of His ‘Hateful and Beastly’ Treatment by ‘Left-Wing Critics’
  46. 2008-12-05 December 5, 2008: Bush Says Iraq Invasion Necessary to Protect America
  47. 2009-01-30 January 30, 2009: Blair Says He Constantly Questions His Decision to Join in Iraq Invasion
  48. 2009-02-19 February 19, 2009: Perle Denies Any Neoconservative Influence in Bush Administration
  49. 2009-03-18 March 18, 2009: Rice: No One in Bush Administration Ever Conflated Hussein, Iraq with 9/11
  50. 2009-05-03 May 3, 2009: Britain’s Former Deputy Intelligence Chief Says Britain ‘Dragged’ into Iraq War ‘Against Our Better Judgment’