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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. 2009-06-22 June 22, 2009: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Plame Wilson Lawsuit Appeal
  2. 2009-08-13 August 13, 2009: Journalist Draws Parallels between Health Care Anti-Reform Efforts and Propaganda Efforts for Iraq War
  3. 2009-09-01 September 1, 2009: Former DHS Secretary Retreats from Questions about Bush Administration Politicization of Intelligence
  4. 2026-01-14 January 14,2003: Britain Wants Second UN Resolution, Parliament Authorization for Invasion
  5. 2026-11-21 November 21-22,2002: New NATO Members Support UN Resolution 1441
  6. January 2002: Cheney Convinces Bush to ‘Correct Error’ of 1991 Gulf War, Overthrow Hussein
  7. January 2002: Senator Secretly Warns Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria that Bush Is Planning to Attack Iraq
  8. January 2002: Rove: Republicans Can Win Elections on Issue of Winning War against Terror
  9. January 2003: Bush: US Will Go against Will of American Public to Invade Iraq
  10. January 2003: Associated Press Reporter’s Articles about UN Failure to Find WMD Often Squelched by Editors
  11. January 2003: Classified Intelligence Assessments Warn of Dire Consequences to Iraq Invasion
  12. January 2003: US Decides for Third Time Not to Attack Al-Zarqawi Camp in Northern Iraq
  13. January 2003: Office of Global Communications Created; Intended to Coordinate Information Dissemination and Administration Talking Points
  14. Early January, 2003: Italian Intelligence Chief Tells CIA that Niger Documents Are Fake
  15. January 2003: Report: US Lacks Mechanisms to Plan, Coordinate Iraq Reconstruction
  16. January-July 2003: Bush Administration Delays Release of 9/11 Congressional Inquiry Report until after Start of Iraq War
  17. January 2004: CIA Confirms Classified Nature of Plame Wilson’s Employment
  18. January 2004: Staffers Appalled at Zelikow’s Rewrite of 9/11 Commission Statement to Imply Connections between Iraq and Al-Qaeda
  19. January 2004: Fitzgerald Seats Grand Jury
  20. January 2004: Zelikow Tries to Have 9/11 Commission Back Contentious Link between Iraq and Al-Qaeda
  21. January 2004: 9/11 Commission’s Zelikow Backs Down on Allegations of Connections between Iraq and Al-Qaeda
  22. Early January, 2007: Bloggers Win Access to Cover Libby Trial
  23. January 2000: Bush: Deter War by Fighting Wars
  24. January 2006: Pentagon Investigation of Feith Stalling Senate Intelligence Committee Report
  25. January 1995 and After: Alleged CIA Agent Ships Weapons to Hussein’s Forces
  26. February 2001: Bush: If US Determines that Iraq Is Developing WMD, ‘We Will Take the Appropriate Action’
  27. February 2001: Former CIA Director Attempts to Link Iraqi Government to 1993 WTC Bombing
  28. February 2002: Sen. McCain Tells NATO that US Attack on Iraq Is All but Certain
  29. Late February or Early March, 2004: Libby, Russert Discuss Leak Investigation
  30. February 2003: Bush Administration Downplays Afghanistan War as War in Iraq Draws Near
  31. February 2003: Neoconservative Author Defends Claims of 9/11-Iraq Connection to Skeptical Journalist
  32. February 2003: Prominent Neoconservatives Argue Iraq War Is Really about US World Dominance
  33. February 2004: Fitzgerald Requests Information from Newsday Reporters
  34. February 2004: Government Officials Testify that Novak Asked Not to Reveal Plame Wilson’s Identity
  35. February 2004: Rove Testifies before Plame Wilson Grand Jury, Does Not Disclose His Leaks to Reporters
  36. February 2004: Rove Testifies before Plame Wilson Grand Jury, Withholds Information
  37. February 2005: CIA Director Goss Warns Iraq War Is Creating New Terrorists
  38. February 2009: Former British Ambassador: US Knew All along that Iraq Had No Nuclear Weapons Program
  39. February 1991-1992: Cheney and Neoconservatives Dispute Decision Not to Overthrow Hussein
  40. February 1994: Iraq Receives Last Shipment of Highly Enriched Uranium
  41. February 1999: Study Finds Iraq-UN Conflict Now an Iraq-US Conflict
  42. Early March 2003: Army Selling ‘Desperately’ Needed Protective Gear on eBay
  43. March 2003: No Money for Veterans’ Health in Huge Military Supplemental Budget Request
  44. March-April 2003: Embedded Journalists Face Restrictions on Reporting
  45. March 2004: Former Intelligence Chief: No Ties between Iraq and 9/11
  46. March 2007: Former Intelligence Analyst Believes Niger Affair May Have Been Orchestrated from Outset to Provoke War with Iraq
  47. May 2003: Study Finds Most Guests on US Television Networks Were Pro-Iraq War in First Three Weeks of Conflict
  48. March 1996-December 1998: US Intelligence Uses UN Weapons Inspectors to Spy on Iraq Military
  49. April 2002: Zubaida Claims Al-Zarqawi Is Not Linked to Al-Qaeda
  50. April 2003: Bush Administration Using ‘Propaganda Model’ to Communicate with Outside World, PR Expert Says