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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. 2000-10-05 October 5, 2000: Vice Presidential Candidates Advocate Tough Stance Toward Iraq; Cheney Says the Use of Force against Iraq May Be Necessary
  2. 2000-10-11 October 11, 2000: Bush Again Accuses Gore of Advocating Nation-Building, Hides Own Advocacy
  3. 2000-10-25 October 25, 2000: Congress Allocates $25 Million for Iraq Opposition Groups
  4. 2000-11-01 November 1, 2000: David Wurmser Urges US and Israel To ‘Strike Fatally’ Against Arab Radicalism
  5. 2000-12-16 December 16, 2000: Powell: US Might Have to ‘Confront’ Saddam Hussein
  6. 2000-12-19 December 19, 2000: Clinton Tells Bush His Top Priority Should Be Bin Laden; Bush Says It’s Saddam Hussein Instead
  7. 2001-01-02 January 2, 2001: Niger Embassy in Rome Burglarized
  8. 2001-01-10 January 10, 2001: Cohen: Hussein’s Forces Not a Threat to Neighboring Countries
  9. 2001-01-20 After January 20, 2001: Cheney to Push for Invasion of Iraq for Political Reasons, Personal Vendettas
  10. 2001-01-20 Before January 20, 2001: Pre-Inaugural Discussions about Removing Saddam Hussein
  11. 2001-01-20 Between January 20, 2001 and June 2001: Bush Administration Becomes Agitated with OPCW Efforts to Work with Saddam Hussein
  12. 2001-01-20 After January 20, 2001: George Tenet Accompanies Daily Morning CIA Briefer to Oval Office
  13. 2001-01-20 Shortly after January 20, 2001: Pentagon Analysts Replaced With Neoconservative Ideologues
  14. 2001-01-21 January 21, 2001: George W. Bush Inaugurated as President
  15. 2001-01-22 January 22, 2001 and After: Neoconservatives Begin Push for Invasion of Iraq
  16. 2001-01-29 January 29, 2001: Bush Tells Muslim Leader Hussein Must Go
  17. 2001-01-30 January 30, 2001: First National Security Council Meeting Focuses on Iraq and Israel, Not Terrorism
  18. 2001-02-01 February 1, 2001: Rumsfeld Wants to Get Rid of Hussein in Iraq; Envisions Iraq After Hussein Is Gone
  19. 2001-02-03 February 3, 2001: Cheney’s Energy Task Force Seeks to’Meld’ Rogue States Policy with Goal of Capturing ‘New and Existing Oil and Gas Fields’
  20. 2001-02-07 February 7, 2001: Tenet Testifies that CIA Has No Evidence of Any Iraqi WMD Program
  21. 2001-02-12 February 12, 2001: Rumsfeld Says Iraq Probably Not Nuclear Threat
  22. 2001-02-16 February 16, 2001: US and British Bomb Iraq Outside of No-Fly Zone for First Time since 1998
  23. 2001-02-16 February 16, 2001: New Defense Adviser Richard Perle Advocates Overthrowing Hussein
  24. 2001-02-16 February 16, 2001: Pundit O’Reilly Dismisses Iraq as Threat
  25. 2001-02-20 February 20, 2001: Colin Powell Says Saddam Hussein is Contained
  26. 2001-02-21 February 21, 2001: US and British Forces Bomb Iraqi Military Facilities, Leading to Conflict within US Military Leadership
  27. 2001-02-23 February 23, 2001: Powell Says Iraq Is Not a Threat
  28. 2001-02-24 February 24, 2001: Powell Says Iraq Poses No Threat
  29. 2001-02-27 February 27, 2001: Wolfowitz Testifies in Support of Overthrowing Saddam Hussein
  30. 2001-03-15 March 15, 2001: Bush Tells Saudi Prince that Military Action in Iraq Needs to be ‘Decisive’
  31. 2001-04-08 April 8, 2001: Czech Intelligence Informant Claims Iraqi Agent Met Arab Man in Prague; He Later Claims Man was Mohamed Atta
  32. 2001-04-09 April 9, 2001: Washington Post Columnist Lauds Chalabi, Advocates Regime Change in Iraq
  33. 2001-04-10 April 10, 2001: CIA Report Says Tubes Being Imported by Iraq Likely Meant for Nuclear Program
  34. 2001-04-11 April 11, 2001: Energy Department Report Challenges CIA Assessment that Tubes Being Imported by Iraq Are Intended for Nuclear Program
  35. 2001-04-12 April 12, 2001: Report on Energy Security Argues US Needs to Review Policy on Iraq
  36. 2001-04-20 April 20, 2001: Czech Government Expels Iraqi Diplomat
  37. 2001-04-30 April 30, 2001: State Department Finds No External Terror Support from Iraqi Government
  38. 2001-04-30 April 30, 2001: Wolfowitz Claims that Iraq is Involved in Terrorism and Was Behind 1993 WTC Bombing
  39. 2001-05-09 May 9, 2001: Energy Department Reports that Specifications of Aluminum Tubes Being Imported by Iraq Match Those Previously Used for Rockets
  40. 2001-05-15 May 15, 2001: Powell Tells Congress that Saddam Hussein Is ‘Contained’ and ‘Militarily… Weak’
  41. 2001-05-16 May 16, 2001: Vice President Cheney’s Energy Plan Foresees Government Helping US Companies Expand into New Markets
  42. 2001-05-23 May 23, 2001: Shipment of Aluminum Tubes, Destined for Iraq, Leaves China
  43. 2001-05-25 May 25, 2001: Chinese Government Tells Aluminum Tubes Manufacturer that US Intends to Intercept its Shipment to Iraq
  44. 2001-06-14 June 14, 2001: CIA Report Suggests Tubes Being Imported by Iraq Are Meant For Iraq’s Alleged Nuclear Program
  45. 2001-06-20 June 20, 2001: CIA Acknowledges Potential Non-Nuclear Uses for Aluminum Tubes
  46. 2001-06-30 June 30, 2001: CIA Report Acknowledges Aluminum Tubes Imported by Iraq Could be Intended for Conventional Rockets
  47. 2001-07-23 July 23-25, 2001: US Opposes Changes in Biological Weapons Convention; Fearful of International Interference in Own Bioweapons Program
  48. 2001-07-30 July 30, 2001: Neoconservative Accuses Iraq of Having Nuclear Weapons, Calls US ‘Cowardly’
  49. 2001-08-02 August 2, 2001: Defense Intelligence Report Mentions Diverging Views on Aluminum Tubes
  50. 2001-08-06 August 6, 2001: Perle’s Concern About Iraq, North Korea, and Iran Before 9/11 Becomes Axis of Evil Afterward