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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. September 1990: Medical Team Arrives in Gulf to Ameliorate Effects of Stress among Troops
  2. September 1998: Bush, Scowcroft Defend Decision Not to Overthrow Hussein; Younger Bush Disagrees
  3. Mid-October 2001: Some Bush Administration Officials Excited about Using Anthrax Attacks to Push for War against Iraq
  4. October 2002: State Department Restarts Propaganda Activities
  5. October and November 2003: FBI Informs Attorney General of Attempts by Rove, Libby to Mislead Investigators
  6. October 1994: Iraqis Threaten Kuwait with Armored Forces, Back Down in Face of US Warning
  7. October 2005: CIA Report Concludes There Never Was Any Hussein-Al-Zarqawi Link
  8. November 2001 and After: Press Official: Campaign to Shape Public Opinion in Favor of War Begins
  9. November 2001: FBI Inteviews Al-Qaeda Operatives in Sudan; Hussein-Bin Laden Link Is Dismissed
  10. November 2002: US Again Decides Not to Attack Al-Zarqawi Camp in Northern Iraq
  11. November 2002: Pentagon Issues ‘Stop-Loss’ Orders for National Guard
  12. November 2000: Former Iraqi Nuclear Scientist Writes Book Warning of Iraqi Nuclear Weapons Development
  13. November 1989: CIA Director Meets with Kuwaiti Head of Security
  14. November 1993: Iraqi Exile Plans to Overthrow Hussein, with Approval of Clinton Administration
  15. December 2001: Ansar Al-Islam Militant Group Formed
  16. December 2001: CIA Realizes Prague Visit Was Not Made by Hijacker Atta
  17. December 2001: State Department Concludes Iraq-Niger Uranium Allegation ‘Bogus’
  18. December 2002: IAEA Chief Warns Bush Officials about Forged Iraq-Niger Documents
  19. December 2002: CIA Official: We Will Find the Intelligence to Allow Bush to Go to War
  20. December 2004: Reporter Retains First Amendment Lawyer, Fears Jail Time
  21. December 2005: Influential Neoconservative Denies Any Role in Iraq-Niger Fabrication
  22. December 1998-August 1999: Iraq Refuses to Recognize No-Fly Zones; US Escalates Air Attacks
  23. 1917: British ‘Liberate’ Baghdad; Author Will Draw Parallels to 2003 US ‘Liberation’
  24. 1979-1982: Iraq Purchases Yellowcake Uranium, Conceals Full Amount from IAEA
  25. 1979: Iraq Imports Uranium from Italy
  26. 1981: President of Niger: We Will ‘Sell Uranium Even to the Devil’
  27. 1982: Iraq Imports Enriched Uranium from Italy
  28. 1988: BBC: South Africa Sold Enriched Uranium to Iraq
  29. Early 1995: Iraqi Intelligence Agent Meets with Bin Laden, but No Agreement or Alliance Results
  30. 1997: Undercover CIA Agent Valerie Plame Returns to US
  31. March-June 1998: Al-Qaeda Leader Attempts to Meet Hussein, but Is Turned Away
  32. 1998: Former Iraqi Nuclear Scientist Proposes Book Proving Iraq’s Hunt for Nuclear Weapons Has ‘Fizzled’
  33. 2002: Al-Qaeda Leader Makes Second Attempt to Meet Hussein, but Is Turned Away Again
  34. 2003-2004: Administration Tries to Convince 9/11 Commissioner of Iraqi Ties to Al-Qaeda, but Will not Show All Claimed Evidence
  35. 2006: Falsely Accused Iraqi Spy Quietly Released from Secret CIA Prison
  36. Early 2006: Effect of Compelling Reporters’ Testimony ‘Troubling,’ Says Lawyer
  37. December 1998 - Fall 1999: ’Vulcans’ Tutor Bush on Foreign Affairs
  38. 1999: US Ready to Fight For Oil, Especially in Persian Gulf and Caspian Regions
  39. January 2004: FBI Takes Tougher Stance in Third Interview of White House Press Secretary
  40. Autumn 2002: Anthrax Attacks Suspect Hatfill Helps Train US Special Forces while FBI Investigates Him
  41. Autumn 1992: Influential Neoconservative Academic Advocates Breaking Up Middle Eastern Countries, Including Iraq
  42. Early 2000-December 2001: Al-Zarqawi Operates Independent Militant Training Camp in Afghanistan
  43. Early February, 2003: Cheney Tells Powell Why He is Making the UN Presentation
  44. Early 2002: Pentagon Neoconservatives Push Iraq-Niger Uranium Claims
  45. April 2002: Most Predator Drones Withdrawn from Afghanistan, Not Replaced by New Ones
  46. Early 2002: Administration Neoconservatives ‘Will Not Win the Policy’ toward Iraq, Former National Security Adviser Privately Says
  47. Early March 2003: President Bush Finally Rejects Any Pre-War Military Strike on Al-Zarqawi’s Camp in Northern Iraq
  48. Early 2003: Analysts Repeat Talking Points about Iraqi WMD While Personally Dismayed at Lack of Evidence
  49. Early May 2003: Wilson Allows Times Columnist to Write about Trip to Niger
  50. Early August, 1990: US Embassy in Baghdad Prepares for Possible Iraqi Assault