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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. Late June 2002: CIA Allegedly Sends France Part of Forged Niger Documents
  2. January 2003: British Foreign Secretary Concerned about Lack of Smoking Gun on Iraq
  3. January 1990: US Army War College Report Suggests Iraq Has Adopted a ‘Non-Aggressive Strategy’
  4. Early February 2006: Former US Intelligence Official Accuses Administration of Manipulating Intelligence
  5. February 2003: British Translator Leaks Word of NSA’s Wiretapping of UN to British Press
  6. Late September 2002: Iraqi Foreign Minister Tells CIA Status of Iraq’s WMD Program; Bush Uninterested in Reports
  7. January 2003: National Intelligence Council Debunks Niger-Uranium Allegation
  8. January 2000-2003: Some Iraqi Informants Say Iraq Has No Biological Weapons Factories
  9. Mid-June 2003: British Intelligence Investigation Determines Trailers Not Used to Produce Biological Weapons
  10. (June 2003): Former UN Weapons Inspector Rejects CIA Claim that Trailers Capable of Producing Biological Weapons
  11. Late February 2004: Iraq Survey Group Member Told Not to Include Discussion of Trailers in Report
  12. Late March 2002: Cheney Says Middle East Opposition to War with Iraq Won’t Change Minds in Washington
  13. 2002-Early 2003: Cheney and Libby Make Visits to CIA Headquarters
  14. Mid-February 2003-March 2003: US Puts Pressure on UN Security Council Members States over Iraq
  15. February 22 or 23, 2003: Mexico Backs US Policy on Iraq
  16. September 2002: Woolsey: Use Iraqi Oil to Entice Cooperation from France, Russia
  17. Fall 2002: White House Creates New Interagency Task Force to Coordinate Iraq War Planning
  18. December 2002: Abrams Appointed to Senior NSC Position
  19. April 2002-March 2003: State Department’s ‘Future of Iraq’ Project Widely Ignored
  20. November 2002-December 2002: Abrams Leads Secretive Neocon Planning Group for Iraq Occupation
  21. December 2002: Abrams Proposes US Take Control of Iraqi Oil Fields
  22. 2002-2003: US Government Works on Plans for Post-War Iraq
  23. January 2003: Bush Decides Not to Put Chalabi, Other Iraqi Exiles In Power After Overthrow of Hussein
  24. Before March 2003: US Trains Some Iraqis at Base in Hungary
  25. Summer 2002-2003: Top US Military Brass Says Hussein No Threat; US Should Continue Containment
  26. September 2002: Retired General Says Alliances Key to Victory Against Terrorism
  27. Late February 2003: Retired General Criticizes Administration Policies on Iraq, Afghanistan
  28. August 2002: NATO General: Iraq Far More Difficult to Defeat than Afghanistan
  29. August 2002: Retired Army General Says Iraq War Will Divert Momentum From War on Terror
  30. Early 1980s: ‘Joe T’ Works at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  31. Late February 2003: US Diplomat Resigns over US Policy on Iraq
  32. Mid-1980s-late 1990s: ‘Joe T’ Begins Working for CIA
  33. Late August 2002: Israeli Minister Says US Aggression Against Iraq Will Help Israel Against Palestinians
  34. 1999: Joe T. Begins in WINPAC Unit of CIA
  35. Late August 2002: Israeli Knesset Member: US Overthrow of Iraq Would Change Middle East
  36. Fall 2002: Rumsfeld: Iraq Different from Afghanistan Because ‘Iraq Has Oil’
  37. Fall 2002-March 2003: US: Iraq Will Pay for Occupation, Post-War Reconstruction
  38. 2002-2003: Experts Say Control of Iraq’s Oil Would Help US
  39. Early June 2003: British Official Says Intelligence Services Have Evidence Showing Government Pressured Them over Iraqi WMDs
  40. 2000: US Learns that Iraq Has Ordered a Large Shipment of Aluminum Tubes from China
  41. Early October 2002: Iraq Invasion Would ‘Open Up the Spigot’ on Iraqi Oil, Says State Department Official
  42. December 2002: Unnamed Source Comments on Rumsfeld’s Influence Over the Defense Intelligence Agency
  43. December 2002: Economic Study: US Invasion Based on Securing Dollar
  44. Late March 2002: Think Tank Expert: ‘Removing Saddam Will be Opening a Pandora’s Box’
  45. November 2002: Wilson: Iraq Occupation Will Be a ‘Very Nasty Affair’
  46. July 2001: CIA and Jordanian Authorities Confiscate Shipment of Aluminum Tubes Headed for Iraq
  47. 1991-1997: Iraq Destroys Thousands of Chemical Munitions
  48. July 2001-2003: Joe T’s Theory on Aluminum Tubes Plays Significant Role in White House Allegations Against Saddam Hussein
  49. 1998: Iraq’s Failure to Account for All Chemical, Biological Weapons No Indication of Live WMD Programs, Experts Say
  50. July 1998: UN Weapons Inspector Says Iraq’s WMDs Almost Completely Neutralized