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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. 2001-08-07 August 7, 2001: Defense Intelligence Report Acknowledges ‘Alternative Uses’ of Aluminum Tubes; Favors Assessment that Tubes Are Meant for Nuclear Program
  2. 2001-08-17 August 17, 2001: Department of Energy Scientists Dispute CIA Assessment that Aluminum Tubes Were Intended for Nuclear Program
  3. 2001-09-02 September 2, 2001: Bush Administration Enthusiastic to ‘Take Down Saddam Once and For All’
  4. 2001-09-04 September 4, 2001: US Secretly Developing Biological Weapons
  5. 2001-09-11 (1:15 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Neoconservative Writer Ledeen Connects 9/11 Attacks with 1991 Decision Not to Overthrow Iraq’s Hussein
  6. 2001-09-11 Afternoon, September 11, 2001 and Shortly Afterwards: Sen. McCain Wants US Response to 9/11 to Include Attacks on Iraq and Other Countries
  7. 2001-09-11 Shortly After September 11, 2001: Bush Thinks Iraq Might Be Behind 9/11
  8. 2001-09-11 (Between 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Condoleezza Rice Speaks to British Ambassador; Wonders If Iraq Involved in 9/11
  9. 2001-09-11 (2:40 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Is Told Al-Qaeda Was Behind 9/11 Attacks But Wants to Blame Iraq
  10. 2001-09-11 8:30 p.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Gives Third Speech, Declares Bush Doctrine
  11. 2001-09-11 10:00 p.m. September 11, 2001: Bush Looks Beyond Attacking Just Al-Qaeda; Rumsfeld Sees 9/11 Attacks as Opportunity to Attack Iraq
  12. 2001-09-11 September 11, 2001-March 17, 2003: Bush Administration Manipulating Intelligence on Iraq
  13. 2001-09-11 Shortly after September 11, 2001: Pentagon Forms Secret Office to Influence Foreign Governments and Media Organizations
  14. 2001-09-11 Between Late 2000 and September 11, 2001: Niger Uranium Documents Allegedly Fabricated
  15. 2001-09-11 Shortly after September 11, 2001: Italian Prime Minister Reportedly Wants to Become Top US Ally
  16. 2001-09-11 Shortly after September 11, 2001: CIA Station Chief In Rome Asks Italian Intelligence for Any Available Useful Intel
  17. 2001-09-11 Shortly After September 11, 2001: Wolfowitz More Interested in Going after Iraq than Bin Laden
  18. 2001-09-11 After September 11, 2001: Propaganda Campaign to Tie 9/11 to Iraq Is Said to Begin
  19. 2001-09-11 September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld’s ‘Brain Trust’ in Europe When Attacks Occur
  20. 2001-09-11 Shortly After September 11, 2001: Pentagon Officials Wolfowitz and Feith Set Up Counter Terrorism Evaluation Group
  21. 2001-09-11 Shortly After September 11, 2001: Perle Says Iraq ‘Has to Pay a Price for’ 9/11
  22. 2001-09-12 September 12, 2001: Top Bush Officials Privately Decide to Focus on Al-Qaeda First, then Alleged State Sponsors of Terrorism like Iraq
  23. 2001-09-12 September 12, 2001: Neoconservative Academic Blames Hussein, Iraq for 9/11
  24. 2001-09-12 September 12, 2001: Bush to Clarke: ‘Look into Iraq’
  25. 2001-09-12 September 12, 2001: Bush Meeting Raises Iraq Attack Possibility
  26. 2001-09-12 September 12, 2001: Rumsfeld’s ‘Brain Trust’ Returns to States
  27. 2001-09-12 September 12, 2001: Veteran CIA Operative Calls Exiled Iraqi General and Tells Him, ‘It’s Showtime’
  28. 2001-09-13 September 13, 2001: Conservative Columnist Calls for ‘Carpet-Bombing’ Muslim Countries, Slaughtering Leaders, and Forcibly Converting Survivors to Christianity
  29. 2001-09-13 September 13, 2001: Wolfowitz Hints at Invading Iraq, but Is Publicly Rebuked by Powell
  30. 2001-09-13 September 13, 2001: Former CIA Director Suggests Saddam Hussein May Have Been Behind the 9/11 Attacks
  31. 2001-09-13 September 13, 2001: JINSA Calls for Regime Change in Iraq
  32. 2001-09-14 September 14, 2001: Defense Department Pushes for Invasion of Iraq
  33. 2001-09-14 September 14, 2001: Atta-Iraq Spy Meeting Story Begins with Dubious Tip
  34. 2001-09-15 September 15, 2001: President Bush Tells Neoconservative Adviser that US Will Attack Iraq after Afghanistan
  35. 2001-09-15 September 15, 2001-April 6, 2002: Bush Shifts Public Focus from Bin Laden to Iraq
  36. 2001-09-15 September 15, 2001: State Department Audit of INC Finds Many Problems
  37. 2001-09-15 September 15, 2001: Wolfowitz Suggests Striking Iraq Immediately; Bush Decides to Focus on Afghanistan First
  38. 2001-09-16 September 16, 2001: Bush Tells Rice, ‘We Won’t Do Iraq Now, but It’s a Question We Will Return To’
  39. 2001-09-16 September 16, 2001: Richard Perle Hints Iraq Should Be Punished for 9/11 Attacks
  40. 2001-09-16 September 16, 2001: Cheney Says Iraq Is ‘Bottled Up,’ Not Tied to 9/11
  41. 2001-09-17 September 17-22, 2001: CBS News Anchor Dan Rather Says He Is Giving Bush Administration ‘Benefit of Any Doubt’ after 9/11
  42. 2001-09-17 September 17, 2001: Bush Tells His Advisers ‘I Believe Iraq Was Involved’ in 9/11 Attacks
  43. 2001-09-17 September 17, 2001: Republican Senator: US Needs to Foment Regime Change in Middle Eastern Countries
  44. 2001-09-17 September 17, 2001: Bush Signs Afghanistan War Plan, But Also Includes Order to Prepare for Iraq
  45. 2001-09-17 September 17, 2001: Wolfowitz Sends Memo to Rumsfeld Suggesting Saddam Hussein Had a Role in 9/11
  46. 2001-09-18 September 18, 2001: Clarke’s Report to Bush Finds No Link between Iraqi Government and Al-Qaeda or 9/11 Attacks
  47. 2001-09-18 September 18, 2001: Former General Wesley Clark: Bush Administration Likely to Push for Regime Change in Iraq
  48. 2001-09-18 September 18, 2001: Alleged Meeting Between Atta and Iraqi Diplomant Leaked to Press
  49. 2001-09-18 On and around September 18, 2001: Wolfowitz and Feith Argue that Iraq Should be Target in War on Terrorism
  50. 2001-09-19 September 19, 2001: Bush Directs CIA to Investigate Al-Qaeda-Hussein Link; Cheney Pushes Atta in Prague Story