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Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

2476 events in this timeline

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  1. 2001-09-19 September 19, 2001: Rumsfeld Memo Emphasizes Global Nature of Conflict
  2. 2001-09-19 September 19, 2001-September 20, 2001: Defense Policy Board Meets and Discusses Iraq
  3. 2001-09-20 September 20, 2001: Bush Policy Adviser Ledeen Writes that US Must Scourge Middle East until ‘Our Rage’ Is ‘Sated’
  4. 2001-09-20 September 20, 2001: PNAC Think Tank Pushes for Iraq War
  5. 2001-09-20 September 20, 2001: Douglas Feith Suggests Targeting a ‘Non-Al-Qaeda Target, Like Iraq’
  6. 2001-09-20 September 20, 2001: Bush to Blair: After Afghanistan, ‘We Must Come Back to Iraq’
  7. 2001-09-21 September 21, 2001: President Bush Told of No Connection between Iraq and 9/11
  8. 2001-09-23 September 23, 2001: Senator Lieberman Says US Should Attack Iraq after Finishing with Afghanistan
  9. 2001-09-23 September 23, 2001: Gingrich Wants Iraq War, Says ‘Bombing Some Caves Is Not Something that Counts’
  10. 2001-09-24 September 24, 2001: Neoconservative Columnists Advocate Overthrow of Hussein as Part of a ‘Larger War’ to Reestablish US ‘Dominance’ in Middle East
  11. 2001-09-25 September 25-26, 2001: Neoconservative Commentator Kristol Advocates Regime Change in Iraq, Slams Powell
  12. 2001-09-28 September 28, 2001: Bush Tells His Advisers Iraq ‘Probably Was Behind’ 9/11; Wants to Use Afghanistan War as Warning to Other Countries
  13. 2001-10-01 October 1, 2001: Bush to Lott: ‘Derail the Biden Legislation’
  14. 2001-10-03 October 3, 2001: Pentagon Hires Rendon Group to Track and Analyze Foreign Media Reporting
  15. 2001-10-04 October 4, 2001: Expert Tells Congress Iraq ‘Committed to Developing’ WMDs
  16. 2001-10-07 October 7, 2001: Neoconservative Says US Erred in Not Toppling Hussein Regime in 1991
  17. 2001-10-08 October 8, 2001: Ex-CIA Director’s Meeting With Taliban Leader Is Called Off
  18. 2001-10-10 October 10, 2001: US Television Networks ‘Doing Too Much of the Government’s Bidding’
  19. 2001-10-13 October 13, 2001: Czech Foreign Minister Tells Secretary of State Powell Mohamed Atta May Have Met with Iraqi Spy
  20. 2001-10-14 October 14, 2001: Iraqi Government Is Suspected in Anthrax Attacks
  21. 2001-10-15 October 15, 2001: Italian Intelligence Provides CIA with Report Alleging that Niger Agreed to Sell Iraq Uranium
  22. 2001-10-16 October 16, 2001: Italian Intelligence Chief Delivers Iraq-Niger Dossier to CIA
  23. 2001-10-16 October 16, 2001: Bush Policy Adviser: US Must Build a Coalition to Succeed in Middle East
  24. 2001-10-16 October 16, 2001: Czech Minister Refuses to Confirm Atta Meeting with Iraqi Agent in Prague
  25. 2001-10-17 October 17, 2001: Top Bush Administration Officials Look to Blame Anthrax Attacks on Al-Qaeda, Iraq, or Russia
  26. 2001-10-18 October 18, 2001: Senator McCain Says Second Phase of War on Terrorism Is Iraq, Suggests Iraq May Be Responsible for Anthrax Attacks
  27. 2001-10-18 October 18, 2001: CIA Report Says Allegations about Iraq Contained in Italian Intelligence Report Not Corroborated
  28. 2001-10-18 (After October 18, 2001): Head of Italian Intelligence Advised to Look in ‘Other Directions’ in Effort to Tighten Relations with Washington
  29. 2001-10-18 October 18, 2001: Italian Military Intelligence Chief Verifies to CIA Credibility of Source Who Provided Niger Documents
  30. 2001-10-19 October 19, 2001: US Special Forces Arrive in Afghanistan
  31. 2001-10-25 October 25, 2001: Powell Disputes al-Qaeda Claim of Solidarity with Iraq, Palestinians
  32. 2001-10-26 October 26, 2001: Czech Interior Minister Says It Is Certain that Atta Met with Iraqi Diplomat in Prague
  33. 2001-10-26 Shortly before October 26, 2001: Former CIA Director Says US Should Go after Saddam Hussein
  34. 2001-10-27 October 27, 2001: London Times Makes Wild and False Allegations of Al-Qaeda-Iraqi Government Links
  35. 2001-10-28 October 28, 2001: Bush Says UN Must Disarm Iraq or US Will Invade
  36. 2001-10-29 October 29, 2001: Neoconservatives Say War with Afghanistan Must Spread Throughout Middle East; Even US Allies Like Egypt and Saudi Arabia Not Safe from US Aggression
  37. 2001-10-29 October 29, 2001: Neoconservative Scholar: ‘This Is Total War’
  38. 2001-11-01 October 26-November 1, 2001: ABC News Heavily Pushes False Story Attempting to Link Anthrax Attacks to Iraq
  39. 2001-11-03 November 3, 2001: Mohamed Atta Alleged to Be Iraqi Agent
  40. 2001-11-06 November 6-8, 2001: Fabricated INC Story of Muslim Terrorists Training in Iraq Electrifies Media, Builds Case for War
  41. 2001-11-08 November 8, 2001: Bush Foreign Policy Adviser Says Al-Qaeda Far More Imminent Problem than Iraq
  42. 2001-11-09 November 9, 2001: Czech Prime Minister Says Atta and Iraqi Agent Discussed Plans to Blow Up Radio Free Europe in Prague
  43. 2001-11-12 November 12, 2001: New York Times Editorialist Calls Alleged Atta Meeting in Prague an ‘Undisputed Fact’
  44. 2001-11-14 November 14, 2001: State Department Intelligence Bureau: No Evidence Iraq Has Nuclear Weapons Program
  45. 2001-11-14 November 14, 2001: Perle Says It Is Only ‘a Matter of Time’ Before Iraq Acquires Nuclear Weapons
  46. 2001-11-18 November 18-19, 2001: Perle: US to ‘Absolutely’ Go After Iraq for 9/11
  47. 2001-11-19 November 19, 2001-December 7, 2001: Bush Representatives Thwart Bioweapons Restrictions
  48. 2001-11-20 November 20, 2001: French Mining Consortium Says Niger Could Not Have Diverted Uranium to Iraq
  49. 2001-11-21 November 21, 2001: Bush Wants Iraq Invasion Plan
  50. 2001-11-24 November 24, 2001: CIA Acknowledges ‘Divergent Views’ on Intended Use of Aluminum Tubes