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Complete Timeline Of The 2003 Invasion Of Iraq

1707 events in this timeline

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  1. 1848-02-15 February 15, 1848: Lincoln: Pre-Emptive War Powers Make a President a King
  2. 1944-10-30 October 30, 1944: Ahmed Chalabi Is Born into Elite Iraqi Family
  3. 1954-08-11 August 11, 1954: Eisenhower: ‘I Don’t Believe There Is Such a Thing’ as Preventative War
  4. 1981-06-06 June 6-9, 1981: Israeli Prime Minister Begin Alerts US Televangelist to Impending Strike against Iraqi Nuclear Reactor
  5. 1981-06-07 June 7, 1981: Iraqi Nuclear Facility Obliterated by Israel
  6. 1983-11-21 November 21, 1983: US Balks at Curbing Iraqi Chemical Weapons Production
  7. 1983-11-26 November 26, 1983: Reagan Directs US to Increase Military Cooperation with Iraq to Protect Oil Interests
  8. 1983-12-20 December 20, 1983: Rumsfeld Meets with Hussein, Promises US Support
  9. 1984-03-15 March 15, 1984: US Downplays Previous Criticism of Iraqi Chemical Warfare
  10. 1984-03-24 March 24, 1984: Shultz Wants Rumsfeld to Mend Fences with Iraq Over Chemical Weapons Accusations, Oil Access
  11. 1984-03-29 March 29, 1984: Iraq, US Work to Water Down UN Condemnation of Iraq’s Use of Chemical Weapons
  12. 1984-03-30 March 30, 1984: State Dept Denies US Involvement in Iraqi Chemical Weapons Use
  13. 1984-04-05 April 5, 1984: Reagan Issues Directive Supporting Iraq
  14. 1984-05-09 May 9, 1984: State Department Supports Increasing Sales of ‘Dual-Use’ Nuclear Technology to Iraq
  15. 1984-09-25 September 25, 1984: DIA Says Iraq Will Increase Chemical Weapons, Develop Nuclear Weapons
  16. 1984-10-01 October 1, 1984-October 13, 1993: US Allows Firms to Sell Chemical, Biological Agents to Iraq
  17. 1984-11-26 November 26, 1984: US Restores Diplomatic Relations with Iraq
  18. 1987-04-27 April 27, 1987: Neoconservative Scholars Call on Reagan to Increase US Support for Iraq
  19. 1987-08-31 August 31, 1987: US Sends Biotoxins to Iraq
  20. 1988-08-25 August 25, 1988: Iraq Begins Poison Gas Attacks against Iraqi Kurds
  21. 1988-09-05 September 5, 1988 and After: Joseph Wilson Takes Diplomatic Post in Baghdad; Engages in ‘Moderate’ US Policy toward Iraq
  22. 1988-09-08 September 8, 1988: State Official Says Economic Sanctions Against Iraq Harmful to US
  23. 1988-09-08 September 8, 1988: Reagan Administration Kills Bill to Punish Iraq for Genocide
  24. 1989-03-24 March 24, 1989: State Department Ignores Iraq’s Chemical Weapons Industry, Advocates Broadening US-Iraq Ties
  25. 1989-08-02 August 2, 1989: Petra Bank Collapses; Ahmed Chalabi Flees
  26. 1989-10-02 October 2, 1989: Bush Signs National Security Directive Aimed at Normalizing Relations with Iraq
  27. 1989-10-02 October 2-6, 1989: Bush Authorizes Closer Ties, More Aid to Iraq
  28. 1989-10-31 October 31, 1989: Baker Demands Billion-Dollar Loan for Iraq
  29. 1989-11-02 November 2, 1989: Kuwait, CIA Agree on Policy to Pressure Iraq Over Border Dispute
  30. 1990-01-23 January 23, 1990: CIA Director Stresses Importance of Mideast Oil to US Interests
  31. 1990-02-08 February 8, 1990: General Schwarzkopf Warns Congress on the Importance of Middle East Oil
  32. 1990-04-12 April 12, 1990: Republican US Senators Call Hussein ‘Honorable,’ Say Problems Stem from ‘Clumsy Public Relations’
  33. 1990-05-28 May 28-30, 1990: Hussein Says Oil Production by Neighbors Constitutes ‘Economic Warfare’ against Iraq
  34. 1990-06-10 June 10, 1990: Investigation Finds Ahmed Chalabi Responsible for Collapse of Petra Bank
  35. 1990-07-15 July 15-17, 1990: Iraq Says ‘Oil Theft’ Will Result in Military Action against Kuwait
  36. 1990-07-17 July 17, 1990: Hussein Slams Arab Leaders for Cooperating with US, Intends to Drive Oil Prices Up to Pay Iraqi Debt
  37. 1990-07-18 July 18, 1990-August 1, 1990: Commerce Department Approves Sale of High-Tech Products to Iraqi Weapons Research Facilities
  38. 1990-07-22 July 22, 1990: Iraq Begins Military Buildup
  39. 1990-07-25 July 25, 1990 and After: US Ambassador Scapegoated for Giving Iraq Permission to Invade?
  40. 1990-07-25 July 25, 1990: Hussein Pretends to Bluff over Intent to Invade Kuwait
  41. 1990-07-25 Around July 25, 1990: US Manipulation of Iraq-Kuwait Conflict?
  42. 1990-07-25 July 25, 1990: US Ambassador Gives Seeming ‘Green Light’ for Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait
  43. 1990-07-27 July 27, 1990: Bush Letter Equivocates on Likely Response to Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
  44. 1990-07-31 July 31, 1990: State Department Official Confirms US Has No Mutual Defense Treaty with Kuwait
  45. 1990-07-31 July 31, 1990: US Ambassador Goes on Leave; Wilson Left in Charge of Embassy
  46. 1990-08-01 August 1-2, 1990: US Diplomat Wilson Works to Avoid Escalation of Iraq-Kuwait Conflict
  47. 1990-08-01 August 1, 1990: Iraq Conducts ‘Negotiations’ with Kuwait on Eve of Invasion
  48. 1990-08-01 August 1, 1990: US Sells $695,000 In Advanced Technology to Iraq
  49. 1990-08-02 August 2-4, 1990: Iraq Overruns Kuwait
  50. 1990-08-02 August 2, 1990: UN Security Council Demands Iraq Withdraw from Kuwait