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*11 January 2001 - George Bush goes to the Pentagon for 'a top-secret session with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to review hot spots around the world'. Attended by Cheney, Powell, Rumsfeld and Rice, 'half of the 75-minute meeting focused on a discussion about Iraq and the Persian Gulf' according to one attendee.<ref>Eric Schmitt and James Dao, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E7DB1E3AF932A25752C0A9679C8B63 Iraq Is Focal Point as Bush Meets With Joint Chiefs], ''New York Times'', 11 January  2001</ref>
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==2001==
*11 September 2001 - According to notes taken by [[Stephen Cambone]], [[Donald Rumsfeld]] issued instructions for Richard Myers at 2:40 p.m. for "best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit S.H. [Saddam Hussein] at same time. Not only UBL...Near term target needs - go massive - sweep it all up, things related and not." <ref>Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/feb/24/freedomofinformation.september11 Blogger bares Rumsfeld's post 9/11 orders], ''The Guardian'', 24 February 2006</ref>
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*'''11 January 2001''' - George Bush goes to the Pentagon for 'a top-secret session with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to review hot spots around the world'. Attended by Cheney, Powell, Rumsfeld and Rice, 'half of the 75-minute meeting focused on a discussion about Iraq and the Persian Gulf' according to one attendee.<ref>Eric Schmitt and James Dao, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E7DB1E3AF932A25752C0A9679C8B63 Iraq Is Focal Point as Bush Meets With Joint Chiefs], ''New York Times'', 11 January  2001</ref>
*13 September 2001 - at a meeting of Principals at Camp David, Paul Wolfowitz broaches the prospects of attacking Iraq.<ref>Jason Leopold, [http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/032008a.html The Road to 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'], ''ConsortiumNews.com'', 20 March 2008</ref>
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*'''11 September 2001''' - According to notes taken by [[Stephen Cambone]], [[Donald Rumsfeld]] issued instructions for Richard Myers at 2:40 p.m. for "best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit S.H. [Saddam Hussein] at same time. Not only UBL...Near term target needs - go massive - sweep it all up, things related and not." <ref>Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/feb/24/freedomofinformation.september11 Blogger bares Rumsfeld's post 9/11 orders], ''The Guardian'', 24 February 2006</ref>
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*'''13 September 2001''' - at a meeting of Principals at Camp David, Paul Wolfowitz broaches the prospects of attacking Iraq.<ref>Jason Leopold, [http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/032008a.html The Road to 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'], ''ConsortiumNews.com'', 20 March 2008</ref>
  
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==2003==
 
==Notes==
 
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[[category:Iraq War 2003]]
 
[[category:Iraq War 2003]]

Revision as of 15:42, 22 March 2008

2001

  • 11 January 2001 - George Bush goes to the Pentagon for 'a top-secret session with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to review hot spots around the world'. Attended by Cheney, Powell, Rumsfeld and Rice, 'half of the 75-minute meeting focused on a discussion about Iraq and the Persian Gulf' according to one attendee.[1]
  • 11 September 2001 - According to notes taken by Stephen Cambone, Donald Rumsfeld issued instructions for Richard Myers at 2:40 p.m. for "best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit S.H. [Saddam Hussein] at same time. Not only UBL...Near term target needs - go massive - sweep it all up, things related and not." [2]
  • 13 September 2001 - at a meeting of Principals at Camp David, Paul Wolfowitz broaches the prospects of attacking Iraq.[3]

2002

2003

Notes

  1. Eric Schmitt and James Dao, Iraq Is Focal Point as Bush Meets With Joint Chiefs, New York Times, 11 January 2001
  2. Julian Borger, Blogger bares Rumsfeld's post 9/11 orders, The Guardian, 24 February 2006
  3. Jason Leopold, The Road to 'Operation Iraqi Freedom', ConsortiumNews.com, 20 March 2008