Iraq War 2003 Timeline

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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
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