Difference between revisions of "Iraq War 2003 Timeline"
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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> | *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> | ||
| − | *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> | + | *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> |
| + | *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> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 15:42, 22 March 2008
- 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]
Notes
- ↑ Eric Schmitt and James Dao, Iraq Is Focal Point as Bush Meets With Joint Chiefs, New York Times, 11 January 2001
- ↑ Julian Borger, Blogger bares Rumsfeld's post 9/11 orders, The Guardian, 24 February 2006
- ↑ Jason Leopold, The Road to 'Operation Iraqi Freedom', ConsortiumNews.com, 20 March 2008
