Iraq War 2003 Timeline
- 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]
- ↑ 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
