Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Later reviews criticise intelligence claims about Iraqi weapons.
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
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George Walker Bush Biography and Timeline — Page 7
Follow George Walker Bush through 328 dated historical records for United States of America.
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2005
Declaration of War
Later reviews criticise intelligence claims about Iraqi weapons.
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Later reviews criticise intelligence claims about Iraqi weapons.
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-2009
2006
Nuclear Power
US National Security Strategy decries Iran, stating that "Iran has violated its Non-proliferation Treaty safeguards obligations and refuses to provide objective guarantees that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes
Role range: 2001-2009
Invasion of Iraq
United States Senator Rick Santorum claimes that "We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons"
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
United States Senator Rick Santorum claims that "We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons"
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-2009
Sanctions
The US announces the creation of a task force made up of officials from several US agencies that will pursue more aggressively violators of the US trade embargo against Cuba, with severe penalties
Role range: 2001- – 2001-
2007
Al-Qaeda
The US launches an air strike in Somalia, targets suspected al-Qaeda operatives who were forced to flee Mogadishu following Ethiopian air strikes that routed Islamist militias
Role range: 2001-
Bombing of Sudan
The US launches an air strike in Somalia, targets suspected al-Qaeda operatives who were forced to flee Mogadishu following Ethiopian air strikes that routed Islamist militias
Role range: 2001-
Al-Qaeda
The US launches an air strike in Somalia, targets suspected al-Qaeda operatives who were forced to flee Mogadishu following Ethiopian air strikes that routed Islamist militias
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Bombing of Sudan
The US launches an air strike in Somalia, targets suspected al-Qaeda operatives who were forced to flee Mogadishu following Ethiopian air strikes that routed Islamist militias
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Siege of Baghdad
In a nationally televised address, President Bush announces an additional 20,000 troops will be deployed to Baghdad to try to stem the sectarian fighting
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Invasion of Iraq
Troops storm an Iranian diplomatic office in Kurdish-controlled Erbil and detain five people, urdish officials are outraged at the move, and about 100 Kurdish troops stop US troops from crossing a checkpoint
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Siege of Erbil
Troops storm an Iranian diplomatic office in Kurdish-controlled Erbil and detain five people, urdish officials are outraged at the move, and about 100 Kurdish troops stop US troops from crossing a checkpoint
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Troops storm an Iranian diplomatic office in Kurdish-controlled Erbil and detain five
Troops storm an Iranian diplomatic office in Kurdish-controlled Erbil and detain five people, urdish officials are outraged at the move, and about 100 Kurdish troops stop US troops from crossing a checkpoint
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Invasion of Iraq
The tally of death certificates and reports from morgues, hospitals, and other institutions indicates more than 34,000 Iraqi civilians died in 2006
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Reversing its policy, the Justice Department announces the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court will oversee the National Security Agencys domestic wiretapping program
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
State of the Union Address
Admits that the war in Iraq is not going as planned, "This is not the fight we entered in Iraq, but it is the fight we are in," he says, "Every one of us wishes that this war were over and won"
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Invasion of Iraq
Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes, 12-9, in favor of a nonbinding resolution that denounces President Bushs plan to deploy additional troops to Iraq
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes, 12-9, in favor of a nonbinding resolution that denounces President Bushs plan to deploy additional troops to Iraq
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Battle of Najaf
250 are killed near Najaf as American and Iraqi troops fight with a Shiite militia, an American helicopter is shot down in the battle
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Invasion of Iraq
National Intelligence Estimate finds the Iraqi leadership is likely too weak to hold the country together, the military is ill-equipped to rein in militias, and US troops are necessary to stabilize Iraq
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Economy of USA
President Bush says the $2.9 trillion budget will eliminate the federal deficit by 2012 without increasing taxes
Role range: 2001- – 2001-
International Sanctions
Officials show weapons, including mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenades, and explosive penetrators they say were manufactured in Iranian factories, they also say that Iranian Government officials sanctioned the transfer of the weapons
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Nuclear Power
At a meeting with diplomats from the US, China, South Korea, Russia, and Japan, North Korea agrees to dismantle its nuclear facilities and allow international inspectors to enter the country in exchange for about $400 million in oil and aid
Role range: 2001-2009
Invasion of Iraq
The House of Representatives votes, 246-182, in favor of a nonbinding resolution that expresses support for US troops but criticizes President Bushs "surge" that calls for some 20,000 additional troops to be sent to Iraq
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Siege of Baghdad
Despite an increase in violence in Bagdhad, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called the security offensive a "dazzling success"
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Diplomatic Negotiations
In a policy shift US officials say they will participate in high-level talks with Iran and Syria at a meeting about Iraq
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Siege of Baghdad
Eight people, including two Iraqi legislators, die when a suicide bomber strikes inside the Parliament building, which is located in Baghdads fortified International Zone
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Suicide
Eight people, including two Iraqi legislators, die when a suicide bomber strikes inside the Parliament building, which is located in Baghdads fortified International Zone
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Al-Qaeda
Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. US officials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Siege of Baghdad
Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. US officials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Siege of Baghdad
The US and Iraq begin a new offensive in an attempt to increase security in Baghdad and quell the increasingly deadly attacks by insurgents and militias
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Invasion of Iraq
President Bush selects Lt Gen Douglas Lute to oversee war policy in Iraq and Afghanistan
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Invasion of Iraq
Moktada al-Sadr, leader of the Mahdi Army militia and an opponent of the US-led war in Iraq, reemerges from hiding for the first time since January. In a speech, he calls for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Invasion of Iraq
With 127 deaths, May is the deadliest month for U.S. troops since November 2004
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Al-Qaeda
US forces begin a new offensive, targeting al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia in areas around Baghdad, where car bombings and other insurgent attacks have intensified
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Chemical Ali
Three Iraqi army officials, including Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein who was known as "Chemical Ali, are convicted and sentenced to death for carrying out the murder of about 50,000 Kurds in 1988-what was called the Anfal campaign
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Kurds
Three Iraqi army officials, including Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein who was known as "Chemical Ali, are convicted and sentenced to death for carrying out the murder of about 50,000 Kurds in 1988-what was called the Anfal campaign
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
Siege of Baghdad
US forces begin a new offensive, targeting al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia in areas around Baghdad, where car bombings and other insurgent attacks have intensified
Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-
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