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A Decade Of Mistakes: Timeline Of The Iraq War (crimes, Bush's actions were not "mistakes")
A Decade Of Mistakes: Timeline Of The Iraq War
By Hayes Brown
Ten years ago, “Operation: Shock and Awe” launched the war in Iraq. The next ten years would prove to be a calamity of unthinkable proportions, leading to the deaths of thousands of American soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians, trillions spent and billions wasted. ThinkProgress has cataloged the entirety in a single timeline, stretching from the early days of the war to the present. The following is just a small sampling:
MAY 1, 2003: Mission Accomplished
JULY 2, 2003: Bring ‘Em On
APRIL 19, 2004: Bob Woodward reveals CIA Director George Tenet said there was a “slam dunk case” against Iraq
APRIL 28, 2004: Images of torture at Abu Ghraib are revealed
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http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/03/19/1739581/10-years-war-timeline-iraq/
By Hayes Brown
Ten years ago, “Operation: Shock and Awe” launched the war in Iraq. The next ten years would prove to be a calamity of unthinkable proportions, leading to the deaths of thousands of American soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians, trillions spent and billions wasted. ThinkProgress has cataloged the entirety in a single timeline, stretching from the early days of the war to the present. The following is just a small sampling:
MAY 1, 2003: Mission Accomplished
(M)y fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. (Bush, 5/1/03)
JULY 2, 2003: Bring ‘Em On
There are some who feel like — that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring them on. (Bush, 7/2/03)
APRIL 19, 2004: Bob Woodward reveals CIA Director George Tenet said there was a “slam dunk case” against Iraq
About two weeks before deciding to invade Iraq, President Bush was told by CIA Director George Tenet there was a “slam dunk case” that dictator Saddam Hussein had unconventional weapons, according to a new book by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward. (CNN, 4/19/04)
APRIL 28, 2004: Images of torture at Abu Ghraib are revealed
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http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/03/19/1739581/10-years-war-timeline-iraq/