Third in a series of posts about the chronology of the Bush administration and its designs on the Middle East. Physical attacks on Iraq began on the day of Bush’s inauguration. 

January 2, 2001 through January 20, 2001 – Inauguration Day:

 

Jan. 2, 2001 – Italian police discover that the Rome embassy of Niger, a small African nation, has been burglarized. Embassy letterhead stationery and stamps with the official seal of Niger are among objects missing. http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/complete_timeline_of_the_2003_invasion_of_iraq_1182

 

The missing materials will subsequently seem connected to blatant forgeries documenting a new Niger-Iraq uranium deal that turns ...   more »