Executive
Summary
15
February
24
February
7
March
12
March
13
March
16
March
17
March
18
March
Stop the
War protests held
UK/US/Spain
table draft second resolution
Lord
Goldsmith’s advice on the legality of military action in
Iraq;
Dr Blix
and Dr ElBaradei report to the Security Council
Recognition
that the second resolution would not secure the
support of
a majority of the Security Council
Lord
Goldsmith reaches his “better view” that invasion is
legal
Azores
Summit
Last
Cabinet meeting before the invasion agrees Parliament
should be
asked to endorse the use of military action against
Iraq
Parliamentary
debate and vote on Iraq
7
April
UK troops
enter Basra
16
April
General
Franks issues his “Freedom Message to the Iraqi
People”
1
May
President
Bush declares “Mission Accomplished”
16
May
Coalition
Provisional Authority Order No.1 (de‑Ba’athification
of
Iraqi
Society)
22
May
Security
Council adopts resolution 1483
23
May
Coalition
Provisional Authority Order No.2 dissolves some Iraqi
military
and security structures
13
July
Inauguration
of the Governing Council
19
August
Bomb attack
on UN HQ at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad
23/24
October
Madrid
Donors Conference
15
November
Timetable
for creation of a transitional Iraqi administration
announced
13
December
Capture of
Saddam Hussein by US forces
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