It's All About Iran

The Build Up To Iran Timeline

The "Axis of Evil"


September 2000

The Project for the New American Century issues "Rebuilding America's Defenses" as a blueprint for a potential Bush administration.

This paper states, "The United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security. While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein." It further lays out as an objective that "We cannot allow North Korea, Iran, Iraq or similar states to undermine American leadership, intimidate American allies or threaten the American homeland itself." "The National Security Strategy of the United States of America," released by the administration on September 20, 2001, closely echoes this PNAC document. (Members of PNAC who then joined the Bush administration include Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, and Richard Armitage.)


January 29, 2002

Bush's State of the Union Address includes Iraq, Iran, and North Korea in the "Axis of Evil."


The Focus Intensifies on Iran's Nuclear Program, August 2002 – February 2003

October 2002 - January 2003
Iran conducting uranium laser enrichment experiments. (Note that this does not mean a WMD program.)


The Push for Action at the Onset of the Iraq War, February - June 2003

The IAEA Defuses the Situation, July - October 2003

July 14, 2003

CIA covert officer, Valerie Plame Wilson is outed by Robert Novak in alleged retaliation for her husband’s criticism of the Bush administration.
Plame-Wilson was working on an Iran project at the time of her outing. Later, in their book, Hubris - Michael Isikoff and David Corn - we would report that she was also working on Iraq WMD as well.

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