DIA was also involved with the intelligence build-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and was a subject in the Senate Report of Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq.

Her other books include One Hundred And One Days: A Baghdad Journal which describes the three months she spent in Iraq in the build-up to the U. S .- led invasion in 2003, and most recently Angel of Grozny: Inside Chechnya, an account of the time she spent in Chechnya after the war.

The fact that one man had managed to disrupt so much of the nation's capital and hold federal law enforcement officers at bay for two days raised many concerns over the vulnerability of Washington to future terrorist attacks, especially coming mere months after the Beltway sniper attacks and coinciding with the build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Tony Blair ( left ) and George W. Bush at Camp David in March 2003, during the build-up to the invasion of Iraq

On March 13, 2003, Oerter was briefly clinically dead ; a change of blood pressure medications caused a fluid build-up around his heart.

The organization was founded in October 2002 during the build-up to the United States ' 2003 invasion of Iraq by dozens of groups including the National Organization for Women, National Council of Churches, Peace Action, the American Friends Service Committee, Black Voices for Peace, Not In Our Name, September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, and Veterans for Peace.

For instance, in 2003, the build-up of two years of difficult ice conditions blocked the U. S. tanker MV Richard G. Matthiesen from reaching the harbor at McMurdo Station, despite the assistance of icebreakers.

In the build-up to the war in Iraq there was controversy over allegations in 2003 that Saddam Hussein was seeking to purchase uranium from Arlit.

During the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, the brigade, commanded by Brigadier ' Jacko ' Page, was deployed to Kuwait in February 2003.

In the build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq the Wall Street Journal alleged that Saddam Hussein possessed a chemical weapon called " yellow rain ".

The Allies, led by the United States coordinated a massive build-up of troops and supplies to support a large-scale invasion of Normandy in the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944 under the code name Operation Overlord.

Other research indicates that losses unquestionably affected the build-up for Operation Neptune, the actual landing phase of the invasion of Europe.

The Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943 removed Rundstedt's fears that France would be invaded that summer, but he could not have doubted that the massive build-up of American troops in Britain meant that a cross-channel invasion would come in 1944.

As the military build-up continued, StWC urged its local groups and supporters to organise actions on the day the invasion of Iraq began.

* August 24 – Early in the build-up of forces in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the U. S. Air Force has 222 fighters, ground-attack aircraft, and bombers deployed in and around Saudi Arabia.

* Aufbau Ost — Eastern Buildup ; build-up of arms prior to the invasion of the Soviet Union.

It simulates the D-Day invasion, Allied build-up and subsequent Normandy breakout, with scenarios for the attack on Cherbourg, the Cobra Offensive, the Mortain Counterattack and the Falaise Pocket.

Syria viewed this revival with some anxiety: though in the same ideological camp, Damascus had little control over most Palestinians organizations and was afraid that the build-up of Palestinian forces could lead to a new Israeli invasion.

During this time he oversaw a major review of the Australian Defence Force and also the military build-up which followed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.

* A British government memo gives an overview of a secret meeting of United Kingdom Labour government, defense, and intelligence figures, who discuss the build-up to war in Iraq.

* October 2 – 6 – The U. S. Navy aircraft carrier operates in the Persian Gulf, demonstrating the feasibility of such operations as the Coalition build-up in the confrontation with Iraq over Kuwait continues.

In 2002, his possible situation became a more high-profile issue in the build-up to the Iraq War ; The Washington Times ran five successive front-page articles about it in March 2002 and in September 2002, U. S. President George W. Bush mentioned Speicher in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly as part of his case for war.

FCNL developed the War is Not the Answer campaign in response to U. S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and general military build-up following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States by Al Qaeda terrorists.

Since the build-up to the second Iraq War in 2002 Kennard has sometimes been working with printer Cat Picton Phillips.

And after several correspondents went into Pathet Lao territory and exposed the huge build-up, administration spokesmen acclaimed them for performing a `` great service '' and laid the matter before the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.

CIA historian Gerald Haines noted “ A massive build-up of sightings over the United States in 1952, especially in July, alarmed the Truman administration.

In 1962, Capehart attained his greatest popularity and what would ultimately become his lasting legacy as one of the key figures in the Cuban Missile Crisis by calling for a " crack-down on Cuba " and warning of a missile build-up on the Island.

" More immediately, though, he called for a massive build-up of U. S. arms production: " Every realist knows that the democratic way of life is at this moment being ' directly assailed in every part of the world … The need of the moment is that our actions and our policy should be devoted primarily — almost exclusively — to meeting this foreign peril.

Applicants were vetted for Nordic qualities — in Himmler's words, " like a nursery gardener trying to reproduce a good old strain which has been adulterated and debased ; we started from the principles of plant selection and then proceeded quite unashamedly to weed out the men whom we did not think we could use for the build-up of the SS.

This was a period of rapid military build-up in Japan — a prelude to the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War.

This build-up of the Stewart family power did not appear to cause resentment among the senior magnates — the king generally did not threaten their territories or local rule and where titles were transferred to his sons the individuals affected were usually very well rewarded.

An abrupt return to the double basses heralds an inexorable build-up of passion which only finds its final resolution in the brisk and robust — but curiously bitter-sweet — march with which the movement ends.

In the build-up to the release of New Again, the band released a number of tracks — the first of which was " Carpathia "-- on December 21, 2008 as free digital downloads to those who purchased the band's Christmas holiday set, with a physical limited vinyl release of the track as well as a live version of " Catholic Knees " released on April 18, 2009, secondly title track " New Again " as a free single download from the band's website on April 16, 2009, followed by the first full single " Sink Into Me ", released on April 20, 2009, premiering on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show, and being made available digitally short after.

Fields of activity included study of prehistory and ancient history ( directed by Wilhelm Jordan, who led excavations in the region ), study of medieval history and folklife ( directed by Karlernst Lasch from March 1935 ), build-up of the " Library of the Schutzstaffel in Wewelsburg " ( directed by Dr. Hans Peter des Coudres ), and strengthening the National Socialist worldview in the village of Wewelsburg ( directed by Walter Franzius, this included such work as renovation of a timbered house in the center of the village of Wewelsburg — the " Ottens Hof "— between 1935 and 1937 for use as a village community center ; Franzius also undertook various other architectural tasks ).

Johnson lost to Matthew Saad Muhammad and Lotte Mwale in the build-up but won a world title — the WBC light heavyweight version — from fellow southpaw Mate Parlov of Yugoslavia with a 10th-round KO in Italy in December 1978, then lost that same title the following April, in front of his hometown Indianapolis fans, in a rematch to Muhammad in what was perhaps 1979's Fight of the Year for many observers.

* 12 July 1940 — Contract signed with Frederick Snare Corporation to begin a vast construction program for build-up of the Station.

In the early 1970s, setbacks to US military capabilities in the region including the fall of Saigon, victory of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, the closure of the Peshawar Air Station listening post in Pakistan and Kagnew Station in Ethiopia, the Mayaguez incident, and the build-up of Soviet Naval presence in Aden and a Soviet Air Base at Berbera, Somalia, caused the US to request, and the UK to approve, permission to build a fleet anchorage and enlarged airfield on Diego Garcia, and the Seabees doubled the number of workers constructing these facilities.

* Claims island in the Persian Gulf administered by Iran ( called Abu Musa in Arabic by UAE and Jazireh-ye Abu Musa in Persian by Iran )-over which Iran has taken steps to exert unilateral control since 1992, including access restrictions and a military build-up on the island ;

The disorder may be associated with Addison's disease, atherosclerosis ( build-up of fatty deposits in the arteries ), diabetes, pheochromocytoma, and certain neurological disorders, including multiple system atrophy and other forms of dysautonomia.

Ecological catastrophic events from human-made embankments have been noticed along the Yangtze River floodplains after the where the middle of the river has become prone to more frequent and damaging flooding including the loss of riparian vegetation, a 30 % loss of the vegetation cover throughout the river ’ s basin, a doubling of the percentage of the land affected by soil erosion, and a reduction in reservoir capacity through siltation build-up in floodplain lakes.

Mineral build-up resulting from the use of tap water ( including bottled water ) will reduce the effectiveness of the humidor.

The logistical build-up began in mid-year, and by January 1968, 81, 000 tons of supplies and 200, 000 troops, including seven complete infantry regiments and 20 independent battalions made the trip south on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

At the peak of the build-up, the Third Army command oversaw more than 338, 000 coalition forces, including 303, 000 U. S. Army Soldiers and British and French ground forces.

In the 1940s, as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and then of the Senate Finance Committee, George supported Roosevelt's efforts at military preparedness, including Lend-Lease aid to Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union, already at war, and American defensive build-up in response to the threat posed by Japanese and German militarism.

Later, other divisions were made available, including the understrength 8th Panzer Division from Kampfgruppe Chevallerie, the 20th Motorized Infantry Division from Army Group Centre reserve, and the weak 6th Luftwaffe Field Division, and the hurriedly rushed to the front 707th and 708th Security, and 205th and 331st Infantry divisions although there was a corresponding build-up of Soviet strength.

During the build-up to the final Ashes Test of 2009, with the series poised at 1-1, Ramprakash was widely touted in the press as a possible choice to improve the struggling England middle order, with a number of pundits, including Alec Stewart, suggesting his selection.

Later that month USAAF Headquarters estimated that by December 31, 1943, the Bolero build-up could have in place 137 groups ( approximately half of the entire projected strength of the USAAF ), including 74 bomb groups of all types and 31 fighter groups.