The public spotlight fell on GCHQ in late 2003 and early 2004 following the sacking of Katharine Gun after she leaked to The Observer a confidential email from agents at the American National Security Agency addressed to GCHQ agents about the wire-tapping of UN delegates in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war.

This claim was repeated several times in the run-up to the war, including in then-Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech to the U. N Security Council on February 5, 2003, which concluded with a long recitation of the information provided by al-Libi.

U. S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair also cited Churchill's warnings about German rearmament to justify their action in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq War.

Baroness Amos was made International Development Secretary after the incumbent, Clare Short, resigned from the post in the run-up to the US and UK 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Since then he has attacked the government on a number of issues, most notably that of genetically modified food and the 2003 Iraq war, though in the run-up to the invasion he had accepted reports by the intelligence services and government saying that Iraq had Chemical Weapons.

Having been prominent in her concern for the situation in Iraq before the war there in 2003, Tony Blair made her a Special Envoy on Human Rights in Iraq in the run-up to the War.

Short made the confidential letter public, and in turn rebuked Turnbull for allegedly allowing the government decision-making machinery to crumble in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war.

The Economist published an article explaining the drive toward the Gulf War in terms presaging the run-up to the Iraq War of 2003.

Even though Will had been hawkish in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, he eventually expressed reservations about Bush administration Iraq policies, eventually openly criticizing what he perceived to be an unrealistically optimistic set of political scenarios.

The committee was the center of much controversy and contentiousness during the run-up to the war in Iraq in 2002 and 2003, when chairmanship of the committee changed hands following the November 2002 election.

In the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war Rangwala wrote articles in newspapers and appeared on British TV, especially in the context of the " dodgy dossier " prepared by Tony Blair's government.

He authored the so-called " Manning Memo " summarising the details of a January 2003 meeting between American president George W. Bush and British prime minister Tony Blair during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.

During the run-up to the March 2003 referendum, Sant was also critical of what he called a " sham referendum " insisting that a general election alone would settle the EU membership issue.

Foreign fighters were housed with the Fedayeen Saddam — whose main headquarters were at the Suwara facility — but only in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, not back in 2001.

During the run-up to the Bay of Pigs Invasion fiasco in 1961, the two settled on a four-column lead headline that put the invasion into dramatic perspective.

In the run-up to the Iraq war, Halliburton was awarded a $ 7 billion contract for which ' unusually ' only Halliburton was allowed to bid.

In the run-up to the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War he was the subject of an episode of the BBC series 10 Days to War, in which he was played by Tom Conti.

She voted for the Iraq war and subsequently voted against an independent investigation into the run-up to the war.

In the run-up to the Iraq War, Kristof opposed the impending invasion and occupation of Iraq, particularly because he felt that the Bush administration did not articulate a well-reasoned basis for it and did not have clear, long-term plans for post-invasion Iraq.

On 25 April 2005, during the run-up to the 2005 general election, he announced he would be defecting to the Liberal Democrats, ironically the successor party to the SDP, citing the invasion of Iraq of which he has been a long-term critic, university tuition fees and anti-terrorism laws as reasons for his defection and Blair's " scorn for liberal Britain ".

He served as Gorbachev's special envoy to Iraq in the run-up to the Gulf War, in which capacity he held talks with President Saddam Hussein.

The phrase was particularly used in the run-up to the Iraq War, since France was opposed to military intervention in Iraq.

It was used particularly in the run-up to the war in Iraq, having been popularized by the right-wing National Review journalist Jonah Goldberg to describe European and especially French opposition to military action in that war.

Groundskeeper Willie's description of the French as " cheese-eating surrender monkeys " from the episode "' Round Springfield " has become widely used, particularly in the run-up to the war in Iraq.

The Encores production was presented during the run-up to the Iraq War and was the scene of an unlikely controversy when, during the five performances, part of the audience responded with loud applause and cheers to the line " One can be loyal to one's country and yet forswear its leader " and others replied to the cheers with boos.

Both of those have had dynamic run-ups in price on the market in recent months, both were selling at higher price-earnings and yield bases than Morton was coming to market at, and everyone who knew anything about it expected the Morton stock to have a fast run-up.

After its brick-by-brick relocation to Stanley, the site was sold by the Government for " only HK $ 1 billion " in August 1982 amidst growing concern over the future of Hong Kong in the run-up to the transfer of sovereignty.

However, in the run-up to the 1997 general election, Labour opposition Tony Blair was in talks with Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown about forming a coalition government if Labour failed to win a majority at the election ; however there was never any need for a coalition to be formed as Labour won the election by a landslide.

During the run-up to the German general election in 2005, which was held ahead of schedule, Stoiber created controversy through a campaign speech held in the beginning of August 2005 in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

The Maginot Line (, ), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, was a line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, artillery casemates, machine gun posts, and other defenses, which France constructed along its borders with Germany and Italy, in light of its experience in World War I, and in the run-up to World War II.

His freakish action and his angular run-up showed that this was no run-of-the-mill spinner.

In the run-up to Christmas Wertheim was transformed into a fairytale kingdom, and was well known to children from all over Germany and far beyond.

The run-up was shadowed by a difficult decision to suspend Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth.

His handling of monetary policy in the run-up to the 1991 recession was criticized from the right as being excessively tight, and costing George H. W. Bush re-election.

The question of Rollo's origins was a matter of heated dispute between Norwegian and Danish historians of the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in the run-up to Normandy's millennium anniversary in 1911.

The failure of his mission to Russia was " one of the most important events in the run-up to the Russo-Japanese War.

The novel featured strongly in the film's marketing campaign, and was serialized in the journal Illustriertes Blatt in the run-up to its release.

In the run-up to the 1945 election, Hogg wrote a response to the book Guilty Men, called The Left was never Right.

It later emerged that the conflict between the controversial coach and the players was another big contributor behind Nordlie's departure, his punishing training regime in the run-up to the 2008 season being cited as the main complaint.

The process of change has been accelerated since the East London line extension ( to be renamed the East London Railway on completion ) and since the reopening of Dalston Junction Station was confirmed in the run-up to London's successful bid to hold the 2012 Olympics.

During the run-up to the 2001 General Election, Tony Blair started his campaign at St Olave's and St Xavier's School, during which he was photographed making a speech in front of a stained-glass window, with the choir surrounding him.

Fine Gael had to jettison its plans for tax-cuts in the run-up to the election and a draconian mid-year budget was introduced almost immediately.

In a minute to the Cabinet's Defence and Overseas Policy committee the following month, Lamont set out his three objectives for the negotiations: first, to ensure Britain didn't have to join the single currency ; second, to ensure the opt-out was legally water-tight ; and third, to ensure that during the period in the run-up to the single currency, there should be no binding obligations on Britain.

The government of Miguel blockaded the island, but the blockading squadron was attacked by a French squadron during the run-up to the Battle of the Tagus, where several Miguelist ships were captured.

The latter was claimed by the United States during the run-up to the war, but no such weapons have since been found.

In 1997, Noel was criticised for attending a high-profile and well-publicised media party at 10 Downing Street, hosted by the newly-appointed Prime Minister, Tony Blair, along with other celebrities and industry figures who had supported New Labour in the run-up to the general election.

The British decimal fifty pence ( 50p ) coin – often pronounced " fifty pee " – was issued on 14 October 1969 in the run-up to decimalisation to replace the ten shilling note.