pre-invasion

Note how careful they are to avoid the trap Colin Powell fell into when he showed misleading CIA photographic evidence at his pre-invasion U.N. presentation on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, which turned out to be false.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Oil production plunged, and it has taken almost a decade to get production back to pre-invasion two and a half million pace.

Jeffrey Rubin: Regime Change Not Bullish for Oil Production in the Middle East Jeffrey Rubin 2011

Yes, going in pre-invasion and doing intel/recon is a great military tactic.

Carroll National Guard To Conduct Door To Door Gun Confiscation Drills in Arcadia, Iowa 2010

Note how careful they are to avoid the trap Colin Powell fell into when he showed misleading CIA photographic evidence at his pre-invasion U.N. presentation on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, which turned out to be false.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

The submission, drawn up by Dapo Akande, lecturer in public international law at Oxford University and more than 20 others, points to the British government's argument that the last pre-invasion UN resolution – number 1441 – was enough to trigger military force because otherwise the US would not have agreed to it.

Blair's case for Iraq invasion was self-serving, lawyers tell Chilcot inquiry Richard Norton-Taylor 2010

Unlike (pre-invasion) Iraq, the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11 did and do operate in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Wonk Room » Cheney’s Iraq Fairy Tale Ignores Afghanistan 2009

Remember the Taliban's pre-invasion rule of the country?

Chris Weigant: We're All Terrorist Supporters 2010

Under western rule, production of oil - Iraq's staple product - is still below its pre-invasion level, and homes enjoy fewer hours of electricity.

Simon Jenkins: A Trillion-Dollar Catastrophe. Yes, Iraq Was a Headline War 2010

Under western rule, production of oil - Iraq's staple product - is still below its pre-invasion level, and homes enjoy fewer hours of electricity.

Simon Jenkins: A Trillion-Dollar Catastrophe. Yes, Iraq Was a Headline War 2010

But, in any event, it is obvious that pre-invasion issues are entirely separate from his and America's responsibility for the unspeakable civilian horror that has followed it.

Fred Branfman: Should Christopher Hitchens Apologize to Iraqis (And U.S. Peace Marchers?) 2010