February 22nd in History Part IX

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On February 22nd in 1991 Bush & US Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hrs to begin Kuwait withdrawal

On February 22nd in 1996 STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit

On February 22nd in 1997 Dolly the Sheep, world's first cloned mammal (from an adult cell) is announced by the Roslin Institute in Scotland

On February 22nd in 2002 - Pakistan complained over the US sale to India of surveillance radar, the AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder system.

On February 22nd in 2003 President Bush told Spain’s PM Aznar that nations like Mexico, Angola, Chile and Cameroon must know that the security of the United States is at stake. Bush threatened nations with retaliation if they did not vote for a UN resolution backing the Iraq war. A transcript of a meeting on this day, one month before the US-led invasion of Iraq, was published in the El Pais daily in 2007.

On February 22nd in 2004 US and British special forces reportedly had cornered Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a mountainous area in northwest Pakistan, near the Afghanistan border.

On February 22nd in 2005 oil prices soared to $51.15 per barrel

On February 22nd in 2005 A Virginia man was charged with plotting with al-Qaida to kill President Bush. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali was convicted on all counts in November 2005.

On February 22nd in 2006 The US Supreme Court ruled that people who tumble over mail left in their doorways can sue the US Postal Service.

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