Key events during the Iraq war:
- March 20, 2003, President Bush announced the start of the Iraq war.
- April 9, 2003, Saddam Hussein's rule is ended and Baghdad goes into America control. They took down all Saddam statues
- August 19, 2003, a suicide bomber hits the UN headquarters in Bagdad. Killing 17 and wounding 100 people.
- Dec. 13, 2003, Saddam is captured by the American army.
- March 31, 2004, 4 U.S. contractors were killed in Falluja. 2 of the bodies were hung above the bridge.
- April 30, 2004, Bush talks about how disgusted he is about Abu Ghraib and promises to punish them.
- Sept. 7, 2004, marks the death of 1,000 soliders im Iraq.
- Jan. 30, 2005, Iraq has its 1st free elections that they haven't had in over 50 years.
- Oct. 26, 2005, marks 2,000 deaths of American soliders in Iraq.
- Feb. 27, 2006, The Samarra Shrine is bombed in Iraq.
- April 22, 2006, Maliki is nominated Prime Minister in Iraq.
- Dec. 30, 2006, Suddam Hussein is hanged.
- Dec. 31, 2006, Marks 3,000 deaths of U.S. soliders.
- Jan. 10, 2007, Bush annouces plan to send 20,000 more soliders to Iraq.
- March 23, 2008, Marks 4,000 deaths of U.S. soliders.
- Nov. 17, 2008, Pact made that U.S. soliders leave major cities by 2009 and be gone by 2011.
- Jan. 5, 2009, New U.S. embassy is placed in Bagdad.
- Jun. 30, 2009, troops are pulled from major cities in Iraq.
- Aug. 31, 2010, Obama declares the end of a 7 year war.
- Oct. 22, 2010, Secret field reports from the battle grounds of Iraq are released.
- Oct. 21, 2011, Obama declares that every solider will be home by the end of the year.
- Dec. 18, 2011, war is officially ended.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/08/31/world/middleeast/20100831-Iraq-Timeline.html
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