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9/11/01

Sep 11, 2001

A terroist group called Al Queda hijacked an airplane and took it into the twin towers.

48 hour warning

Mar 17, 2003

Bush gives Saddam Hussein forty eight hours to leave Iraq.

Here we come

Mar 19, 2003

U.S. led invasion begins

Shock and Awe

Mar 21, 2003

"Shock and Awe" campaign begins

Saving Private jessica?

Apr 1, 2003

Pfc. Jessica Lynch is rescued

Down with Saddam

Apr 9, 2003

Fall of Baghdad as the statue of Saddam fell to the ground this day.

Jobs finished boys....?

May 1, 2003

Bush makes his misson accomplished speech.

Now we made him angry

Jul 22, 2003

Saddams sons are killed

The surrender

Dec 13, 2003

In a "spider hole" near Tikrit, Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. troops. He surrenders without a fight.

Dead Contractors

Mar 31, 2004

Four American civilian contractors from Blackwater USA are killed by Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah. Their mutilated bodies get dragged through the streets before being hung over a bridge.

Abuse photos

Apr 29, 2004

Photos of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison are released, first seen in a report on "60 Minutes II."

Now were angry

May 8, 2004

Videos made of soliders being killed

Sovereignty

Jun 28, 2004

The Coalition Provisional Authority, led by L. Paul Bremer, officially transfers "sovereignty" of Iraq to an Iraqi judge. Hours later, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is sworn in.

Ink-dipped

Jan 30, 2005

Transitional National Assembly elections are held. Proud Iraqis show their purple ink-dipped fingers as a sign they participated in the election.

Stampede at Shiite

Aug 31, 2005

Nearly 1,000 people killed in a stampede at a Shiite ceremony in Baghdad .

Ratified

Oct 15, 2005

Iraqi constitution ratified.

Trial begins

Oct 19, 2005

Saddam Hussein's trial begins. He's accused of war crimes against humanity for the ordered killings of 143 Shiites in Dujail in 1982.

Vote for me

Dec 15, 2005

General elections are held to elect a permanent government and Iraqi National Assembly.

Sunni insurgents

Feb 22, 2006

In Samarra, the Al Aksari Mosque, with its famous golden dome, is blown up by Sunni insurgents. It was one of the holiest sites for Shiite Muslims.

U.S. air strike

Jun 7, 2006

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, is killed during a U.S. air strike.

Resigned

Nov 8, 2006

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld resigns.

The Hanging

Dec 30, 2006

Saddam Hussein is executed by hanging after being found guilty of crimes against humanity.

"Troop Surge"

Jan 10, 2007

President Bush addresses the nation, saying the situation in Iraq is unacceptable, and announces the "troop surge."