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Hussein escapes.
The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein collapses. Hussein escapes. -
Economic sanctions against Iraq are lifted.
The Coalition Provisional Authority is established to rule Iraq. -
A new, temporary constitution for Iraq is signed.
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Photographs emerge showing Iraqi prisoners being tortured and humiliated by Americans in the Abu Ghraib prison.
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Uprisings led by Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr begin
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Control of Iraq handed over to an Iraqi government. Elections planned.
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Iraqis elect the Iraqi National Assembly. Shiites won a majority. Sunnis largely boycott the vote.
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New assembly chooses Jalal Talabani as president and Ibrahim al-Jaafari as prime minister.
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Saddam Hussein's trial for crimes against humanity begins in Baghdad.
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President Bush announces 20,000 additional U.S. troops will be sent to Iraq.
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President Bush claims normalcy is returning to Iraq.
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Iraq government passes security agreement calling for U.S. withdrawal by 2011.
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Dozens dead and many more wounded in bomb attacks.
