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Invasion of Iraq
The United States and Britain, with a little help from Australia and Poland, invaded Iraq "to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people," starting the Iraq war -
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Iraq War
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Saddam No Longer on Top
President George W. Bush declares that the mission to remove Saddam Hussein from power was a sucess. Bush continues to search Iraq for illegal weapons. -
Hussein Captured
U.S. soldiers found Saddam Hussein hiding in a hole near Tikrit. He went down without a fight. -
No Bad Weapons in Iraq
David A. Kay, who led the search for weapons of mass destruction, said that American agencies failed to find evidence of Iraq posessing illegal weapons. -
Elections For Iraq
Iraq holds it's first free elections in 50 years. Iraqi people, who got to vote for the first time since Hussein's rule, had to choose people for a provincial paraliament and a 275-member national assembly. -
President Bush Calls for More Troops
President Bush feels that more troops are needed to stop the violence in Iraq. He sends more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq. -
Iraq and U.s. Agree on Departure
The Iraqi Parliament and United States agree on a statement that says the U.S. military will have all of their troops out of Iraq by the end of 2011. They also agreed on the troops being out of most Iraq cities by the summer of 2009. There is a new relationship developing between the two countries. -
No More War
The war is officialy over and all of the American troops are out of Iraq. The United States soldiers ended the war with a ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq.
