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9/11
On September 11, 2001 a tragic accident happened. What had happened was 2 planes were hijacked and got ran into the world trade center (twin towers). -
Saddam Hussein Assasination Attempt.
During a campaign speech in September 2002, Bush cited a number of reasons -- in addition to alleged terrorist links and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) about why Saddam was so dangerous to the U.S., noting, in particular that, ''After all, this is the guy who tired to kill my dad.' http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1019-05.htm -
Fallujah Ambush.
Four Blackwater private security employees are killed in Falluja. The mutilated bodies of at least two of the men are hung from a bridge over the Euphrates River. -
Death Threats.
Defying death threats, mortar rounds and suicide bombers, Iraqis turn out in great numbers to vote in the country's first free elections in 50 years, offering a powerful, if uneven, endorsement of democratic rule 22 months after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. -
Iraq sets new record of deaths.
3,000 Iraqi civilians die in August 2006, up from 2,000 deaths in August of 2005, according to findings from the Brookings Institution. -
Deadliest Bombing in Iraq yet.
A massive truck bomb killed 150 people in a northern Iraqi town and injured 240 more. -
Another bombing kills many.
Bombs Kill 54 and Wound 123 in Baghdad. The attack, in the Karada neighborhood, was the worst in the capital since early February. While violence declined from last year, bomb attacks in Baghdad have increased in recent weeks. -
Obama's Plan to send all of the troops.
Obama announces a plan to end combat operations in Iraq and to send the military forces back home. -
The end of the War.
On this day the Uinted States officially declares that the war in iraq is over and all the troops that were deployed in iraq was sent back home.
