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Bombing of Baghdad
The U.S led a coalition that bombed Baghdad after Hussein and his sons refused to leave Iraq. -
The First Invasion
The 1st invasion by United States on Ba'athist Iraq. -
U.S launches Operation Planet X
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Dissolving of Iraqi army and Baathist State
By L Paul Premer issuing Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2 -
The U.S miltary begins Operation Desert Scorpion
A series of raids across Iraq intended to find Iraqi resistance and heavy weapons. -
Uday and Quaysay Hussein killed in Mosul
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Canal Hotel Bombing by truck at the United Nations envoy killing Sergio Viera de Mello and 21 others
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1st Post-Saddam government
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Most Baghdad residents state the Iraqi dictator removal was worth the hardships they had to endure
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Baghdad Bombings and beggining of the Ramadan Offensive
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President George Bush ,akes visit to Baghdad to boost morale of normal Iraqis and troops.
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Saddam Hussein captured in Operation Red Dawn
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Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group- riskiest military expedition since WWII
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2 suicide bombers strike Kurdish political offices in the northern city of Arbil, killing 117 and injuring 113.
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Ezzedine Salim killed in suicide attack
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The New Iraqi government succeeds to the Transitional Governmeb and begins its functions
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Trial of Saddam Hussein
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A car bomb strikes an American Humvee handing out candy to children, killing up to 35 children
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President George Bush says that the decision to invade Iraq was the result of faulty intelligence and accepts responsibilityof the decision
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Constitution presented to Iraqi Parliament
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Execution of Saddam Hussein
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The last of U.K troops are withdrawn
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U.S continues to keep troops in Iraq
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American combat operations in Iraq end its last combat brigade departs for Kuwait.
