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The war began on May 20, 2003. This was caused by the United States invading Iraq in an attempt to overthrow the government run by Saddam Hussein -
This is when Saddam's Regime gets taken over. Americans and the British targeted certain areas of Iraq to take over.
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Bush stated that we must stop all major combat in most parts of Iraq, We must only have big wars in areas deemed dangerous.
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With the presence of US forces the Iraqi Army was no longer needed in combat.
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Sergio De Mello, A terrorist was killed in a terrorist blast in Baghdad, Iraq
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In the early stages of the war US troops and others involved in the war were sent to this place to be tortured and abused. over 100 lives taken a day.
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The kidnappers of a U.S businessman Nicholas Berg videotaped his beheading in order to get back at the United states.
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With Iraq's national election coming up, 15 thousand U.S and Iraqi service members assault the stronghold of Fallujah in central Iraq. More 38 U.S troops die along with 6 Iraqi soldiers
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Iraqi civilian death peak in July, between 1,000 and 3,500 for this month
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A widely circulated video capturing his abuse by his executioners.
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After Barack Obama vowed to withdraw combat troops in Iraq within 16 months of taking office he is elected the 44th president of the United States
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After more than 7 year of war and 4,400 U.S casualties and over 10,000 Iraqi civilians killed, the United States officially ends all combat missions in Iraq
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Obama announces on this date the remaining 39,000 U.S troops will return home by the end of 2011.
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The last U.S soldiers leave Iraq after a 9 year mission. Over one million people served in Iraq. $800 billion dollars spent, 4,500 American and over 100,000 Iraqis killed.
