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Iraq War

By mccmar19

  • The Iraq War Begins

    The Iraq War Begins
    On March 20, 2003 the United States invades Iran to destroy their weapons of mass destruction.

  • A Regime crumbles

    A Regime crumbles
    Three weeks after the U.S invades Iraq, Iraqi citizens and U.S forces take down a statue of Saddam in Baghdad's Firdos Square.

  • A Mission Accomplished

    A Mission Accomplished
    President George W. Bush declares the end of major combat operations in Iraq from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln.

  • The Iraqi Army is disbanded

    The Iraqi Army is disbanded
    Paul Bremer 3, the head of Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, signs an order to disband the Iraq army and intelligence service, sending hundreds of well-armed soldiers into the streets of Iraq.

  • Aces Fall

    Aces Fall
    Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay are killed by U.S forces during a raid in the Northern city of Mosul.

  • Sergio Vieira de Mello is murdered

    Sergio Vieira de Mello is murdered
    A suicide bomber was driving a cement mixer filled with explosives and crashed into the UN headquarters in Iraq killing Sergio Vieira de Mello

  • Operation Red Dawn

    Operation Red Dawn
    The U.S gained information of Saddams' whereabouts from his bodyguards and family members. U.S troops find Saddam hiding in a one man hole by his childhood home of Tikrit as a means of suppressing violence in the Middle East.