Bush tells Saddam Hussein he has 48 hours to leave Iraq with his sons.
Bush tells Saddam Hussein he has 48 hours to leave Iraq with his sons.
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Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. invasion of Iraq begins
"Shock and Awe" campaign
"Fall of Baghdad"
Saddam Hussein's statue gets toppled in the center of the city
Bush makes "Mission Accomplished" speech
This speech put an end to major military operations
Uday and Qusay (Saddam's sons) killed in a U.S. raid
Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. troops in a "spider hole" near Tikrit, and he surrenders without a fight.
Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah kill 4 American civilian contractors(from Blackwater, USA). Their bodies were dragged through the streets and then hung over a bridge
About 1,000 people killed in a stampede at a Shiite ceremony in Baghdad
Iraq's constitution gets ratified
Hussein's trial begins, and he's accused of war crimes that are against humanity for the ordered killings of 143 Shiites in Dujail in 1982
Elections are held to elect a permanent government & INA(Iraqi National Assembly)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq) killed in U.S. air strike
Donald Rumsfeld (Secretary of Defense) resigns
President Bush addresses the nation and says the situation in Iraq is unacceptable, and announces the "troop surge"
Saddam Hussein is hanged after being found guilty of crimes against humanity