U.S. in Iraq (2003-2011)

By babyycakes21

  • Invasion

    Bush launches invasion of Iraq
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    U.S. in Iraq

  • Saddam Statue Toppled

  • Major combat operations in Iraq have ended

  • Saddam’s sons

    Saddam’s sons, Uday and Qusay, are killed in a U.S. raid in Mosul

  • Saddam is captured

  • U.S. Military

    U.S. Military uncovers letter addressed to senior al-Qaida operatives seeking help in waging a “sectarian war”

  • Images of torture at Abu Ghraib are revealed

  • U.S. transfers sovereignty to Iraq.

    Bush’s response: “Let freedom reign!”

  • The New York Times

    Reports that about 380 tons of powerful explosives disappeared from military installation called Al Qaqaa sometime after the U.S.-led war began in March 2003

  • Army

    They missed its February recruiting goal by more than 27 percent, the first time in almost five years that the Army failed to meet a monthly target

  • National Guard

    National Guard misses recruiting target for ninth month in a row. The Army National Guard, a cornerstone of the U.S. force in Iraq, missed its recruiting goal for at least the ninth straight month in June and is nearly 19,000 soldiers below its authorized strength

  • Army

    Army misses recruiting target for previous fiscal year by widest margin since 1979. The Army is closing the books on one of the leanest recruiting years since it became an all-volunteer service three decades ago, missing its enlistment target by the largest margin since 1979 and raising questions about its plans for growth

  • Powerful Evidence

    Powerful new evidence emerged yesterday that the United States dropped massive quantities of white phosphorus on the Iraqi city of Fallujah during the attack on the city in November 2004

  • Golden Mosque

    Iraq’s Golden Mosque in Samarra badly damaged in a bomb attack that fuels sectarian tensions

  • Bush

    Bush says some U.S. troops will remain in Iraq at least until 2009

  • Mission Accomplished

    On the 3rd anniversary of Mission Accomplished, Bush says Iraq has reached “a turning point.”

  • Air Raid

    Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, is killed during a U.S. air raid

  • Letters

    Al Qaeda letter says prolonging the Iraq war “is in our interest.”

  • Death

    Saddam executed by hanging.

  • Billions in oil missing in Iraq

    “Between 100,000 and 300,000 barrels a day of Iraq’s declared oil production over the past four years is unaccounted for and could have been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling, according to a draft American government report. Using an average of $50 a barrel, the report said the discrepancy was valued at $5 million to $15 million daily.”

  • Oil

    $50 billion still needed to stabilize Iraq’s oil industry.

  • Kuwait

    Kuwait on Thursday named its first ambassador to Iraq since Saddam Hussein’s forces invaded the oil-rich country in 1990 and set off the 1991 Persian Gulf War. The announcement came as Iraq’s Shiite Muslim-led government is reaching out to its Sunni Arab neighbors in a bid to ease tensions and secure investment to rebuild the nation

  • Muqtada al Sadr

    Muqtada al Sadr will disband the armed wing of his militia if a new Iraq-U.S. security agreement includes a date for an American withdrawal, a key Sadr aide said Friday. “It depends on what this agreement brings us,” said Salah al Obaidi, a Sadr spokesman. “When there is no more occupation, there will be no need for these cells.” The pronouncement could give Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki a potent incentive to press the United States for a specific withdrawal date

  • Withdrawl

    President Bush announced that about 8,000 US troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by February

  • President Obama Visits Iraq

    During his maiden visit to Iraq as commander in chief, President Obama elicited cheers and thunderous applause from American troops inside a palace built by Saddam Hussein as he thanked them for their service. “Under enormous strain and under enormous sacrifice, through controversy and difficulty and politics, you’ve kept your eyes focused on just doing your jobs,” Obama told the troops shortly after landing in Baghdad for a visit that had not been dis

  • U.S. Officials Say U.S. on Schedule to Draw Down Troops in Iraq by August.

    Iraqi forces are on track to assume control of the country’s security, and the U.S. is on course to draw down its troops to 50,000 by President Obama’s August deadline, U.S. officials said. Iraqis voted this weekend in a historic parliamentary election Obama hailed Sunday as an “important milestone” in the country’s history. It was the second election in the country since the U.S. invaded Iraq.

  • Obama

    Obama Declares an End to Combat Mission in Iraq

  • Osama

    Osama Bin Laden is finally dead