Iraq War Timeline By eva_frances Feb 5, 2003 Colin Powell presented information that UAVs were ready to be launched against the U.S Mar 19, 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq President Bush Announces Invasion Mar 30, 2003 Donald Rumsfeld announces, "we know where the WMD are" Apr 11, 2003 Saddam Hussein's Statue is toppled in Central Baghdad Apr 21, 2003 The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) established as a transitional government Dec 14, 2003 Saddam Hussein is captured by US forces at a farmhouse in ad-Dawr Mar 5, 2004 Former chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix declares Iraq war illegal Jun 28, 2004 U.S. transfers sovereignty to Iraq Jun 28, 2004 Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer appointed as Acting President Sep 16, 2004 U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan declares Iraq war illegal Oct 7, 2004 Duelfer Report: Iraq did not have WMD Jan 12, 2005 WMD search in Iraq is declared over Jan 30, 2005 Iraqis vote to form a Transitional National Assembly Nov 18, 2005 Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) calls for U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq Feb 22, 2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing in Samarra, resulting in heavy violence over the following days Jun 8, 2006 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, is killed during a U.S. air raid Dec 30, 2006 Saddam Hussein executed by hanging Jan 7, 2007 Death toll of US soldiers reaches 3000 Jan 11, 2007 Bush announces troop escalation of 20,000, 70% of American citizens oppose Aug 14, 2007 Deadliest single attack of entire war - 800 civilians killed nad 100 homes destroyed in a series of suicide bombings Apr 8, 2008 In a congessional testimony, General David Petraeus urges delaying troop withdrawals Jan 1, 2009 US handed conrol of Green Zone and Saddam Hussein's presidential palace to the Iraqi government Jan 31, 2009 Provincial elections held Feb 27, 2009 President Barrack Obama announces U.S. combat mission in Iraq would end by August 31, 2010 Apr 9, 2009 Tens of thousands of Iraqis protest to demand the immediate departure of coalition forces. Apr 30, 2009 British Troops withdraw Jul 28, 2009 Australian troops withdraw Aug 30, 2010 Obama announces end of Operation Iraqi Freedom
