Iraq War Timeline

  • The War Begins

    President George Bush send troops over to invade Baghdad, Iraq.
  • Saddam is captured

    Saddam is caught in a sheep farm. Some people say that he was caught like a rat becasue he hid in such a narrow little space.
  • Baghdad Falls

    The US takes over the capital and marines pull down a giant statue of Saddam.
  • Saddam's Trial

    Saddam and his 7 co-defendants are cahrged with the 1982 murder of 148 Shia men in the town of Dujail.
  • Saddam's Death

    Saddam is hanged in a Iraqi ficility around 6 am.
  • Baghdad Wall

    The US military builds a 12-foot wall between the Sunni and Shiites.
  • 4,000 US troops are dead

    The number of the US soldiers dead in Iraqw reaches 4,000
  • Iraq sets US toop withdrawl date

    They decide that the US troops are to be gone no later than December 31, 2011.
  • Deadliest Attack of 2009

    At least 95 people killed and hundreds of people are injurded when co-ordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad.
  • US removes more than 90,000 combat troops

    The US removed over 90,000 troops, 40,000 vehicles, 1.5 million items from radios to generators over the past few months.
  • Troop buildup goes up to 170,000

    The number of troops in Iraq goes up to 170,000 tropps.
  • Iraq War Ends

    The war that has been going on for 7 years in Iraq has finally ended.