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Congress Authorizes attack on Iraq
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President Bush declares war on Iraq
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The Iraw War starts
The war against Iraq begins 5:30 AM Baghdad time (9:30 PM EST, March 19), when the U.S. launches Operation Iraqi Freedom. Called a "decapitation attack," the initial air strike of the war attempted to target Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi leaders in Baghdad. The U.S. launches a second round of air strikes against Baghdad, and ground troops enter the country for the first time, crossing into southern Iraq from Kuwait. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld claims that the initial phase of the war -
Saddam Hussein was captured
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The Iraq War officially ended
More than 4,440 US Troops died.
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President George W. Bush identifies Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as an "Axis of Evil"
In President George W. Bush's state of the union speech, he identifies Iraq, along with Iran and North Korea, as an "axis of evil." He vows that the U.S. "will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons".