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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
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U.S. invasion of Iraq begins
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"Shock and Awe" campaign
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"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
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Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. troops in a "spider hole" near Tikrit, and he surrenders without a fight.
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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
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About 1,000 people killed in a stampede at a Shiite ceremony in Baghdad
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Iraq's constitution gets ratified
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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
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Elections are held to elect a permanent government & INA(Iraqi National Assembly)
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq) killed in U.S. air strike
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Donald Rumsfeld (Secretary of Defense) resigns
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President Bush addresses the nation and says the situation in Iraq is unacceptable, and announces the "troop surge"
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Saddam Hussein is hanged after being found guilty of crimes against humanity