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The Invasion of Kuwait
Iraq accused Kuwait of slant drilling. Following the invasion were two intense days of combat. -
UN Resolution 687
iraq told Kuwait to downsize their millitary. -
2002 State of the Union Adress
This speech covered the effects of the terrorist attack that took place the previous year. He also told Americans how he was going to put a stop to terrorism. -
Resolution 1441
Resolution 1441 stated that Iraq was in material breach of the ceasefire terms presented under the terms of Resolution 687. Iraq's breaches related not only to weapons of mass destruction (WMD), but also the known construction of prohibited types of missiles. -
Operation Iraqi Freedom Speech
The U.S., joined by the United Kingdom and several coalition allies, launched a "shock and awe" surprise attack without declaring war. Iraqi forces were quickly overwhelmed as U.S. forces swept through the country. -
The Shock & Awe Campaign
Shock and Awe is a millitary tactic based on overwellming power to win the fight. -
Coalition Forces capture Bagdad
Several thousand Iraqi soldiers were killed in the battle, and a very small number of coalition forces. After the fall of Baghdad, Coalition forces entered the city of Kirkuk on April 10 and Tikrit on April 15, 2003. -
President Bush Mission Accomplished speech
On May 1, 2003, Bush became the first sitting President to arrive in an arrested landing in a fixed-wing aircraft on an aircraft carrier. on the u.s.s. Abraham lincon, there was a big banner that said 'mission accomplished' on it. -
resolution 1483
adopted on 22 May 2003, after recalling all previous resolutions on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, the Council lifted trade sanctions against Iraq (excluding an arms embargo) and terminated the Oil-for-Food Program. -
The Iraqi Governing Council Meet
Iraq has taken a first step toward self-government after decades of tyrannical rule by Saddam Hussein's regime. -
Taguba Report
between October and December 2003, at the Abu Ghraib Confinement Facility (BCCF), numerous incidents of sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuses were inflicted on several detainees. -
Saddam Hussein is captured
Hussein was captured and found living like a rat with dirty clothes and a scruffy beard. He was found living not too far away from Tikrit. -
Operation Phantom Fury
The Second Battle of Fallujah—code-named Operation Al-Fajr (Arabic, "the dawn") and Operation Phantom Fury—was a joint American, Iraqi, and British offensive in November and December 2004, considered the highest point of conflict in Fallujah during the Iraq War. -
Elections
Abu Omar al-Kurdi, real name Sami Muhammad Ali Said al-Jaaf (1968 - 2007),bombmaker for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's organization in Iraq, Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad. He was captured in January 2005. -
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Founder of al-Queda -
Hussein is hanged
public hanging -
U.S. Troop Surge
, the surge refers to United States President George W. Bush's 2007 increase in the number of American troops in order to provide security to Baghdad. -
Official End of the War
The withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq began in December 2007 with the end of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 and was completed by December 2011, bringing an end to the Iraq War. The number of U.S. military forces in Iraq peaked at 170,300 in November 2007. -
U.S. Embassy in Iraq Opens
The Embassy of the United States of America in Baghdad is the diplomatic mission of United States of America in the Republic of Iraq. At 104 acres (42 ha), it is the largest and most expensive embassy in the world, and is nearly as large as Vatican City. -
Operation Lightning
A coalition counter-insurgency operation in Baghdad in the Iraq War -
U.S. hands over the Green Zone
