Hours after the attacks of September 11th, 2001, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, which killed over 3000 people, the Bush administration was blaming Osama bin Laden his alleged Al-Qaeda network declaring a war on terrorism.
There was no suggestion was made that Iraq was connected with the September 11th attacks.
September 2002 the US government and US media’s campaign was launched to persuade Americans that Iraq was behind the attacks.
The CIA failed to turn up any evidence that Iraq was linked to the war
None of the 9/11hijackers were from Iraq most were Saudis
Iraq has the 2nd largest proven oil reserves in the world
Some people believe that the real reason for the war is to control oil
About $1 trillion of US taxpayers' funds spent or approved for spending through 2011.
Total 40,000 U.S. troops in Iraq
32,195, 20% are serious brain or spinal injuries
30% of US troops develop serious mental health problems within 3 to 4 months of returning home
The war has resulted in the death of 4,439 US troops
Iraq civilian casualties stands at over 600,000
December Saddam is
captured after being found hiding underground
March~President Bush gives
Saddam 48 hours to step down or face war.
~President George W. Bush addresses the
American people of the beginning of a mission to
disarm Iraq
~US-led forces take control of Baghdad. Iraqi
civilians cheer on advancing US troops
Aprila truck bomb explodes
outside the UN headquarters building in Baghdad
MarchFour private security
contractors are killed and their burned bodies are
dragged through the streets and then hanged from a bridge over the
Euphrates River.
DecemberThe hunt for biological, chemical and nuclear weapons in Iraq ends
Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death by hanging for crimes against humanity.
JanuaryIraq's first
competitive election in a half-
century takes place
October Iraqi voters approve a new constitution, which aims to create an Islamic federal
democracy ~
former Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein goes on trial for crimes against humanity
JuneAbu Musab al-Zarqawi
is killedNovember
Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death by
hanging for crimes against humanity
DecemberSaddam Hussein is
hanged
JulyThe Iraqi Parliament passes the Status of Forces Agreement
requiring all US forces to withdraw from Iraq no later
than Dec. 31, 2011.
JanuaryUS forces in Iraq hand over control of Baghdad's Green Zone to the Iraqi one of the
Most expensive, US embassies ever built opens
in Baghdad government
February 2009President Barack Obama
announces that "by August 31, 2010, our
combat mission in Iraq will end."
AugustUS Withdraws More
Than 90,000 Combat Troops in
IraqOfficial End to US
Combat Operationsin Iraq
There is talk about pulling troops out by
Christmas
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