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TimeLines of Liberty
American Wars |
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(2nd
Persian Gulf War)
Iraq War
(Gulf War II) |
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Last updated
November, 2005.
Unless stating the date, events within the year may not be in
order. |
Pre War - 2000-2001-2002
The War
- 2003
Post War - 2004-2005
Iraq War Statistics
- Military Poetry |
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2000 |
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2000 |
Since the Persian Gulf War Saddam Hussein had never fully cooperated
or complied with U.N. resolutions or his agreements after
his earlier defeat.
See the TimeLine of Liberty on the
Gulf War for earlier events preceding the Iraq War. |
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2000 |
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The U.S. Navy launches the USS Iwo Jima, LHD-7 in
2000. |
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2000 |
Nov. |
Iraq rejects another new U.N. Security Council weapons
inspections proposal in November. |
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2000 |
Mar. |
U.N. Resolution 1293, March 31st, addressing the $600
million in an escrow account associated with the Oil-for-Food
program. |
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2000 |
Dec. |
U.N. Resolution 1302, June 8th, Pertains to the
disbursements of monies in the Oil-for-Food program with
concerns for the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people. |
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2000 |
Dec. |
U.N. Resolution 1330, December 5th, addresses "... the
sum produced from the import by States of petroleum and
petroleum products originating in Iraq, including financial and
other
essential transactions..." |
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2000 |
Dec. |
After December 72% of the Oil-for-Food money is designated for
humanitarian aid throughout Iraq. 25% was allocated for Gulf War
reparations. 2.2% went to U.N. administration and operational
costs for the program. The last 0.8% went to administering the
weapons inspection program. |
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2001 |
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2001 |
Feb. |
In part a response to Iraq's violation of the no flight zone in
Northern Iraq and attacks on U.S. planes, British and U.S.
forces effect bombing raids in an attempt to disable Iraq's air
defense network. |
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2001 |
Feb. |
A Baghdad suburb is bombed on February 16th by U.S. and U.K.
planes killing 3 people. |
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2001 |
Jun. |
U.N. Resolution 1352, June
1st, addresses "... new arrangements for the sale or supply of
commodities and products to Iraq and for the facilitation of
civilian trade and economic cooperation with Iraq in civilian
sectors..." |
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2001 |
Jun. |
An American missile hits a soccer field in northern Iraq on June
19th killing 23 and wounding 11. |
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2001 |
Jul. |
U.N. Resolution 1360, July
3rd, addresses "... the sum produced from the import by States
of petroleum and petroleum products originating in Iraq,
including financial and other essential transactions..." and
"should continue to be allocated on a priority basis..." |
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2001 |
Jul. |
On July 21st it is reported that rouge nations
like Iraq slip intelligence operatives into bomb
conspiracies, by terrorist organizations, availing their expertise then pulling them out
leaving the small fries to carry out the plans or be caught by
the FBI or CIA. |
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2001 |
Nov. |
U.N. Resolution 1382, November
21st, "Stresses the obligation of Iraq to cooperate with the
implementation of this resolution and other applicable
resolutions, including by respecting the security and safety of
all persons directly involved in their implementation..." |
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2001 |
Dec. |
Roger W Hancock, the PoetPatriot, writes the poem
"Veteran's Day" on December 28th.
See the poem "Veteran's
Day". |
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2002 |
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2002 |
Jan. |
Thinking of those who have died for our liberty
the PoetPatriot, Roger W Hancock, writes the poem "Those Now
Gone" on January 26th.
See the poem "Those
Now Gone". |
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2002 |
Jan. |
President Bush gives the State of the Union
address on January 29th calling Iraq a part of the "axis of
evil," vowing the U.S. "will not permit the world"s most
dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most
destructive weapons." |
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2002 |
Jan. |
In response to an anti-war poem the PoetPatriot,
Roger W Hancock, writes the poem "Valiant Peace" on February
10th.
See the poem "Valiant
Peace". |
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2002 |
May |
U.N. Resolution 1409, May 14th, extends the terms of
previous resolutions. |
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2002 |
Jun. |
The new defense doctrine of preemption is
introduced publicly by President Bush on June 2nd asserting the
U.S. must sometimes strike first against a threatening nation to
prevent a potential threat from becoming an actual one. |
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2002 |
Jul. |
Again Iraq rejects new U.N. weapons inspections proposals on
July 5th. |
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2002 |
Aug. |
Iraq, on August 2nd, invites chief weapons inspector Hans Blix
to discuss remaining disarmament issues. |
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2002 |
Aug. |
On August 19th the U.N. Secretary General rejects Iraq's August
2nd proposal, recommending that Iraq allow weapons inspectors to
return in accordance with previous U.N. resolutions. |
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2002 |
Sep. |
On September 12 President George W. Bush challenges the U.N.
members to confront the "grave and gathering danger," Iraq poses
or to stand aside as the United States and other willing nations
take action. |
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2002 |
Oct. |
The U.S. Congress passes a joint resolution on October 2nd
authorizes the President to use the U.S. military as he deems
necessary and appropriate in dealing with Iraq. |
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2002 |
Oct. |
From the Senate floor John Kerry states in an October 9th
speech, ". . . Why is Saddam Hussein attempting to develop
nuclear weapons when most nations don't even try, and
responsible nations that have them attempt to limit their
potential for disaster? Why did Saddam Hussein threaten and
provoke? Why does he develop missiles that exceed allowable
limits? Why did Saddam Hussein lie and deceive the inspection
teams previously? Why did Saddam Hussein not account for all of
the weapons of mass destruction which UNSCOM identified? Why is
he seeking to develop unmanned airborne vehicles for delivery of
biological agents? . . . A brutal, oppressive dictator, guilty
of personally murdering and condoning murder and torture,
grotesque violence against women, execution of political
opponents, a war criminal who used chemical weapons against
another nation and, of course, as we know, against his own
people, the Kurds. He has diverted funds from the Oil-for-Food
program, intended by the international community to go to his
own people. He has supported and harbored terrorist groups,
particularly radical Palestinian groups such as Abu Nidal, and
he has given money to families of suicide murderers in Israel." |
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2002 |
Oct. |
The Israeli military, on
October 10th at a Broadcast Media Conference, is accused of
targeting CNN personnel on various occasions, one of which lead
to a death. |
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2002 |
Oct. |
President George W. Bush signs the Iraq war resolution on
October 16th. |
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2002 |
Nov. |
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approves U.N. Security
Council Resolution 1441 on November 8th requiring Saddam Hussein
to disarm or face "serious consequences." |
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2002 |
Nov. |
Iraq claims to agree on November 13 to the terms of U.N.
Security Council Resolution 1441. |
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2002 |
Nov. |
CNN reports on November 13th that the
U.S. has found through the U.N. that Iraq had ordered 1.25
million doses of atropine, an agent used to counter effects of
nerve gas as well as other medical conditions. The number of
doses ordered and Iraq's contact with other nations to procure
more has raised suspicions. It is concerned that Iraq
intends to use nerve gas and needs the atropine to protect its
own forces. |
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2002 |
Nov. |
U.N. Resolution 1443, November 25th, extends the term of
resolution 1409. |
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2002 |
Nov. |
U.N. inspectors led by Hans blix return to Iraq
after four years of Saddam's refusals. |
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2002 |
Dec. |
U.N. Resolution 1447, December 4th, addresses, "necessary
adjustments to the Goods Review List (S/2002/515) and the
procedures for its implementation..." |
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2002 |
Dec. |
Iraq files with the U.N. Security Council on December 7th a
12,000 page weapons declaration that is less than thorough. |
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2002 |
Dec. |
U.N. Resolution 1454, December 30th, provides for "... a
thorough review of the Goods Review List and the procedures for
its implementation..." |
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2003 |
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2003 |
Jan. |
In the State of the Union address on January 28th, President
Bush says the U.S. is ready to attack Iraq with or without a
U.N. mandate. |
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2003 |
Jan. |
Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Denmark and
the Czech Republic release on January 30th a letter by the eight
nations, declaring support for the United States' plans to
invade Iraq. |
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2003 |
Feb. |
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses the UN Security
Council on February 5th concerning the U.S. plan to invade Iraq. |
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2003 |
Feb. |
Chief U.N. weapons inspector reports, on February 14th, little
progress in Iraq's cooperation with the weapons team. |
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2003 |
Feb. |
The largest war protest before the war occurs on February 15th
with more than 6 million people in 600 cities world wide. |
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2003 |
Feb. |
Steve Kroft of "60 Minutes" interviews Dr. Hussein Shahristani,
Iraq’s former top nuclear scientist for a report to be broadcast
on February 23rd. Shahristani says that Iraq has built "subway"
tunnels for the purpose of moving and hiding their Weapons of
Mass Destruction. The tunnels can also be used for Saddam
Hussein to hide or escape through. |
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2003 |
Feb. |
President Bush says on February 26th, "The United States has no
intention of determining the precise form of Iraq's new
government. That choice belongs to the Iraqi people. Yet, we
will ensure that one brutal dictator is not replaced by another.
All Iraqis must have a voice in the new government..." |
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2003 |
Feb. |
Lobbying efforts by the U.S. and Britain, from
February 24th to March 14th, among the U.N. Security Council
members gain only two supporters, Spain and Bulgaria. |
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2003 |
Feb. |
Revealing his vision of a post-invasion democracy in Iraq,
President George W. Bush, on February 26th, says it will be "an
example" to other nations in the middle east. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
The United Arab Emirates, on March 1st and later echoed by
Bahrain and Kuwait, calls for Saddam Hussein to step down to
avoid the war. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
19 abstentions on a March 1st vote in Turkey's Parliament
prevents enough majority votes to carry (264 for and 250
against) the proposal to allow the U.S. into the country or
entering its airspace. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Allied aircraft attack a mobile air defense radar on January
24th. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Allied aircraft attack a mobile air defense radar on February
8th. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Allied aircraft attack a mobile SAM system killing 2 and
injuring 9, on February 10th. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Allied aircraft bomb a support vehicle and an Ababil-100 SSM
launcher, on February 11th. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Allied aircraft attack attack 2 SAMs on February 14th. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Allied aircraft attack a mobile air defense radar on February
15th. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Allied aircraft attack 5 cable repeater sites on February 16th. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Allied aircraft attack a mobile air defense radar on February
17th. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Allied aircraft bomb four unmanned underground military
communication sites on March 8th. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Allied aircraft bomb five unmanned underground military
communication sites on March 9th. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
A target acquisition radar system and three unmanned underground
military communication sites are bombed by Allied aircraft on
March 10th. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Iraqi fighters threaten two U.S. U-2 surveillance planes on
March 11th, forcing the mission by U.N. weapons inspectors to be
aborted with the return to base. Iraq claimed a "technical
mistake" by the U.N. inspectors though Iraqi officials had
previously been notified about the flight. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Arab media reports on March 11th that Saddam Hussein opened
camps to train Arab volunteers willing to attack U.S. forces
with suicide bombings in the event of a U.S. led invasion took
place. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Britain's Prime Minister, Tony Blair, proposes an amendment to a
proposed new 18th U.N. resolution, on March 12th, that would
call for Iraq to meet defined benchmarks proving compliance with
disarming. France rejects the amendment and promises to veto any
new resolution. It is learned later that France had been
supplying goods to Iraq in violation of an international
embargo. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Allied aircraft strike at an Iraqi site on March 13th. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
On March 14th U.S. Representative James P. Moran Jr., regional
Whip for the House Democrats steps down after being called out
for what he called "insensitive" remarks about Jews pushing the
U.S. into war with Iraq. At an anti-war rally in Reston,
Virginia on March 3rd Moran said, "If it were not for the strong
support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would
not be doing this." |
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2003 |
Mar. |
Leaders of the U.S., Britain, Portugal and Spain meet at the
Azores Islands on March 16th, where President Bush calls March
17th the "moment of Truth" where the "coalition of the willing"
would make a final effort to pull a resolution from the U.N.
Security Council to give Iraq an Ultimatum to disarm or to be
disarmed by force. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
The largest coordinated vigil worldwide is held on March 16th as
part of the global protests against the war on Iraq. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
American President George W. Bush on March 17th gives the
ultimatum for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his sons to
either leave Iraq or face military action at a time of the
U.S.'s choosing. |
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2003 |
Mar. |
From June of 2002 until March 19th Coalition air forces had
dropped 606 bombs on Iraqi targets. |
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2003 |
Day 01
Mar. 20 |
At 5:30 Baghdad time (9:30 EST, March 19) on March 20th The Iraq
war begins. Operation Iraqi Freedom begins when land troops from
the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Poland roll into Iraq. |
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2003 |
Day 02
Mar. 21 |
Heavy aerial attacks on Baghdad and other cities begin the major
phase of the war on March 21st. The barrage of the "shock
and awe" campaign on Military targets in Baghdad is
massive with the use of cruise missiles fired from
U.S. Navy warships,
U.K.
Royal Navy submarines and
B-52 bombers; and laser guided missiles fired by
Stealth Bombers. |
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2003 |
Mar. 21 |
Encountering strong resistance from Iraqi soldiers and
paramilitary troops Coalition Troops march within 50 miles of
Baghdad. |
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2003 |
Mar. 21 |
The Iraqis fire 12 missiles at Kuwait
on March 20th. |
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2003 |
Day 06
Mar. 25 |
Air strikes take out the Iraqi TV
transmissions for a few hours on March 25th. |
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2003 |
Day 07
Mar. 26 |
"But as soon as possible, we want to have working
alongside the commander an interim Iraqi authority, people
representing the people of Iraq. And, as that authority grows
and gets greater credibility from the people of Iraq, we want to
turn over more and more responsibilities to them."
states Colin Powell on March 26, 2003. |
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2003 |
Mar. 26 |
1,000 paratroopers are dropped in Kurdish
controlled Iraq on March 26 to open a front on the north. |
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2002 |
Mar. |
U.N. Resolution 1472, March 28th, reaffirms "the
commitment of all Member States to the sovereignty and
territorial integrity of Iraq." |
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2003 |
Day 11
Mar. 30 |
The first attack on Iraq's Republican Guard is by
U.S. Marines and Army troops on March 30th about 65 miles
outside Baghdad. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
dismisses criticism that the U.S. did not deploy enough ground
troops. |
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2003 |
Day 14
Apr. 02 |
Private first class Jessica Lynch is rescued on
April 2nd from a hospital in Nasiriya by Special operation
forces. She and 12 others were captured on March 23rd. |
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2003 |
Day 17
Apr. 05 |
With resistance lighter than expected, U.S. tanks
roll into the Iraqi capital engaging in firefights with Iraqi
troops on April 5th. |
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2003 |
Day 19
Apr. 07 |
Iraq's second largest city Basra falls to British
forces on April 7th. |
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2003 |
Day 20
Apr. 08 |
U.S. Marines capture the Rashid Airfield on April 8th. |
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2003 |
Day 21
Apr. 09 |
The regime of Saddam Hussein is officially ended when U.S.
forces seize control of Baghdad on April 9th. Saddam will
show up in Arab videos still inciting continued fighting among
his troops and citizens who might still be loyal to his regime. |
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2003 |
Apr. 09 |
A large statue of Saddam Hussein with symbolism
is toppled to the ground on April 9th by Iraqi citizens, who
solicit the help of soldiers who use a tank to break the statue
loose from its foundations. Government buildings, museums,
hospitals, and stores are looted by the Iraqi people. It
is discovered much of the museum pieces were simply taken for
safe keeping and most were recovered. |
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2003 |
Day 23
Apr. 11 |
Kirkuk is taken by Kurdish fighters on April
11th. |
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2003 |
Apr. 11 |
Eason Jordon, in a New York Times Op/Ed on April
11th, admitted to covering up Saddam Hussein's tortures and
atrocities to keep open a CNN office in Baghdad and to protect
his employees. The information was withheld during the
building up to the war. |
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2003 |
Day 25
Apr. 13 |
5 of 12 soldiers captured on March 23rd in
Nasiriya are rescued by U.S. Marines on April 13th; also rescued
are two pilots shot down on March 24th near Karbala. |
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2003 |
Apr. 13 |
"Rush To War" is a poem written by Roger W
Hancock, the PoetPatriot, in response to the liberal and
democrat criticism
that America had rushed into the war with Iraq, though Saddam had 12
years to comply with U.N. resolutions.
Read the poem "Rush
To War" that was written on April 13th. |
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2003 |
Day 23
Apr. 21 |
Retired U.S. Army General
Jay Garner is made Interim Civil Administrator of Iraq on April
21st. |
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2002 |
Day 26
Apr. 24 |
U.N. Resolution 1476, April 24th, extends provisions of
prior resolutions. |
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2003 |
Day 30
Apr. 28 |
"As freedom takes hold in Iraq, the
Iraqi people will choose their own leaders and their own
government. America has no intention of imposing our form of
government or our culture. Yet, we will ensure that all Iraqis
have a voice in the new government..."
George W. Bush in a
Speech in Dearborne, Michigan on April 28th. |
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2003 |
Day.33
May 1 |
Transported on May 1st in a Lockheed S-3 Viking, President
George W. Bush lands on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham
Lincoln. Bush give a speech declaring the end of major
combat in Iraq. A banner in the background displays, "Mission
Accomplished". The banner's message was criticized as being
premature. |
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2003 |
Iraq War Statistics |
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2003 |
May |
"Joint Effort" a poem written by Roger W Hancock,
the PoetPatriot addresses the fact that although the military
maintain our liberty and peace that we at home have our duty
also.
Read the poem "Joint
Effort" that was written on May 11th. |
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2003 |
May |
"Demonstrators S.O.T." is a poem written after
the author participated in support rallies at an overpass of I-5
near an entrance to Fort Lewis.
Read the poem "Demonstrators
S.O.T." that was written on May 11th by Roger W Hancock, the
PoetPatriot. |
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2003 |
May |
On May 12th Diplomat Paul Bremer is named to
replace Jay Garner as Iraqi Interim Civil Administrator. |
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2003 |
May |
Operation Planet X is launched on May 15th to
search out fugitives of the former regime. 260 people are
detained with 230 being released the next day. Iraqi General
Mahdi Al-Duri Al-Tikrit Adil Abdallah on of the most wanted
Iraqi officials was captured along with two sons of Izzat
Ibrahim al-Douri and five Special Security Office bodyguards. |
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2003 |
May |
U.N. Resolution 1483, May 22nd, reaffirms "... the right
of the Iraqi people freely to determine their own political
future and control their own natural resources..." |
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2003 |
Jun. |
Two U.S. military convoys are ambushed north of Baghdad,
wounding 10 soldiers and some Iraqi bystanders in a bus nearby
in a series of raids across Iraq to find resistance and heavy
weapons called Operation Desert Scorpion that began on June
15th. |
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2003 |
Jun. |
A sniper's bullet kills a
soldier riding in a Humvee from the 1st Armored Division's 1st
Brigade in Baghdad on June 16th. |
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2003 |
Jul. |
U.N. Resolution 1490, July 3rd, expresses the, now,
unnecessary monitoring by the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait
Observation Mission. |
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2003 |
Jul. |
Under the authority of American Administrator
Paul Bremer, 25 Iraqis appointed by U.S. and British officials
were inaugurated on July 13th to Iraq's interim governing
council. |
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2003 |
Jul. |
Commander of the allied forces in Iraq, General
John Abizaid on July 16th says the continuing attacks have taken
on a "guerrilla-type campaign" also saying replacement troops
may be deployed for year-long tours. |
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2003 |
Jul. |
Dr. David Kelly is found dead a few miles from his home on July
18th. An independent judicial inquiry into the event prior to
his death would confirm the suicide that fails to dispel rumors
of conspiracy. Kelly was employed by the British Ministry of
Defense and was an expert in biological warfare. He was a U.N.
weapons inspector visiting Iraq 37 times. His uncovering Iraq's
biological weapons program led to his being nominated for the
Nobel Peace Prize. |
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2003 |
Jul. |
A firefight, at the Mosul Palace on July 22nd,
results in the death of Uday and Qusay Hussein, Saddam Hussein's
sons. |
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2003 |
Aug. |
On August 4th the poem "American Hero" is written
by the PoetPatriot, Roger W Hancock.
Read the poem "American
Hero". |
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2003 |
Jul. |
U.N. Resolution 1500, August 14th, "Welcomes the
establishment of the broadly representative Governing Council of
Iraq on 13 July 2003, as an important step towards the formation
by the people of Iraq of an internationally recognized,
representative government that will exercise the sovereignty of
Iraq..." |
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2003 |
Aug. |
Sergio Vieira de Mello, the top U.N. envoy, and
21 others are killed on August 19th in a Truck bomb explosion at
the the U.N. inspectors headquarters at the Canal hotel in
Baghdad, Iraq. |
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2003 |
Aug. |
Implying no short term end to the occupation Bush
exclaims on August 26th, "No Retreat." from Iraq. |
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2003 |
Aug. |
A car bomb blast kills Shiite cleric
Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim after leaving his mosque having
attended Friday prayers on August 29th. 84
others are also killed |
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2003 |
Sep. |
President George W. Bush makes the announcement,
on September 7th, that 87 billion dollars is needed to pay for
additional military and reconstruction costs. |
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2003 |
Sep. |
A Gallup poll released on September 23rd shows a
majority of Iraqi citizens expect a better life in 5 years;
about two-thirds say the removal of Iraqi dictator Saddam
Hussein was worth the hardships they've been forced to endure.
The poll does not show that many prefer the hardships with the
hope of liberty to the hardships endured under Saddam Hussein. |
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2003 |
Oct. |
As of October 3rd Iraq Survey Group lead by David
Kay fails to find evidence of WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction).
Inspections by the UN that began in 2002 were not given free
access to locations where WMD were thought to be or were being
developed. Saddam had stated ownership of such programs. A
network of biological laboratories and a lethal strain of
botulinum had been found by the UN Inspectors. It is believed
that Saddam had much of the evidence of the WMD buried or
transported out of the country prior to the invasion. |
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2003 |
Oct. |
U.N. Resolution 1511, October 16th, recognizes "... the
sovereignty of Iraq resides in the State of Iraq, reaffirming
the right of the Iraqi people freely to determine their own
political future and control their own natural resources,
reiterating its resolve that the day when Iraqis govern
themselves must come quickly..." |
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2003 |
Oct. |
The Madrid Conference is held on October 23rd and
4th as an international conference to raise funds from the
International community for the reconstruction of Iraq. Falling
short of the target of 56 billion dollars over half is raised,
33 billion dollars. |
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2003 |
Oct. |
The 6 month nighttime curfew on the 5 million
residents of Baghdad is lifted on October 26th in time to
accommodate the Ramadan observations. |
|
2003 |
Oct. |
The war takes on a twist becoming a war against
terrorists rather than a war against an army.
Many of the "insurgents" are terrorists from other nations
rather than the remnants of Saddam Hussein's armies. |
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2003 |
Oct. |
On October 27th four coordinated suicide attacks
in Baghdad kill 43 and wound 200 with the targets being the HQ
of the Red Crescent and 3 police stations. The "Insurgents"
begin to target Iraqi security forces as well as U.S. troops;
increasingly they engage in the cowardly act of targeting Iraqi
civilians and aid agencies. |
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2003 |
Nov. |
North of Baghdad near Kirkuk on November 2nd a
blast damages an oil pipeline. |
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2003 |
Nov. |
An American Helicopter is shot down by guerrillas
on November 2nd Killing 16 U.S. soldiers and wounding 21 others.
Other attacks in November bring the month's toll to 75 U.S.
soldiers dead. |
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2003 |
Nov. |
A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter
crashes, on November 3rd, killing 6. |
|
2003 |
Nov. |
The first Italian casualties number 19 when killed on November
12th, in Nasiriya, Iraq, by a suicide bomb attack on an Italian
police base, 14 Iraqis are also killed. |
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2003 |
Nov. |
In a November 14th deal with the Iraqi Governing
Council Bush's administration reverses it policy to agree to
transfer power to an interim government much sooner than
originally planned. |
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2003 |
Nov. |
On November 19thin a forum on the safety of
reporters in Iraq, Eason Jordon makes the allegation some
reporters were being tortured and wrongly imprisoned. |
|
2003 |
Nov. |
Avoiding ground fire, in Mosul on November 3rd,
two Black Hawk helicopters collide killing 17. |
|
2003 |
Nov. |
Among massive protests on November 18th U.S. President George W.
Bush makes a state visit to London, England. |
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2003 |
Nov. |
U.N. Resolution 1518, November 24th, determines, "...
that the situation in Iraq, although improved, continues to
constitute a threat to international peace and security." |
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2003 |
Nov. |
United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
made an unannounced and short visit to Iraq on November 26th. |
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2003 |
Nov. |
President Bush makes a secretly planned flight on
Air Force One to the Baghdad International Airport on
Thanksgiving Day (November 27) to boost morale among the troops
and the Iraqi people. He was accompanied by National
Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. |
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2003 |
Nov. |
In the City of Samarra in central Iraq on
November 30th, the U.S. military kills 26 Militants, wounding 18
in various clashes. |
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2003 |
Dec. |
A plan to send nearly 1000 soldiers to help Iraq
reconstruction was approved by
Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi's
Cabinet on December 9th becoming the largest troop deployment
overseas since World War II. |
|
2003 |
Dec. |
A diplomatic controversy is created when Paul
Wolfowitz, deputy secretary of defense, on December 9th, issues
a directive that bans France, Germany and Russia from bidding on
profitable contracts in rebuilding Iraq. |
|
2003 |
Dec. |
Iraqi ex-president Saddam Hussein is captured by the U.S. 4th
Infantry Division on December 13th in the village Adwar near
Saddam's hometown city of Tikrit. Saddam was found hiding in a
small hole and surrendered without resistance during Operation
Red Dawn. |
|
2003 |
Dec. |
The U.S. 4th Infantry Division begins Operation
Ivy Blizzard on December 17th that lasts from down to
mid-morning and results in the arrest of guerilla fighters and
possible terrorists. |
|
2003 |
Dec. |
8 Iraqis are killed and more than 30 others
wounded in a Car bomb explosion outside a restaurant in Baghdad
on December 31st. 3 of the wounded were correspondents from the
Los Angeles Times. |
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2004 |
|
2004 |
Jan. |
Britains Prime Minister Tony Blair make a trip to Basra, Iraq
unannounced to deliver a speech to British troops on January
3rd. |
|
2004 |
Jan. |
9 are dead on January 8th when the
Black Hawk they were on was shot down near Falluja. |
|
2004 |
Jan. |
Shiite cleric, the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,
the most influential in Iraq, asserts the members of the
nation's interim government must be chosen by a direct vote,
opposing the American plan to hold regional caucuses. The the
tight timetable of handing control of the government on June
30th to the Iraqis had the U.S. arguing the difficulty in
assuring free and safe elections. |
|
2004 |
Jan. |
A peaceful demonstration in Basra on January 15th
in support of direct elections, is attended by thousands of
Shiites. |
|
2004 |
Jan. |
The United Nations is asked by the United States
on January 19th to moderate the dispute over the election
process. |
|
2004 |
Jan. |
A truck bomb driven into a U.S. military post
near a bridge in Khaldiya by a suicide bomber on January 24th
kills 3 servicemen and wounds 6 others. |
|
2004 |
Jan. |
Japanese troops participate in the most risky
military mission since World War II on January 26th. |
|
2004 |
Jan. |
On January 27th Eason Jordon asserts repeatedly
that American military had targeted and killed journalists in
Iraq. Jordan unable to substantiate resigns on February 11th. |
|
2004 |
Jan. |
Former head of the U.S. weapons inspection teams
in Iraq, David Kay tells a senate committee on January 28th that
no WMDs have been found and that nearly all prewar intelligence
was wrong about Hussein's arsenal. |
|
2004 |
Jan. |
On February 1st in the northern Iraqi city of
Arbil 109 are killed and 235 wounded in attacks of two
Kurdish buildings by suicide bombers. |
|
2004 |
Feb. |
Succumbing to pressure from both Republicans and democrats,
President Bush calls for a study of intelligence inadequacies by
an independent commission, on February 2nd. |
|
2004 |
Feb. |
The CIA after reinvestigating the original
reports with current intelligence concludes and revealed on
February 3rd that the threat from weapons of mass destruction
before the invasion of Iraq, was not imminent.
It was subsequently found that Iraq was "developing" Weapons of
Mass Destruction. WMDs were not found leaving the presumption
they did not exist in spite of Saddam Hussein's claim to possess
them. Saddam had claimed, refusing to provide proof, he had
the chemical weapons destroyed. Saddam had previously used
chemical weapons on the Iraqi population in the north. |
|
2004 |
Brit |
The Prince of Wales on February 7th starts a tour visiting
troops in Iraq, the earthquake zone at Bam, Iran and Saudi
Arabia. |
|
2004 |
Terror |
Becoming a regular target, a Police station in Baghdad is hit by
a car bomb on February 10th killing 54 Iraqis applying for jobs
with the Iraqi security forces. The next day 47 are killed
in an attack outside an army recruiting center. |
|
2004 |
Feb. |
The poem "It's the Veteran" is written on
February 16th, by the PoetPatriot Roger W Hancock, to give honor
and to remember those who maintain our liberty and our peace.
Read the poem "It's
the Veteran" |
|
2004 |
Feb. |
At a Coalition base in Baghdad on February 18th
is hit by dual attacks by suicide bombings that kill 8 Iraqis. |
|
2004 |
Feb. |
The Red Cross is allowed to visit Saddam Hussein
on February 21st, the first since his capture in December. |
|
2004 |
Feb. |
United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi submits a
report on February 23rd that concludes the earliest date
credible direct elections could be held would be in early 2005. |
|
2004 |
Mar. |
Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum is selected on March 1st
to be President of Iraq. |
|
2004 |
Mar. |
On Shiite Islam's most holy day of feast attacks
in Karbala has suicide bombers killing more than 85 and wounding
233 others on March 2nd. It is believed perpetrators are
attempting to build unrest between the Shiites and Sunnis. |
|
2004 |
Mar. |
A series of bomb blasts on March 4th are thought to be an
attempt to de-stabilize Iraq. |
|
2004 |
Mar. |
The Interim Iraqi Governing Council signs the
interim constitution on March 8th. |
|
2004 |
Mar. |
Five British men are released on March 10th from detention at
Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. Arriving at RAF Brize Norton four
are arrested by Metropolitan Police and taken to Central
London's Paddington Green high security police station for
questioning. |
|
2004 |
Mar. |
The new government of Spain announced on March
15th that it will pull the 1,300 Spanish troops from Iraq. |
|
2004 |
Mar. |
The start of the war in Iraq is protested by thousands on March
20th, the 1-year anniversary. |
|
2004 |
Mar. |
Four American contractors are killed in an ambush in Fallujah
and their bodies mutilated on March 31st. |
|
2004 |
Apr. |
Four private American security contractors who
were ex-special forces are shot and burnt inside their cars in
Fallujah on April 1st. The bodies of two are dismembered while
two are hung from a bridge over the Euphrates River. |
|
2004 |
Apr. |
April 4th begins an assault on Falluja by U.S.
troops in response to the March 31st and April 1st killiings.
Shiite militias led by Moktada al-Sadr launch coordinated
attacks in the cities of Kufa, Karbala, Najaf, al-Kut, and Sadr
City. |
|
2004 |
Apr. |
Riots on April 6th break out in Najaf and
Baghdad's slum of Sadr City by followers of Shiite cleric
Moktada al-Sadr. |
|
2004 |
Apr. |
Three Japanese citizens are taken hostage on April 8th in Iraq. |
|
2004 |
Apr. |
Thomas Hamill, an American contract worker, is
taken hostage on April 9th. More than 20 foreigners have been
kidnapped during the Iraq war as hostage-taking become a regular
tactic of the terrorists. |
|
2004 |
Apr. |
A U.N. proposal to replace the Iraqi Governing
Council with a caretaker government when sovereignty is returned
to the Iraqis on June 30th is agreed to by President Bush's
administration on April 15th. |
|
2004 |
Apr. |
U.N. Resolution 1538, April
21st, Expresses "... the desire to see a full and fair
investigation of efforts by the former Government of Iraq,
including through bribery, kickbacks, surcharges on oil sales,
and illicit payments in regard to purchases of humanitarian
goods, to evade
the provisions of resolution 661..." "and subsequent relevant
resolutions." also stating "... any illicit activity by United
Nations officials, personnel and agents..." "is unacceptable." |
|
2004 |
Apr. |
Some Iraqi Baath Party officials who were forced
from their jobs after the fall of Saddam will be asked to resume
their positions to help refill the drain of skilled workers when
nearly 400,000 lost their jobs. The U.S. announced the rehire on
April 22nd. |
|
2004 |
Apr. |
In the rubble of the bombed headquarters of
Iraq's intelligence service, the Mukhabarat, documents are found
on April 26th showing an al-Qaeda envoy was secretly invited to
Baghdad in March, 1998. |
|
2004 |
Apr. |
Iraqi intelligence documents discovered in Baghdad made public
on April 27th, show the first evidence of a direct link between
Osama bin Laden's alQaeda network and Saddam Hussein's regime. |
|
2004 |
Apr. |
Photographs of the physical and sexual abuse of
Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad are released
by the U.S. media on April 30th sparking outrage world wide. |
|
2004 |
May |
The decapitation of American contractor Nicholas
Berg on May 8th by Iraqi militant terrorists allegedly linked to
al-Qaeda is video taped distributed on the internet within days
and viewed across the world by the media. The terrorists claim
it is retaliation for the
Abu Ghraib prison abuse. Beheadings of foreign contract workers
become a regular tactic by the terrorists. |
|
2004 |
May |
In the United Kingdom, Piers Morgan, editor of the Daily Mirror
is fired on May 14th after the British army proves fake the
published photographs depicting British soldiers abusing
detainees, |
|
2004 |
May |
The holder of the leadership of the Iraqi Governing Council,
Ezzedin Salim, on May 17th is killed along with 6 others by a
suicide bomb blast in Baghdad. |
|
2004 |
May |
In Court-martial proceedings on May 19th, Jeremy Sivits pleads
guilty in connection with alleged abuse of prisoners at Abu
Ghraib prison in Baghdad. |
|
2004 |
May |
A Truce is reached on May 27th after 7 weeks of
battling in Najaf between U.S. forces and militias loyal to al-Sadr. |
|
2004 |
May |
Iyad Allawi, a Shiite neurologist with ties to
the CIA, is designated on May 28th to be Prime Minister of the
interim government in Iraq. |
|
2004 |
Jun. |
After reading an email that was circulating the
internet that told of an incident with detainees during a sand
storm, Roger W Hancock, the PoetPatriot, writes the poem
"Civilized Compassion" on June 6th.
See the poem "Civilized
Compassion". |
|
2004 |
Jun. |
Ghazi al-Yawar, a Sunni is chosen as president on
June 1st, then the Governing Council decides that rather than
wait for handover of sovereignty to dissolve itself immediately. |
|
2004 |
Jun. |
U.N. Resolution 1546, June
8th, recognizes "... the dissolution of the Governing Council of
Iraq, and welcoming the progress made in implementing the
arrangements for Iraq’s political
transition..." |
|
2004 |
Jun. |
On June 28th in a surprising move a secret ceremony is held two
days earlier transferring power to an interim Iraqi government. |
|
2004 |
Jun. |
The preliminary hearings begin, on June 30th, to decide the
guilt of Saddam Hussein for war crimes and crimes against
humanity. |
|
2004 |
Jul. |
Prime Minister Allawi on July 7th signs a law
permitting him to impose martial law. |
|
2004 |
Jul. |
The Senate Intelligence Committee reported on
July 9th that no "formal relationship" between Iraq and al Qaeda
existed. The investigation ignored numerous CIA intelligence
reports showing an informal relationship. Saddam has not
been tied to 9-11 other than his financing of terrorism in
general. |
|
2004 |
Jul. |
The 9/11 Commission (National Commission on Terrorist
Attacks Upon the United States) releases its final report on
July 22nd. No definitive ties to Iraq or Saudi Arabia, in that
help in planning or executing the September 11, 2001 attacks,
were found. New evidence did show an increased contact between
al-Qaeda and Iran which lead to Iran's efforts to squash
al-Qaeda cells operating with the country. |
|
2004 |
Jun. |
The Philippine President, Gloria Arroyo confirms
on July 20th the release of hostage Angelo de la Cruz. His
captors had demanded a month-early withdrawal of all of the 51
Filipino troops. |
|
2004 |
Jul. |
Terrorist in Iraq abduct three Indians, two
Kenyans and an Egyptian on July 21st, then threaten to behead
them unless their countries announced the withdrawal of their
troops. It is unknown how the countries responded but not
one of them had troops in Iraq. |
|
2004 |
Jul. |
The PoetPatriot, Roger W Hancock, writes the
poem, "Baghdad Tears" on July 22nd.
Read the poem "Baghdad
Tears". |
|
2004 |
Aug. |
U.N. Resolution 1557, August
12th, recognizes "... that the United Nations should play a
leading role in assisting the Iraqi people and government in the
formation of
institutions for representative government." |
|
2004 |
Aug. |
The Schlesinger report, is released on August
24th and although Pentagon-sponsored, finds in its investigation
into the Abu Ghraib scandal that "fundamental failures
throughout all levels of command from the soldiers on the ground
up to Central Commad an into the Pentagon," It calls the
prisoner abuse brutal with purposeless sadism rejecting the idea
the abuse was simply the work of a few aberrant soldiers. |
|
2004 |
Aug. |
Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
negotiates a settlement to end on August 27th, a three week
battle in Najaf between U.S. forces and militia of militant
cleric al-Sadr. |
|
2004 |
Sep. |
At the Republican National Convention on
September 1st democrat Zell Miller proclaims in the keynote
speech, "For
more than twenty years, on every one of the great issues of
freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak
and more wobbly than any other national figure. As a war
protestor, Kerry blamed our military. As a Senator, he voted to
weaken our military. And nothing shows that more sadly and more
clearly than his vote this year to deny protective armor for our
troops in harms way, far-away." |
|
2004 |
Sep. |
The U.S. death toll as of September 7th reaches
1000 with wounded at about 7000. There is no official
record of Iraqi deaths, however estimates range from 12 to 14
thousand. |
|
2004 |
Sep. |
President requests that 3.4 billion dollars be
diverted from the Iraq reconstruction budget, of 18.4 billion
dollars, to improving the country's security. Pockets of
insurgents control the areas where they are most concentrated
and threatens to disrupt Iraqi national elections. |
|
2004 |
Sep. |
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan states, in a
BBC interview, the war against Iraq was illegal violating the
U.N. Charter. His conclusion is vehemently denied by the U.S.,
U.K. and Australia. |
|
2004 |
Sep. |
Lord Hutton publishes his report into the death
of UN weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly in September. The report
found the British Broadcasting Corporation report that the
British government embellished on intelligence on Iraq's weapons
of mass destruction as unfounded. The release of the inquiry
prompted the resignation of BBC's chairman, its Director
General, and the reporter who initiated the allegation. Kelley
had committed suicide. |
|
2004 |
Oct. |
It is made public on October 4th that Iraqi
intelligence documents collected by U.S. forces reveal many
instances of cooperation, targeting Americans, between Saddam's
regime and various terror organizations including al Qaeda.
Mustard Gas and Anthrax, both weapons of mass destruction, are
mentioned in the documents that cover the summer of 2000, when
U.N. weapons inspectors were not present in Iraq. Also revealed
by the documentation is the training of terrorists inside Iraqi
borders. |
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2005 |
|
2005 |
Jan. |
Chairman of the Diyala Provincial Council and his
brother were killed in an attack in a parking garage on January
1st. |
|
2005 |
Jan. |
Two insurgents drive a suicide car bomb into a
bus carrying Iraqi national guard troops on January 2nd killing
themselves, 21 soldiers and a woman nearby. |
|
2005 |
Jan. |
On January 3rd an Insurgent attack kills 20
people. |
|
2005 |
Jan. |
Baghdad's deputy Police Chief was killed on
January 10th. |
|
2005 |
Jan. |
The United States on January 12th ends the search
for WMDs in Iraq. It is believed that all had been destroyed or
transported out of the country. Before the American invasion,
Saddam had claimed possession then when threatened with military
action claimed to have destroyed the WMDs without providing
evidence while denying access to U.N. inspectors. |
|
2005 |
Jan. |
Charles Graner was found guilty on January 14th
of mistreating detainees at Abu Ghraib in early 2004. |
|
2005 |
Jan. |
Iraqi Security Forces are accused on January 24th
of systematically abusing detainees according to the Human
Rights Watch. |
|
2005 |
Jan. |
30 U.S. Marines and one Navy corpsman are killed
in a chopper crash during bad weather on January 26th near the
Iraq, Jordan border. January 26th is the deadliest day
since the war began with 37 dead. |
|
2005 |
Jan. |
On January 29th, the eve of Iraq's first free
election since Saddam, 8 Iraqis are killed by insurgents trying
to scare the Iraq citizens from the polls. |
|
2005 |
Jan. |
Amid threats and actual attacks Iraqis on January
30th attend polls in the first free election in 50 years with a
turnout higher than expected. |
|
2005 |
Jan. |
On January 30th 10 are killed when
a Royal Air Force Hercules transport plane is downed near
Baghdad. |
|
2005 |
Jan. |
U.K. troops are killed in a crash on January
31st. |
|
2005 |
Feb. |
In Mosul on February 7th, a suicide bomber
summons a group of Iraqi policemen and then detonates the bomb
killing 12 and wounding 4. Later a taxi blows up
killing 15 more people. |
|
2005 |
Feb. |
Results from the January 30th elections come in
on February 14th showing the United Iraqi Alliance, the Shiite
backed party, winning a plurality of votes, falling short of a
full majority. The turnout for the vote was 58 percent. |
|
2005 |
Feb. |
Corporal Daniel Kenyon and
Lieutenant Corporal Mark Cooley were convicted on February 23rd
of abuse of detainees at Camp Bread Basket in Basra during May,
2003. |
|
2005 |
Feb. |
Saddam Hussein's half-brother and former personal
adviser was captured by joint coalition and Iraqi forces
sometime shortly before February 27th. Sab'awi Ibrahim al-Hasan
al-Tikriti, Saddam Hussein's brother was No. 36 and one of the
12 still at large on the U.S. list of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis. |
|
2005 |
Feb. |
125 people are killed by a car bomb in Hilla,
waiting in line for physicals prior to being hired. |
|
2005 |
Mar. |
On March 4th after attempting to war the
occupants of a car, American soldiers fire upon the vehicle
wounding a reporter and killing a bodyguard. |
|
2005 |
Mar. |
Four soldiers of the U.S. 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force were killed on March 4th in western Anbar
Province. Since the beginning of the war 1,506 have died
with 355 from non-combat causes. |
|
2005 |
Mar. |
A two hour firefight on March 22nd near Lake
Tharthar, over 80 enemy, Iraqi and other, are killed. 7 Iraqi
police commandos were killed; the U.S., providing helicopter
support, had no casualties. |
|
2005 |
Apr. |
On April 21st a commercial helicopter is hit by a
missile, crashes killing 11 people onboard. 6 of the dead are
American security contractors. |
|
2005 |
Apr. |
Two cars with bombs are used to kill Tikrit
police on April 23rd. |
|
2005 |
Apr. |
A car bomb on April 27th in Baghdad kill 28
people of which 3 were U.S. troops, 100 other are wounded. |
|
2005 |
May |
On May 3rd Iraq's Prime Minister continues with
the swearing in of cabinet members though 7 positions still
remain vacant. Though an embarrassment for Prime Minister
Jaafari, he says there is no hurry to fill the positions that
the most important thing is to find consensus. |
|
2005 |
bomb |
60 People are killed in the Kurdish city of Erbil
on May 4th in a suicide blast aimed at police recruits. |
|
2005 |
May |
Insurgents kidnap Raja Nawaf,
governor of the western province of Anbar at a roadblock between
the town of Qaim and Ramadi, the provincial capital, on May
10th. The Kidnappers demand the withdrawal of U.S. troops from
Qaim. |
|
2005 |
May |
A suicide bomber kills 20 Iraqi civilians who
were in line to join the Iraqi army on May 11th in Hawija. |
|
2005 |
May |
A car bomb on May 11th in Tikrit kills 30 Iraqis
wounding anther 40. |
|
2005 |
May |
A car bomb at a southern Baghdad police station
kills 3 Iraqis on May 11th. |
|
2005 |
May |
1 Iraqi is killed by a car bomb at the emergency
police patrol at Jordan Square in Baghdad on May 11th. |
|
2005 |
May |
In the northern city of Tal Afar to car bombs
kill 34 civilians on May 23rd. |
|
2005 |
May |
Car bombings at a Baghdad restaurant and a mosque
on May 23rd kill 12 people. |
|
2005 |
May |
8 American soldiers are killed on May 24th in the
Iraq War. |
|
2005 |
Jun. |
A video and statement is released by an Iraqi
special tribunal investigation on June 12th showing the
questioning of three people including Saddam's half-brother
Sab'awi Ibrahim al-Hassan. |
|
2005 |
Jun. |
A suicide bomber kills 19 Iraqis outside a bank
on June 13th |
|
2005 |
Jun. |
A suicide bombing occurs on June 14th at a
restaurant on an Iraqi military base in Khalis that kills 23
Iraqi soldiers. |
|
2005 |
Jun. |
In Za'faraniya area near al-Kubaisi market on
June 14th a bomb destroys three vehicles killing 2 officers in
an Iraqi police patrol. |
|
2005 |
Jun. |
2 Marines are killed by roadside bombs on June
14th during combat in Anbar province, west of Baghdad. These 2
deaths bring the toll of U.S. troops killed in the war to 1,706. |
|
2005 |
Jun. |
On June 15th in a night mortar attack 5 Iraqi
civilians are killed in Southwest Baghdad. |
|
2005 |
Jun. |
Australia's John Howard tells his parliament on
June 15th that Australian Douglas Wood, who was taken hostage
six weeks ago in Iraq, had been rescued in an Iraqi military
operation a while back and is undergoing medical exams but is
dong well. An Iraqi captive was rescued in the same operation. |
|
2005 |
Jun. |
16 American soldiers are killed when on June 28th
a Chinook helicopter is downed by a rocket-propelled grenade,
near the Afghan-Pakistan border. A Taliban representative called
CNN's Pakistan bureau the next day claiming responsibility. |
|
2005 |
Jul. |
The Iraqi Special
Tribunal on July 17th files its first charges against Saddam
Hussein for crimes against the Iraqi people, during his reign.
Judge Raed Juhi, chief investigative judge of the
tribunal announced the charges. |
|
2004 |
Aug. |
U.N. Resolution 1619, August
11th, reaffirms "... the United Nations should play a leading
role in assisting the efforts of the Iraqi people and Government
in developing institutions for representative government, and in
promoting national dialogue and unity." |
|
2005 |
Aug. |
The deadline for the Iraqi constitution was
extended from August 15th to the 22nd in hope of working out the
differences between the south Shiite majority, north Kurdish
majority and the Sunni Arabs. Kurdish and Sunni Arab leaders
were leaning towards a centralization while the Shiites wanted
an autonomous region in the Shiite south. Transitional law sets
October 15th for the referendum on the new Iraqi constitution. |
|
2005 |
Aug. |
U.S. military deaths climb to 1,862 when a member
of the 42nd Military Police Brigade was hit by a homemade bomb
on August 20th outside Baghdad, he later died at the 86th Combat
Support Hospital. |
|
2005 |
Aug. |
7 Iraqi police officers were wounded on August
20th during a battle killing two insurgents and arresting two,
one a Jordanian carrying medical supplies, a sniper rifle and a
video with executions of local nationals on it. |
|
2005 |
Sep. |
In Humvees and Bradley Fighting Vehicles Iraqi
and U.S. forces have swept through a third of Baghdad as of
September 10th going house to house to root out the terrorist
militants. |
|
2005 |
Nov. |
U.N. Resolution 1637, November
8th, recognizes "... the Transitional Government of Iraq to work
towards a federal, democratic, pluralistic, and unified Iraq, in
which there is full respect for political and human rights." |
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The Iraq War
Pre War - 2000-2001-2002
The War
- 2003
Post War - 2004-2005
Iraq War Statistics
- Military Poetry |
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