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The most important events related to the main American presence in Iraq
On: Sat 31/12/2011 7:03
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ceremony of the U.S. presence in Iraq, many of the stations and the events that began with the (Iraqi Freedom). Perhaps the station, the mission began the moment drop the statue of Saddam on the ninth of April as an indicator of the fall of its dictatorial, but today rolled Iraq, the U.S. presence, and in the review of the highlights of these years since the start of military operations to topple Saddam Hussein began in March 20, 2003, when it launched a U.S. aircraft raids air strikes on Baghdad, which have been exposed to air strikes on a very British ground troops entered the territory of Iraq and the U.S. from the south, and in the following milestones related to the American presence in Iraq since 2003, after more than eight years of the conflict:
2003
- March 20: Start the process of "Iraqi Freedom" raids on Baghdad and the entry of U.S. and British forces south of the country.
- 09 April: enter the U.S. to Baghdad and the fall of Saddam Hussein.
- 01 May: U.S. President George W. Bush announces the "end of hostilities" in Iraq and continue to "war on terror."
- 02 October: the recognition of non find any weapons of mass destruction.
- 16 October: the issuance of Resolution 1511 by the United Nations, and provides for the establishment of a multinational force led by an American.
- 13 December: arrest of ousted president Saddam Hussein near Tikrit.
2004
- from April to August: clashes between coalition forces and the Mehdi Army of Muqtada al-Sadr.
- April and November: widespread attacks on Fallujah, where he was holed up rebels and elements of al Qaeda.
- 28 April: publication of images of Iraqi prisoners harms U.S. military treatment in prison Abu Ghraib.
- 28 June: After 14 months of the occupation, the coalition forces hand over power to an Iraqi government.
2005
- January 30: The first multiparty legislative elections boycotted by Sunnis in Iraq.
- April 6 to 7: Election of the first president in the history of Iraq is Jalal Talabani, and the appointment of Ibrahim Jaafari as prime minister.
- 15 December: United Iraqi Alliance won the legislative elections.
2006
- 22 February: the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra north of Baghdad, leading to the outbreak of sectarian violence (450 dead).
- May 20: Nuri al-Maliki became prime minister.
- 07 June: the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq in a raid American.
- 30 December: Saddam Hussein executed by hanging after being convicted in the killing of 148 Shiites in 1982.
2007
- January 10: U.S. President George W. Bush announces send thirty thousand additional troops to Iraq.
2008
- March 23: The number of American soldiers killed in Iraq since May / Mai 2003, rising to four thousand.
- November 27: Parliament ratified the Convention security with Washington, which provides for the withdrawal of U.S. forces in late 2011.
2009
- January 1: Iraq regain the fortified Green Zone, especially the presidential palace symbol of sovereignty.
- 27 February: U.S. President Barack Obama announced the withdrawal of the bulk of U.S. forces at the end of August 2010, before a full withdrawal in 2011.
- 30 June: U.S. troops withdraw from Iraqi cities.
- 19 August and 25 October and 8 December: attacks in Baghdad on government buildings lead to the fall of 386 people.
2010
- 07 March: legislative elections, the majority of the real between my Iyad Allawi, Prime Minister of the outgoing Nuri al-Maliki.
- 31 August: the end of American combat mission.
- November 10: power-sharing agreement.
- 21 December: a unity government, completed in February 2011
2011
- 03 August: Iraq a green light to start negotiations on maintaining the U.S. military trainers after 2011. On 8 September, the Pentagon confirmed its support to keep between three thousand and four thousand troops.
- 15 August: 74 people in attacks adopts most of al Qaeda in Iraq.
- October 21: Obama announces departure of 39 thousand U.S. troops remain in Iraq by the end of the year. Countries and wants to keep the power to train the Iraqi army, but Washington calls for judicial immunity to its military, which was rejected by Baghdad.
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