Iraq War 2003

In the months before the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, US and allied officials told the public that Saddam Hussein possessed chemical and biological weapons and was rebuilding a nuclear program. No such stockpiles were ever found. The gap between those confident claims and the postwar reality became known as the Iraq WMD intelligence failure, … Read more

The Iraq War began on 20 March 2003 when a United States-led coalition launched an invasion to remove Saddam Hussein from power. What followed was nearly nine years of military presence, an insurgency, and a long political transition. This Iraq War 2003 timeline traces the conflict from the first strikes on Baghdad to the final … Read more