Operation Iraqi Freedom SS7H2D

WHAT STARTED THE WAR?  US believed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction  UN didn’t find any of these weapons  US produced evidence that Saddam Hussein was moving the weapons to different areas in Iraq  March 2003, President George W. Bush and our allies decided to send troops into Iraq

TIMELINE OF THE IRAQ WAR  MARCH 19, 2003-Bush launches invasion of Iraq  APRIL 9, 2003-Saddam statue toppled  APRIL 16, 2003-Bush signs $79 billion supplemental spending bill for Iraq  MAY 1, 2003-MISSION ACCOMPLISHED-”My fellow Americans: major combat operations in Iraq have ended” Pres. Bush

TIMELINE CONTD.  DECEMBER 14, 2003: Saddam is captured  JUNE 28, 2004: US transfers sovereignty to Iraq.  OCTOBER 7, 2004: Deulfer Report: Iraq did not have WMD (weapons of mass destruction)  JANUARY 12, 2005: search in Iraq is declared over  JANUARY 20, 2005: Iraqis vote to form a Transitional National Assembly  OCTOBER 15, 2005:Iraqis vote to ratify draft constitution.

TIMELINE CONTD.  APRIL 21, 2006: Jawad al-Maliki (Shiite) is chosen as prime minister  NOVEMBER 5, 2006: Saddam sentenced to death by hanging for crimes against humanity (1982 killing of 148 Shiites in the city of Dujail.)  DECEMBER 30, 2006: Saddam executed.

Estimated Cost of Operation Iraqi Freedom to the American People  $462,201,578,646  US Soldier death toll-3,834  Iraqi death toll-45,138  Question to think about….  If the war has been declared over, then why are their troops still in Iraq?

Persian Gulf War:Operation Desert Storm  August 2, 1990 Saddam Hussein sent his army to take over Kuwait.  Kuwait is oil-rich and Iraq had very little money after it’s long war with Iran  1991 US joined other nations in a coalition to push Iraqis out of Kuwait.  February 28,1991 war is over