2.  4,470 US Soldiers Killed, 31,929 Seriously Wounded  number of American soldiers in Iraq has dropped below 100,000 for the first time since the 2003  As of now, the U.S. will have 100,000 troops in Afghanistan and 50,000 in Iraq.

3.  Since the war has started in 2001 the us has spent about 3 trillion dollars on the war

5.  DECEMBER 14, 2003 Saddam is captured  Excited in December of 2006 Ending of the war  After more than seven years of war, 4,400 U.S. casualties, and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians killed, the United States officially ends its combat mission in Iraq. In an address to the nation, President Barack Obama underscores the war's shared sacrifices while stressing that the United States will not abandon Iraq.

6.  In 2008 A new law reverses elements of the 2003 "de-Baathification" policy and allows some to return to government.  Iraq's Shiite-dominated government welcomes Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Baghdad, marking the first time since the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s that an Iranian president has visited.