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No 'smoking gun' in Iraq Director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said that so far it has not found evidence
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| Jan.17 |
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Saddam: 'New Mongols' face defeat
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| Jan.25 |
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Scientists refuse U.N. talks
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| Feb.8 |
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Inspectors in Baghdad talks |
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Blix hails 'useful' Baghdad talks
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| Feb.25 |
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Saddam: I will die in Iraq
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| Feb.27 |
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Iraq says it will destroy missiles Iraq has informed the United Nations that it will comply with an instruction from chief inspector Hans Blix
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| Mar.18 |
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Saddam rejects Bush ultimatum
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| Mar.21 |
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Firestorm of airstrikes rocked Baghdad Thunderous explosions are setting buildings ablaze and shooting clouds of smoke into the sky
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U.S. Official: Saddam Seen on Stretcher Saddam Hussein is seen being placed into an ambulance in photographs showing 'panicked digging' at the bunker
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Missiles struck central Baghdad |
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| Mar.24 |
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Apache missing after fight near Baghdad |
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| Mar.25 |
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Dawn raids target Baghdad |
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| Mar.26 |
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'Many dead' after shops hit |
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| Mar.27 |
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Bombs Target Presidential Compound
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| Mar.28 |
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Fresh strikes pound Baghdad |
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| Mar.29 |
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B-52s targeting Rep. Guard in Baghdad |
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| Mar.31 |
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U.S. hammers Baghdad defences |
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| Apr.1 |
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U.S. braces for battle of Baghdad |
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| Apr.2 |
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U.S. forces within 25 miles of Baghdad
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| Apr.3 |
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Army within 12 miles of Baghdad center |
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Baghdad airport attacked |
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Baghdad pounded |
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| Apr.4 |
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U.S troops enter Baghdad U.S. soldiers and tanks are operating inside the city on a reconnaissance mission
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| Apr.5 |
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U.S. troops reach Baghdad center
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U.S. troops fighting in Baghdad
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| Apr.6 |
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Baghdad surrounded
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US troops attack central Baghdad US forces had control of the centre of the city and the heart of the Iraqi government structure
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| Apr.7 |
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US expands Baghdad control
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| Apr.8 |
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Fierce battles erupt in Baghdad
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U.S. strikes at heart of Baghdad
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U.S. says Baghdad resistance crumbling
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| Apr.9 |
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Baghdad falls to US forces| A looting breaks out amid scenes of jubilation. U.S. troops tear down a statue of Saddam | | |
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Statue falls, Saddam's regime in disarray| The toppling of a giant bronze statue in Baghdad is being greeted as the symbolic crumbling of Saddam Hussein's regime | |
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Fighting flares up in Baghdad
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| Apr.11 |
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U.S. issues Iraqi 'most-wanted' list Saddam Hussein is the 'ace of spades' in a 55-card deck of the list of Iraqi officials who may be pursued, killed or captured
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Baghdad descends into chaos
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| Apr.12 |
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US pledges to control looters
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| Apr.15 |
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Meeting for new civil authority
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| Apr.21 |
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Interim 'leader' tours Baghdad
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| Apr.27 |
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US arrests 'Baghdad mayor'
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| Apr.28 |
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Interim government to start within month
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| Jun.20 |
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Captive: Saddam survived bombings
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| Jun.21 |
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Shiite Muslims protest U.S. presence
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| Jul.3 |
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U.S. offers $25 million reward for Saddam The reward is for information that either leads to his capture or confirms that the former Iraqi leader is dead
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| Jul.6 |
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2 US soldiers killed
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Bomb at Jordanian Embassy| A car bomb has exploded killing up to 10 people -- including 5 Iraqi guards -- and injuring about 40 others | | |
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| Aug.19 |
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Truck bomb kills 17 including U.N. envoy| The U.N. special representative Sergio Vieira de Mello died in an explosion that ripped through the U.N HQ in Baghdad | |
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| Sep.21 |
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Blast near U.N. headquarters A bomb went off from inside of a car, killing 2, including the bomber and injuring about 8 people
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| Oct.8 |
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Blast hits police station, killing 8
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| Oct.9 |
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Two US soldiers die
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| Oct.12 |
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2-Car Suicide Bombing Kills 6 Attack aimed at a hotel used by U.S. officials
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| Oct.26 |
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Rockets Hit Wolfowitz's Hotel Guerrillas fired rockets into a Baghdad hotel, killing a U.S. soldier and wounding 17 people
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| Oct.27 |
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35 killed in car bombs 4 suicide bombings targeted the headquarters of the Red Cross in central Baghdad and 3 Iraqi police stations
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| Oct.29 |
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Red Cross to reduce Iraq staff The agency stressed it was not pulling out of the country
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| Nov.3 |
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Blasts hit 'Green Zone' 3 rockets or mortar rounds exploded in the highly securez one that houses the U.S.-led coalition's headquarters
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| Nov.8 |
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Red Cross pulling out of Baghdad The international Red Cross is closing offices in Baghdad and Basra temporarily since 'extremely dangerous' conditions
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| Nov.11 |
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Baghdad HQ in rocket attack
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| Nov.14 |
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Iraqis 'to govern by next summer' Paul Bremer had talked to Iraqi representatives about speeding up the handover
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| Nov.27 |
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Bush makes surprise visit| President made an unannounced visit to Baghdad to spend part of Thanksgiving Day with U.S. troops | |
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| Dec.17 |
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Saddam to stand trial in Iraq The head of Iraq's Governing Council said Saddam Hussein will be tried in a special Iraqi court
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| Dec.31 |
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Fatal bomb blows up restaurant A car bomb is killing at least 5 people in central Baghdad as patrons celebrated New Year's Eve
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