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| Jan.18 |
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Car bomb leaves 20 dead |
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| Jan.25 |
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Kay: No evidence Iraq stockpiled WMDs
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| Jan.27 |
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Insurgents killed 6 US soldiers |
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| Feb.1 |
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At least 67 dead in suicide blasts
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| Feb.10 |
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Car bomb kills at least 50
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Car bomb kills 47 Iraq army recruits |
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| Feb.21 |
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Red Cross visits Saddam |
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| Mar.2 |
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182 killed in attacks in Baghdad, Karbala
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| Mar.8 |
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Interim constitution signed
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| Mar.9 |
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Abu Abbas, Achille Lauro hijacker, dead |
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| Mar.15 |
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PM-elect: Troops out of Iraq |
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| Mar.28 |
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Protests as U.S. closes Iraqi paper
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| Mar.31 |
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Iraqis hang U.S. bodies off bridge 
Map of Fallujah Iraq| U.S. officials said they expect more attacks like the one that killed 4 U.S. civilian contractors in Fallujah | |
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| Apr.6 |
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Heavy fighting in sealed Falluja
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Dozen U.S. Marines killed |
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| Apr.7 |
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Coalition battled Shiite, Sunni insurgents |
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| Apr.8 |
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Japanese, Koreans taken hostage
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| Apr.11 |
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Truce bid calms Falluja fighting |
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| Apr.16 |
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Missing U.S. soldier on videotape |
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| Apr.18 |
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Spain PM orders Iraq troops home
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| Apr.20 |
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Iraqi tribunal to try Saddam Hussein |
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| Apr.21 |
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Car bombs in Basra kill 68
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| Apr.27 |
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U.S. forces kill 64 insurgents near Najaf |
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U.S. warplanes pound Fallujah targets
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| Apr.29 |
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Former Iraqi generals offer Fallujah plan |
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| Apr.30 |
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Iraq prison abuse sparks outrage| A coalition military spokesman is 'disgusted' by photographs that apparently show U.S. soldiers abusing detainees | |
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| May.6 |
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bin Laden tape offers gold for Bremer |
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| May.7 |
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Rumsfeld apologizes |
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| May.11 |
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Video shows U.S. captive beheaded Captors say they offered exchange man, identified himself as Nicholas Berg, 26, for Abu Ghraib prisoners
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| May.14 |
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Interrogation techniques banned in Iraq |
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| May.17 |
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Interim council head killed in car bombing Ezzedine Salim was killed as he was waiting to enter headquarters of the coalition. Several other people also died
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| May.20 |
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Chalabi angered by raid on home |
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| May.24 |
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Bush outlines 5-step Iraq plan |
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| May.28 |
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Allawi named as future prime minister Former exile Iyad Allawi has been chosen to head an interim government
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| Jun.1 |
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Council dissolved as new president named |
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| Jun.8 |
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Kidnapped Italians, Pole freed |
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Iraq plan gets unanimous backing |
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| Jun.16 |
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Probe rules out Iraq-9/11 links |
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| Jun.17 |
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Car bomb kills 35 |
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| Jun.22 |
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South Korean hostage beheaded Insurgents carried out their threat to behead Kim Sun-il they were holding hostage
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| Jun.23 |
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'Zarqawi tape' threatens Iraq PM |
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| Jun.24 |
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Multiple attacks kill 90
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| Jun.27 |
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US hands over sovereignty in Iraq US administrator Paul Bremer gave legal documents to an Iraqi judge two days ahead of schedule
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| Jul.1 |
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Defiant Saddam in court Saddam Hussein is hearing preliminary charges against him that included the gassing of Kurds and the invasion of Kuwait
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| Jul.7 |
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Iraq adopts emergency powers law |
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| Jul.13 |
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Manila begins troop pullout A move is being made to satisfy demands by kidnappers of a Filipino hostage
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| Jul.14 |
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'Serious flaws' in Iraq intelligence |
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| Jul.15 |
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Iraq to form new security force Attacks by insurgents continued as the government is establishing an intelligence service to 'annihilate' terrorist groups
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| Jul.23 |
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Militants take Egyptian diplomat hostage |
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| Jul.24 |
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Militant threat to Australia and Italy |
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| Jul.28 |
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Day of violence leaves at least 115 dead 68 killed in a Baquba suicide bombing and 42 in fighting in south-central Iraq. Militants claim to kill 2 Pakistanis
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| Aug.1 |
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Bomb blasts rock churches |
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| Aug.6 |
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Marines: 300 insurgents killed in Najaf |
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| Aug.7 |
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Iraq amnesty targets insurgents |
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| Aug.11 |
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U.S. launches offensive in Najaf The military launched a major offensive against militants loyal to renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
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| Aug.12 |
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Radical cleric wounded in Najaf |
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| Aug.13 |
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Najaf truce brings calm to city |
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| Aug.15 |
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Conference on interim assembly |
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| Aug.17 |
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Al-Sadr rebuffs truce delegates |
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| Aug.19 |
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Fierce fighting seen in Najaf |
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| Aug.25 |
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Al-Sistani returns, urges march on Najaf |
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Blast at mosque kills 74 |
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| Aug.26 |
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Ayatollah reaches peace deal with al-Sadr Al-Sadr has reached an agreement with al-Sistani that grants his freedom from murder charges and secures peace in Najaf
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| Aug.31 |
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Militants: 12 Nepalese 'killed' |
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| Sep.7 |
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U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 1,000| More than three-quarters have died in combat, and 647 of have been killed since Bush declared an end to major combat | |
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| Sep.14 |
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Car bomb at police station kills 47 Assailants launched two deadly assaults at police targets. 12 police officers killed in a drive-by shooting in Baquba
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| Sep.15 |
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Iraq war illegal, says Annan
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| Sep.20 |
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U.S. hostage beheaded |
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| Sep.23 |
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Iraq PM thanks U.S. Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is laying out his government's aspirations to a joint meeting of Congress
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| Sep.24 |
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Six Egyptians taken |
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| Sep.27 |
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Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed
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| Sep.28 |
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Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released
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| Sep.30 |
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Bombs toll hits 45
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| Oct.1 |
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109 insurgents killed in Samarra 3,000 U.S. troops moved into Samarra. One American soldier was killed
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| Oct.8 |
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Hostage Bigley killed
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| Oct.10 |
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Weapons handover in Sadr City |
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| Oct.11 |
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Nuclear assets 'vanish' |
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| Oct.12 |
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Babies found in mass grave |
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| Oct.14 |
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Green Zone blasts kill 8
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| |
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U.S., Iraqis in Falluja assault
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| Oct.15 |
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Blasts at churches |
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| Oct.16 |
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US bombers strike at Falluja |
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| Oct.18 |
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U.S. bombs targets linked to al-Zarqawi |
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| Oct.19 |
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Agency halts aid projects after kidnap
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| Oct.20 |
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Abu Ghraib guard pleads guilty |
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| Oct.22 |
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Falluja raid 'nets Zarqawi aide'
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| Oct.24 |
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Massacre of 50 Iraqi army recruits| The bodies of recruits have been found following an ambush near the Iranian border | |
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| Oct.25 |
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IAEA: Tons of Iraq explosives missing
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| Oct.26 |
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Japan won't bow to hostage threat |
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| Oct.27 |
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British troops move toward Baghdad |
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| Oct.28 |
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Militants claim killings of 11 Iraqis |
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| Oct.30 |
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Eight U.S. Marines killed |
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| Oct.31 |
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U.S. forces launch new assaults in Falluja
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| Nov.3 |
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Three Iraqi guards 'beheaded' |
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| Nov.5 |
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US military 'seals off Falluja' |
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| Nov.6 |
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Rebel attacks in Samarra kill 33 |
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| Nov.7 |
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Allawi declares state of emergency
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| |
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Iraqi commandos seize Falluja hospital
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| Nov.8 |
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Battle for Falluja under way |
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| |
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Soldiers advanced into Falluja |
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| Nov.9 |
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U.S., Iraqis enter Falluja's center Map of Fallujah Iraq| 10 U.S. troops and 2 Iraqi soldiers had been killed, 22 others wounded | |
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| Nov.10 |
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Troops find hostage 'slaughterhouses' |
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| Nov.11 |
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At least 19 die in car bombing |
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| Nov.12 |
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U.S. troops push into south Falluja |
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| Nov.13 |
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'1,000 Falluja insurgents killed' |
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| Nov.14 |
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U.S.: 'Enemy is broken' in Falluja Marines spread through the deserted streets, kicking in doors during a dangerous house-to-house search
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| Nov.16 |
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Margaret Hassan apparently killed The director of CARE International in Iraq was kidnapped on October 19. Videotapes showing her killing
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| Nov.18 |
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Falluja assault 'breaks' rebels |
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| Nov.21 |
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Elections set for January 30
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| Dec.1 |
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U.S. Troop Numbers in Iraq to Hit 150,000 |
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| Dec.3 |
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Violence Kills at Least 25 Iraqis |
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| Dec.5 |
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Insurgents Kill 23 Iraqis Countrywide |
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| Dec.15 |
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Shi'ites Bombed as Poll Campaign Begins |
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| Dec.19 |
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Bombs in Karbala, Najaf kill more than 60 Map of Najaf Iraq In Najaf, a suicide car bomber plowed his vehicle into a funeral procession just yards from Imam Ali shrine, killing 48
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| Dec.20 |
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Police arrest 50 after bombings |
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| Dec.21 |
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22 killed in attack on U.S. base Multiple rounds hit a dining hall near Mosul, killing U.S. troops, members of the Iraqi national guard, and Iraqi civilians
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| Dec.23 |
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Security review after Mosul attack |
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| |
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Rumsfeld arrives for surprise visit |
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| Dec.27 |
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bin Laden tape endorses al-Zarqawi |
|
| Dec.28 |
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Insurgents kill 23 Iraqi police, troops
|
|
| 2004 |
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| Jan.27 |
Insurgents killed 6 US soldiers |
|
| Mar.15 |
PM-elect: Troops out of Iraq |
|
| Mar.31 |
Iraqis hang U.S. bodies off bridge Map of Fallujah Iraq| U.S. officials said they expect more attacks like the one that killed 4 U.S. civilian contractors in Fallujah | |
|
| Apr.6 |
Heavy fighting in sealed Falluja
|
| Apr.6 |
Dozen U.S. Marines killed |
|
| Apr.7 |
Coalition battled Shiite, Sunni insurgents |
|
| Apr.11 |
Truce bid calms Falluja fighting |
|
| Apr.16 |
Missing U.S. soldier on videotape |
|
| Apr.18 |
Spain PM orders Iraq troops home
|
| Apr.27 |
U.S. forces kill 64 insurgents near Najaf |
|
| Apr.27 |
U.S. warplanes pound Fallujah targets
|
| Apr.29 |
Former Iraqi generals offer Fallujah plan |
|
| Apr.30 |
Iraq prison abuse sparks outrage| A coalition military spokesman is 'disgusted' by photographs that apparently show U.S. soldiers abusing detainees | |
|
| May.7 |
Rumsfeld apologizes |
|
| Jun.8 |
Kidnapped Italians, Pole freed |
|
| Jun.24 |
Multiple attacks kill 90
|
| Jul.13 |
Manila begins troop pullout A move is being made to satisfy demands by kidnappers of a Filipino hostage
|
| Jul.15 |
Iraq to form new security force Attacks by insurgents continued as the government is establishing an intelligence service to 'annihilate' terrorist groups
|
| Jul.28 |
Day of violence leaves at least 115 dead 68 killed in a Baquba suicide bombing and 42 in fighting in south-central Iraq. Militants claim to kill 2 Pakistanis
|
| Aug.6 |
Marines: 300 insurgents killed in Najaf |
|
| Aug.7 |
Iraq amnesty targets insurgents |
|
| Aug.11 |
U.S. launches offensive in Najaf The military launched a major offensive against militants loyal to renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
|
| Aug.12 |
Radical cleric wounded in Najaf |
|
| Aug.13 |
Najaf truce brings calm to city |
|
| Aug.19 |
Fierce fighting seen in Najaf |
|
| Aug.26 |
Ayatollah reaches peace deal with al-Sadr Al-Sadr has reached an agreement with al-Sistani that grants his freedom from murder charges and secures peace in Najaf
|
| Aug.31 |
Militants: 12 Nepalese 'killed' |
|
| Sep.7 |
U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 1,000| More than three-quarters have died in combat, and 647 of have been killed since Bush declared an end to major combat | |
|
| Sep.15 |
Iraq war illegal, says Annan
|
| Oct.1 |
109 insurgents killed in Samarra 3,000 U.S. troops moved into Samarra. One American soldier was killed
|
| Oct.10 |
Weapons handover in Sadr City |
|
| Oct.11 |
Nuclear assets 'vanish' |
|
| Oct.12 |
Babies found in mass grave |
|
| Oct.14 |
Green Zone blasts kill 8
|
| Oct.14 |
U.S., Iraqis in Falluja assault
|
| Oct.16 |
US bombers strike at Falluja |
|
| Oct.18 |
U.S. bombs targets linked to al-Zarqawi |
|
| Oct.20 |
Abu Ghraib guard pleads guilty |
|
| Oct.22 |
Falluja raid 'nets Zarqawi aide'
|
| Oct.27 |
British troops move toward Baghdad |
|
| Oct.30 |
Eight U.S. Marines killed |
|
| Oct.31 |
U.S. forces launch new assaults in Falluja
|
| Nov.3 |
Three Iraqi guards 'beheaded' |
|
| Nov.5 |
US military 'seals off Falluja' |
|
| Nov.6 |
Rebel attacks in Samarra kill 33 |
|
| Nov.7 |
Allawi declares state of emergency
|
| Nov.7 |
Iraqi commandos seize Falluja hospital
|
| Nov.8 |
Battle for Falluja under way |
|
| Nov.8 |
Soldiers advanced into Falluja |
|
| Nov.9 |
U.S., Iraqis enter Falluja's center Map of Fallujah Iraq| 10 U.S. troops and 2 Iraqi soldiers had been killed, 22 others wounded | |
|
| Nov.10 |
Troops find hostage 'slaughterhouses' |
|
| Nov.12 |
U.S. troops push into south Falluja |
|
| Nov.13 |
'1,000 Falluja insurgents killed' |
|
| Nov.14 |
U.S.: 'Enemy is broken' in Falluja Marines spread through the deserted streets, kicking in doors during a dangerous house-to-house search
|
| Nov.18 |
Falluja assault 'breaks' rebels |
|
| Dec.1 |
U.S. Troop Numbers in Iraq to Hit 150,000 |
|
| Dec.3 |
Violence Kills at Least 25 Iraqis |
|
| Dec.5 |
Insurgents Kill 23 Iraqis Countrywide |
|
| Dec.21 |
22 killed in attack on U.S. base Multiple rounds hit a dining hall near Mosul, killing U.S. troops, members of the Iraqi national guard, and Iraqi civilians
|
| Dec.23 |
Security review after Mosul attack |
|
| Dec.23 |
Rumsfeld arrives for surprise visit |
|
| Dec.28 |
Insurgents kill 23 Iraqi police, troops
|
|
| 2004 |
|
| Jan.18 |
Car bomb leaves 20 dead |
|
| Feb.1 |
At least 67 dead in suicide blasts
|
| Feb.10 |
Car bomb kills at least 50
|
| Feb.10 |
Car bomb kills 47 Iraq army recruits |
|
| Feb.21 |
Red Cross visits Saddam |
|
| Mar.2 |
182 killed in attacks in Baghdad, Karbala
|
| Mar.9 |
Abu Abbas, Achille Lauro hijacker, dead |
|
| Mar.31 |
Iraqis hang U.S. bodies off bridge Map of Fallujah Iraq| U.S. officials said they expect more attacks like the one that killed 4 U.S. civilian contractors in Fallujah | |
|
| Apr.8 |
Japanese, Koreans taken hostage
|
| Apr.20 |
Iraqi tribunal to try Saddam Hussein |
|
| Apr.21 |
Car bombs in Basra kill 68
|
| Apr.30 |
Iraq prison abuse sparks outrage| A coalition military spokesman is 'disgusted' by photographs that apparently show U.S. soldiers abusing detainees | |
|
| May.6 |
bin Laden tape offers gold for Bremer |
|
| May.11 |
Video shows U.S. captive beheaded Captors say they offered exchange man, identified himself as Nicholas Berg, 26, for Abu Ghraib prisoners
|
| May.14 |
Interrogation techniques banned in Iraq |
|
| May.17 |
Interim council head killed in car bombing Ezzedine Salim was killed as he was waiting to enter headquarters of the coalition. Several other people also died
|
| Jun.8 |
Kidnapped Italians, Pole freed |
|
| Jun.17 |
Car bomb kills 35 |
|
| Jun.22 |
South Korean hostage beheaded Insurgents carried out their threat to behead Kim Sun-il they were holding hostage
|
| Jun.23 |
'Zarqawi tape' threatens Iraq PM |
|
| Jul.1 |
Defiant Saddam in court Saddam Hussein is hearing preliminary charges against him that included the gassing of Kurds and the invasion of Kuwait
|
| Jul.23 |
Militants take Egyptian diplomat hostage |
|
| Jul.24 |
Militant threat to Australia and Italy |
|
| Aug.1 |
Bomb blasts rock churches |
|
| Aug.25 |
Blast at mosque kills 74 |
|
| Aug.31 |
Militants: 12 Nepalese 'killed' |
|
| Sep.14 |
Car bomb at police station kills 47 Assailants launched two deadly assaults at police targets. 12 police officers killed in a drive-by shooting in Baquba
|
| Sep.20 |
U.S. hostage beheaded |
|
| Sep.24 |
Six Egyptians taken |
|
| Sep.27 |
Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed
|
| Sep.28 |
Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released
|
| Sep.30 |
Bombs toll hits 45
|
| Oct.8 |
Hostage Bigley killed
|
| Oct.12 |
Babies found in mass grave |
|
| Oct.15 |
Blasts at churches |
|
| Oct.19 |
Agency halts aid projects after kidnap
|
| Oct.20 |
Abu Ghraib guard pleads guilty |
|
| Oct.24 |
Massacre of 50 Iraqi army recruits| The bodies of recruits have been found following an ambush near the Iranian border | |
|
| Oct.25 |
IAEA: Tons of Iraq explosives missing
|
| Oct.26 |
Japan won't bow to hostage threat |
|
| Oct.28 |
Militants claim killings of 11 Iraqis |
|
| Nov.3 |
Three Iraqi guards 'beheaded' |
|
| Nov.10 |
Troops find hostage 'slaughterhouses' |
|
| Nov.11 |
At least 19 die in car bombing |
|
| Nov.16 |
Margaret Hassan apparently killed The director of CARE International in Iraq was kidnapped on October 19. Videotapes showing her killing
|
| Dec.15 |
Shi'ites Bombed as Poll Campaign Begins |
|
| Dec.19 |
Bombs in Karbala, Najaf kill more than 60 Map of Najaf Iraq In Najaf, a suicide car bomber plowed his vehicle into a funeral procession just yards from Imam Ali shrine, killing 48
|
| Dec.20 |
Police arrest 50 after bombings |
|
| Dec.27 |
bin Laden tape endorses al-Zarqawi |
|
|
| 2004 |
|
| Jan.25 |
Kay: No evidence Iraq stockpiled WMDs
|
| Feb.21 |
Red Cross visits Saddam |
|
| Mar.8 |
Interim constitution signed
|
| Mar.15 |
PM-elect: Troops out of Iraq |
|
| Mar.28 |
Protests as U.S. closes Iraqi paper
|
| Apr.18 |
Spain PM orders Iraq troops home
|
| May.7 |
Rumsfeld apologizes |
|
| May.20 |
Chalabi angered by raid on home |
|
| May.24 |
Bush outlines 5-step Iraq plan |
|
| May.28 |
Allawi named as future prime minister Former exile Iyad Allawi has been chosen to head an interim government
|
| Jun.1 |
Council dissolved as new president named |
|
| Jun.8 |
Iraq plan gets unanimous backing |
|
| Jun.16 |
Probe rules out Iraq-9/11 links |
|
| Jun.27 |
US hands over sovereignty in Iraq US administrator Paul Bremer gave legal documents to an Iraqi judge two days ahead of schedule
|
| Jul.7 |
Iraq adopts emergency powers law |
|
| Jul.14 |
'Serious flaws' in Iraq intelligence |
|
| Jul.15 |
Iraq to form new security force Attacks by insurgents continued as the government is establishing an intelligence service to 'annihilate' terrorist groups
|
| Aug.7 |
Iraq amnesty targets insurgents |
|
| Aug.15 |
Conference on interim assembly |
|
| Aug.17 |
Al-Sadr rebuffs truce delegates |
|
| Aug.25 |
Al-Sistani returns, urges march on Najaf |
|
| Aug.26 |
Ayatollah reaches peace deal with al-Sadr Al-Sadr has reached an agreement with al-Sistani that grants his freedom from murder charges and secures peace in Najaf
|
| Sep.15 |
Iraq war illegal, says Annan
|
| Sep.23 |
Iraq PM thanks U.S. Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is laying out his government's aspirations to a joint meeting of Congress
|
| Oct.19 |
Agency halts aid projects after kidnap
|
| Oct.26 |
Japan won't bow to hostage threat |
|
| Nov.7 |
Allawi declares state of emergency
|
| Nov.21 |
Elections set for January 30
|
| Dec.15 |
Shi'ites Bombed as Poll Campaign Begins |
|
| Dec.23 |
Rumsfeld arrives for surprise visit |
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