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Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 2003
- The world moves toward war
- A "decapitation attack"
- Coalition ground forces enter Iraq
- News Coverage of the 2003 Iraq War
- "Shock and awe" bombing campaign begins
- "Wave of steel" advances toward Baghdad
- Iraqi forces use illegal tactics
- The two leaders appeal to their forces
- Critics question Bush's war plan
For more than a year, the United States tried to persuade the United Nations (UN) to authorize the use of military force to disarm Iraq and remove...
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- Saddam Hussein's Rise to Power
- Iraq Invades Kuwait
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- Inspections and Sanctions, 1992–2000
- U.S. Policy Moves toward Regime Change in Iraq, 2001–02
- Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 2003
- The Fall of Baghdad, April 2003
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