#SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURE TIMELINE SERIES#

More than 100 people are injured in the attack. The US later releases photographs of the bodies of the two men in an attempt to convince sceptical Iraqis that the feared brothers really are dead.Ī huge bomb demolishes the United Nations Baghdad headquarters killing at least 20 people including top UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello. US forces are believed to have been tipped off about their whereabouts. US troops kill Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay in a raid on a house in the northern city of Mosul. Pentagon officials have until now described the attacks as uncoordinated violence by remnants of the Baathist regime. The US chief of military operations in Iraq acknowledges that attacks against US troops bear the hallmarks of a 'classic guerrillatype campaign'. Paul Bremer remains the ultimate authority in Iraq. The council will help draft a new constitution. It is composed of 25 Iraqi nationals chosen by the USled coalition. The Iraqi Governing Council IGC meets for the first time. The move comes a week after thousands of members of Saddam Husseins Baath Party are banned from holding government jobs. Paul Bremer abolishes the ministries and institutions that formed the backbone of Saddam Husseins power structure. Syria the only Arab state on the council boycotts the meeting.

Fourteen of the 15 Security Council members vote to adopt the resolution. The United Nations overwhelmingly backs a resolution lifting economic sanctions against Iraq and giving its backing to the USled administration. Mr Bremer is also given authority over Jay Garner the retired general currently in charge of reconstruction efforts. His job is to oversee the transition to democracy. President Bush appoints Paul Bremer as the top civil administrator in Iraq. But he warns there is still difficult work to do in Iraq. President Bush declares the US has prevailed in the Iraq war and says major combat operations there have ended. President Bush declares end of major combat White House envoy Zalmay Khalilzad tells the gathering the US has 'absolutely no interest in ruling Iraq'. It is the first attempt at setting up a new civil authority since the toppling of the Baathist government. Iraqi representatives at a USbrokered meeting agree to work for a democratic federal Iraq.

In a symbolic moment American soldiers help a crowd of cheering Iraqis to pull down a huge statue of the ousted president.

#SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURE TIMELINE SERIES#

In the first in a video series about Iraq and the U.S.Saddam Husseins government loses control of Baghdad after US forces advance into the centre of the capital. Video: Iraq's Parliament Elections: Fragile Democracy.military withdraws from Iraq, will the country's security forces be fully prepared to keep it from falling into chaos and civil war? More » Video: Are Iraq's Security Forces Ready for the Job?.

Video Journalist Bill Thomas visited an Iraqi Air Force base at Camp Taji to check out their current capabilities More » Photographs by Richard Mosse / Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts More »īefore the Persian Gulf War and the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iraq had one of the largest air forces in the Middle East. The former dictator's architectural excesses have been transformed into operations centers for the U.S. Bush shoe-throwing incident More »įrom provincial elections to renewed violence in Baghdad More »įrom the new year to the parliamentary elections in March More » Murtha's opposition to the war More »įrom the abduction of reporter Jill Carroll to the execution of Saddam Hussein More »įrom the surge to the handover of Basra More »įrom the race for President to the George W. From the beginning of the war to the capture of Saddam Hussein More »įrom the search for WMDs to the battle of Fallujah More »įrom Iraq's first democratic elections to Rep.

Saddam hussein capture timeline