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| 1990 |
| | Saddam Hussein announces the annexation of Kuwait, claiming it to have been historically part of Iraq | |
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| 1991 |
| | The Gulf War begins when Iraq fails to meet the UN deadline for withdrawal from Kuwait | |
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| 1991 |
| | With all Iraqi troops expelled from Kuwait by Allied tanks, President Bush declares a ceasefire in the Gulf War | |
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| 1991 |
| | Kurds in northern Iraq achieves a measure of autonomy in a safe haven imposed by the UN | |
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| 1999 |
| | Moderate Shiite cleric Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr and two of his sons are assassinated in the Iraqi city of Najaf | |
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| 2003 |
| | Around the world millions of people march in protest against the war planned by the USA and UK against Iraq | |
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| 2003 |
| | US, British, Australian and Polish forces invade Iraq | |
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| 2003 |
| | US forces are in control of Baghdad and an excited crowd topples from its plinth a massive statue of Saddam Hussein | |
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| 2003 |
| | President Bush prematurely celebrates his Iraq achievement with a speech on a US aircraft carrier in front of a banner declaring 'Mission Accomplished' | |
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| 2003 |
| | UK scientist David Kelly commits suicide, apparently for reasons linked with the Iraq War | |
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