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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 |
| | | 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 |
| | | Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is found hiding in a subterranean hole in a farmyard near Tikrit | |
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| 2004 |
| | | Abuses in the US military prison at Abu Ghraib in Iraq are revealed on US television | |
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| 2005 |
| | | The first general election is held in Iraq, for 275 members of a permanent Iraqi General Assembly | |
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