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Events relating to iraq
Kurds in northern Iraq achieves a measure of autonomy in a safe haven imposed by the UN
Moderate Shiite cleric Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr and two of his sons are assassinated in the Iraqi city of Najaf
Around the world millions of people march in protest against the war planned by the USA and UK against Iraq
US, British, Australian and Polish forces invade Iraq
US forces are in control of Baghdad and an excited crowd topples from its plinth a massive statue of Saddam Hussein
President Bush prematurely celebrates his Iraq achievement with a speech on a US aircraft carrier in front of a banner declaring 'Mission Accomplished'
UK scientist David Kelly commits suicide, apparently for reasons linked with the Iraq War
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is found hiding in a subterranean hole in a farmyard near Tikrit
Abuses in the US military prison at Abu Ghraib in Iraq are revealed on US television
The first general election is held in Iraq, for 275 members of a permanent Iraqi General Assembly
An Iraqi court sentences former dictator Saddam Hussein and two of his senior colleagues to death by hanging
The Republicans lose control of both houses of the US Congress in an electoral backlash against the Iraq War
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad, a month after being convicted of a few of his crimes
The USA formally declares an end to the Iraq War
The number of Iraqis killed in 2014 (according to the UN, 8868 deaths) is the greatest since 2008, the main reason being the escalating terrorist conflict between Shia and Sunni
In the Camp Speicher massacre Isis kills 1,566 Shia Iraqi Air Force cadets. It is the second deadliest terrorist attack in history.
The Sinjar massacre is the beginning of ISIS attacks resulting in the massacre of over 4,000 Yazidis in Iraq's Sinjar District.
