Chief Justice William
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President George W. Bush
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President George Bush introduces
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US President George W. Bush
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and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations
to disarm Iraq, to free its people and
to defend the world from grave danger..."
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Prime Minister Tony Blair
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of Humanitarian Coordinator
Building in Baghdad, Iraq,
after a truck bombing destroyed
much of the building - 22 August 2003.
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Imams: ‘Ali an-Naqi and Hasan al-‘Askari)
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The Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf
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K. Abrahamson.
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Saddam Hussein (14 December
2003) shortly after his capture
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Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
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Bremer signing over limited
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during Operation Phantom
Fury/Operation Al Fajr (New Dawn).
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Iraqi voters inked fingers
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Iraqi Soviet-built T-72 tanks
assigned to the Iraqi Army 9th Mechanized Division
drive through a checkpoint
near Forward Operating Base Camp Taji, Iraq - 18 May 2006.
Michael Larson, U.S. Navy
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Zarqawi safe house rubble,
June 8 2006
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Zach Mott
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L company 3rd Battalion 3rd
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Michael Larson, U.S. Navy
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Inside of the Baghdad
Convention Center, where the Council of Representatives of Iraq meets.
This photo shows delegates
from all over Iraq convening for the Iraqi National Conference - 30 December
2008.
James (Jim) Gordon
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President Barack Obama shakes
hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
after a joint press event
on Camp Victory, Iraq, April 7, 2009.
Obama spoke to hundreds
of U.S. troops during his surprise visit to Iraq to thank them for their
service.
Spc. Kimberly Millett, US
Army
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Supporters of Iraq's Sadr
movement hold a picture of al-Sadr
as they march in the Karada
district of central Baghdad on May 31, 2010.
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