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Leaving Iraq

 

 


 

About this series

As he launched the U.S. invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003, President George W. Bush laid out America’s goals: “to disarm Iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger.” More than seven years later, whether the mission has finally been accomplished is far less clear. In this series, Stars and Stripes looks at the costs of the war through the eyes of Iraqis and Americans and asks: What difference did we really make?

 

IRAQ TIME LINE

 

The stories

 

DAY 1: The soldiers

 

DAY 2: The wounded

 

DAY 3: The politicians

 

DAY 4: The widows

 

DAY 5: The hometowns

 

From the archives

 

Read Stripes' award-winning series, "Ground Truth" and "Coming Home," as well as PDF pages of special sections from the Iraq war, and view selected videos.

 

 

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Share your photos of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

 

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Iraq's 55 Most Wanted

In the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition, the U.S. military developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of Saddam Hussein's government.


By the numbers

Check out important figures from Operation Iraqi Freedom



 

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