Iraq · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Hussein accepts the resolution on November 13 and inspectors returned to Iraq under the direction of UNMOVIC chairman Hans Blix and IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei
Most of the Iraqi military is quickly defeated and Baghdad was occupied on April 9th
Kurdish forces opposed to Saddam Hussein had already occupied for years an autonomous area in northern Iraq & with the assistance of US. Special Forces and air strikes, are able to rout the Iraqi units near them and to occupy oil-rich Kirkuk
The final resistance to US forces is mounted but by late afternoon, all fighting had ceased & a total of 34 US soldiers and 2,320 Iraqi soldiers and Fedayeen were killed
Three weeks into the invasion, US-led Coalition forces move into Baghdad, units of the Iraqi Special Republican Guard led the defence of the city
An end of major combat operations is declared, ending the invasion period and beginning the military occupation period
During a raid by the US 101st Airborne Division and men from Task Force 20, Saddam Husseins sons Uday and Qusay, and one of his grandsons were killed in a massive fire-fight
Moktada al-Sadr, leader of the Mahdi Army militia and an opponent of the US-led war in Iraq, reemerges from hiding for the first time since January. In a speech, he calls for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq
In an attempt at national reconciliation, a group of Sunni, Shiite, and Kurdish Iraqi leaders, including Nuri al-Maliki, Vice President Tarqi al-Hashemi, and President Jalal Talabani, announce former Baathists can regain their Government jobs. A review of progress in Iraq, called the National Intelligence Estimate, says the Iraqi Government has failed to end sectarian violence even with the surge of American troops
In an attempt at national reconciliation, a group of Sunni, Shiite, and Kurdish Iraqi leaders, including Nuri al-Maliki, Vice President Tarqi al-Hashemi, and President Jalal Talabani, announce former Baathists can regain their Government jobs
In compliance with the status of forces agreement between the US and Iraq, US troops complete their withdrawal from Iraqi cities, including Baghdad, and transfer the responsibility of securing the cities to Iraqi troops
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