17 January 1991
Air Strikes on Baghdad
Bush authorises strikes against Iraqi command, communications and air-defence facilities around Baghdad.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Baghdad in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Bush authorises strikes against Iraqi command, communications and air-defence facilities around Baghdad.
The invasion is preceded by an air strike on the Presidential Palace in Baghdad
America begins the war with air strikes on Baghdad
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
US-led Coalition troops promptly began searching for the key members of Saddam Husseins Government identified by a variety of means, most famously through sets of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards. 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
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
The Iraqi military is defeated & Baghdad falls. Most of the Iraqi military is quickly defeated and Baghdad was occupied on April 9th. Bush declares the end of major combat operations, terminating the Baath Party's rule and removing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from office
Most of the Iraqi military is quickly defeated and Baghdad was occupied on April 9th
Many Iraqis celebrated the downfall of Saddam by vandalizing the many portraits and.
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.
statues of him together with other pieces of his cult of personality & the dramatic toppling of a large statue of Saddam in Baghdads Fardus Square.
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
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
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
In a nationally televised address, President Bush announces an additional 20,000 troops will be deployed to Baghdad to try to stem the sectarian fighting
Despite an increase in violence in Bagdhad, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called the security offensive a "dazzling success"
Eight people, including two Iraqi legislators, die when a suicide bomber strikes inside the Parliament building, which is located in Baghdads fortified International Zone
Eight people, including two Iraqi legislators, die when a suicide bomber strikes inside the Parliament building, which is located in Baghdads fortified International Zone
Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. US officials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll
Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. US officials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll
Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. US officials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll
Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. US officials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll
The US and Iraq begin a new offensive in an attempt to increase security in Baghdad and quell the increasingly deadly attacks by insurgents and militias
US forces begin a new offensive, targeting al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia in areas around Baghdad, where car bombings and other insurgent attacks have intensified
US forces begin a new offensive, targeting al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia in areas around Baghdad, where car bombings and other insurgent attacks have intensified
The United States and Iraq sign an agreement setting a timetable for troop withdrawal
A female suicide bomber kills 35 Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, the deadliest attack in a string of bombings
A female suicide bomber kills 35 Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, the deadliest attack in a string of bombings
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