The Iraq War was a devastating war. It began on March 19th, 2003 and didn’t end until nearly 9 years after its start. This war took a huge toll on all the states that were involved, causing many fatalities on both sides and brought about many changes, both good and bad. But the question is, was it a necessary war? Was there good enough reasons to wage war with Iraq and were the consequences worth it? To answer that one must first understand what happened throughout the war.
It was March 19th, 2003 at 9:34 p.m. when the invasion began. With America leading England, Australia, Poland and Denmark, they began their Shock and Awe phase. Airstrikes were called in, using tomahawk cruise missiles, onto the outskirts of Baghdad. This was the continuous …show more content…
There was a Jordanian embassy bombing on the 7th and a car bomb detonated in the car of cleric Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim. The most major bombing was that of the UN. On the 19th, a suicide bomber drove a truck filled with explosives into the United Nations compound in Baghdad, killing 17 people including the United Nations representative in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello. This place was one of the organizations that was in charge of rebuilding Iraq. This caused many agencies to pull out of Iraq, decreasing the states security.
December 13th 2003 was a landmark in the war in Iraq. Saddam Hussein was captured in the Operation Red Dawn, after evading apprehension for eight months. He was found in a hole on a farm, tattered, disheveled and dirty. He didn’t put up a fight with the American soldiers who found him. They got the information on his whereabouts through questioning people who formerly worked for Hussein and his family members. He was given medical exams afterward, which were released to the …show more content…
The Coalition Provisional Authority was the administrator of this act.
On September 7th, 2004, the Pentagon released information on the number of military deaths experienced in Iraq. 1,000 was the number, primarily due to anti-coalition forces in central Iraq. On the 16th, Bush was informed that their might be a civil war in Iraq, due to insurgent forces still have a strong hold on many areas of Iraq and being very strong in numbers.
Iraq’s election was held on January 30th, 2005, the first free one in 50 years. Even though the occasion was held with many threats and protests, the turnout was incredible. This was the first demonstration of democracy in a very long time. The United Iraqi Alliance won multiple seats in the national assembly and Jalal Talabani was elected president.
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is killed via U.S. airstrikes at his safe house on June 7th 2006. He was the leader of Al-Qaeda, responsible for numerous terrorist activities such as kidnappings and bombings.
On December 30th, 2006, Saddam Hussein is hanged. The execution seemed hurried and disordered, allowing Hussein’s image to morph into that of a martyr instead of maintaining the ruthless image he once
It was March 19th, 2003 at 9:34 p.m. when the invasion began. With America leading England, Australia, Poland and Denmark, they began their Shock and Awe phase. Airstrikes were called in, using tomahawk cruise missiles, onto the outskirts of Baghdad. This was the continuous …show more content…
There was a Jordanian embassy bombing on the 7th and a car bomb detonated in the car of cleric Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim. The most major bombing was that of the UN. On the 19th, a suicide bomber drove a truck filled with explosives into the United Nations compound in Baghdad, killing 17 people including the United Nations representative in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello. This place was one of the organizations that was in charge of rebuilding Iraq. This caused many agencies to pull out of Iraq, decreasing the states security.
December 13th 2003 was a landmark in the war in Iraq. Saddam Hussein was captured in the Operation Red Dawn, after evading apprehension for eight months. He was found in a hole on a farm, tattered, disheveled and dirty. He didn’t put up a fight with the American soldiers who found him. They got the information on his whereabouts through questioning people who formerly worked for Hussein and his family members. He was given medical exams afterward, which were released to the …show more content…
The Coalition Provisional Authority was the administrator of this act.
On September 7th, 2004, the Pentagon released information on the number of military deaths experienced in Iraq. 1,000 was the number, primarily due to anti-coalition forces in central Iraq. On the 16th, Bush was informed that their might be a civil war in Iraq, due to insurgent forces still have a strong hold on many areas of Iraq and being very strong in numbers.
Iraq’s election was held on January 30th, 2005, the first free one in 50 years. Even though the occasion was held with many threats and protests, the turnout was incredible. This was the first demonstration of democracy in a very long time. The United Iraqi Alliance won multiple seats in the national assembly and Jalal Talabani was elected president.
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is killed via U.S. airstrikes at his safe house on June 7th 2006. He was the leader of Al-Qaeda, responsible for numerous terrorist activities such as kidnappings and bombings.
On December 30th, 2006, Saddam Hussein is hanged. The execution seemed hurried and disordered, allowing Hussein’s image to morph into that of a martyr instead of maintaining the ruthless image he once