History Of The War In Iraq Is Lesson For Future
In the future children in History classes all over the world will one day study the History of the War in Iraq. What are the major events of the war as it stands in the Summer of 2007. There were several things that had been going on since the end of the Persian Gulf War of 1991-1992. There was a no-fly zone created to protect areas north and south of Iraq. Enforcing these troops were British, US and French (until 1998) air forces. Saddam's troops continued to shoot at these planes, however never actually hitting anyone of them. These attacks continued right up until the war in 2003. In addition, the UN had ordered Saddam to cease production of all types (nuclear, biological etc) of weapons of mass destruction and sent weapons inspectors to see if they could verify that, he had done this. Because of lack of cooperation with this and other extreme human right violations President Bush deemed it necessary to declare war on Iraq.
It was March 20, 2003 that the US invaded Iraq and May 1, of the same year President Bush gave a speech proclaiming victory, even though Saddam Hussein, who wasn't captured until December, was still to even be found by troops. Later insurgency increased and even after Saddam was found and put to death, and a temporary Iraqi government was put in order, civil war raged and the US troops continued to go to Iraq in increased numbers in 2007. History of the war in Iraq War had been declared on Iraq March 20, 2003, called Operation Iraqi Freedom by the Americans and Operation Telic by the British troops. Fighting continued and nearly 40 other nations called "the coalition of the willing" joined in various support positions from security, to providing equipment and other areas. On April 9th 2003 the US defeated Baghdad and on April 15th Tikrit (Saddam's Hometown), surrendered also. May 1, 2003 a very happy president Bush gave his "Mission Accomplished" Speed on an aircraft carrier as it brought in troops from overseas. This was surprising because Saddam Hussein himself had not been found, though he would be found later that year on Dec. 13 2003. The UN took over all executive, judicial and legislative powers called the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) from April 13, 2003 to June 28, 2004 as a transitional government that was eventually handed over to the Iraqis. 2004 started out fairly quiet, while insurgents reorganizing and learning from their enemies. But later they started attacking shia gatherings and a civil war broke out while a temporary government was provided to Iraiqis later that year. In 2005, again it was started out fairly quiet and all hopes of leaving Iraq had been dashed when May proved to be the most destructive since the beginning of the war. May 20, 2005 Iraqis took complete control over their own government and legislative systems. Civil war among the local Muslim sects continues to 2007 with an additional 21,500 troops ordered in by President Bush in addition to several billion dollars for reconstruction. In March of 2007, President Bush announced that he would veto any bill sent to him that called for withdrawal of any troops. However, The Senate approved a bill that would provide a long-term goal of all troops out of Iraq by March 31, 2008. |