Nine Years War in Iraq Costed USA $ 800 Billion

In January 2002, the then U.S. President George W. Bush includes Iraq in the "Axis of Evil." A year after the invasion began the coalition.

 

Lowered the flag ceremony today in Baghdad, the U.S. officially adjourned the war in Iraq that has killed tens of thousands of civilian and military casualties on either side and a cost of more than 800,000 million dollars over more than eight years. The withdrawal, however, will not end until 31, when will the last contingent of 4,000 soldiers remaining in southern Arab country and put an end to a presence that began with the invasion by British troops Americans on March 20, 2003.

More than 100,000 Iraqis, according to the NGO Iraq Body Count, and more than 4,400 U.S. soldiers killed in the war, which must be added other casualties in the international coalition. These are the most important dates in the years of strife: -2002 January 29: U.S. President George W. Bush includes Iraq in the "Axis of Evil." November 8: The Security Council unanimously approved UN Resolution 1441, requiring the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to accept the return of weapons inspectors of mass destruction. -2003 January 27: The inspectors concluded that no conclusive evidence against Iraq. March 16: Azores Summit: George Bush, Tony Blair, Jose Maria Aznar and Jose Manuel Durao Barroso proclaim the final ultimatum to Saddam Hussein.

 

March 20: Start of the coalition invasion. March 24: Hussein announces on television that "victory is near", despite Anglo-American troops are within 90 miles of Baghdad. April 9: U.S. troops cross the Tigris , leading to the heart of Baghdad and topple a statue of the ruler in Fardus Square, in a scene broadcast on live television world. May 1: President Bush announces the end of the fighting. May 22: The Security Council UN adopts resolution 1483, which puts an end to nearly thirteen years of sanctions on Iraq and granted indefinite control the occupying forces. July 13: It is the Iraqi Governing Council, the first example of democratic power in Iraq. September 1: Chief Executive after the war. December 13: Hussein is captured in Tikrit. -2004 April 28: The CBS broadcasts images of alleged mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. June 28: The Shiite Iyad Allawi is appointed prime minister. July 9 : The Senate Intelligence Committee concludes that the U.S. CIA overstated the threat posed by Iraq. November 7: Assault on Fallujah with more than 1,600 rebels dead. November 8: NATO approves their mission in Iraq to train Iraqi forces. -2005 January 30:

The United Iraqi Alliance wins the elections. March 31: The presidential commission concluded that U.S. intelligence wrong their estimates on the presence of weapons of mass destruction. October 15: 78% of Iraqis approve new constitution, questioned by the Sunni community. -2006 22 abri: President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, Shiite instructs the Nuri al-Maliki forming the new government. June 8: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, died in an air strike. September 7: The Iraqi government assumed the military command. November 23: At least 203 killed in series of attacks in string in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad. December 30: Saddam Hussein is hanged. -2007 January 10: Bush announces the dispatch of 21,500 additional troops to Iraq to stem the tide of violence. August 14: At least 250 dead in attack in the province of Nineveh, the bloodiest since the fall of Saddam. September 3: United Kingdom withdraws its troops from Basra. -2008  March 4 to 30: Clashes in Basra between the army and the militia of Muqtada al Sadr cause more 300 dead. October 1: The government takes control of the Councils of Salvation, Sunni militias fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq. -2009  January 1: Iraq takes the security of Baghdad’s Green Zone. June 30: Troops Americans left the cities. February 27: The new U.S. president, Barack Obama, announces the release in August 2010 the bulk of the troops stationed in Iraq. -2010 August 18: The last combat troops leave Iraq U.S. heading to Kuwait and concludes "Operation Freedom" that began in 2003. August 31: Obama formally declared an end to combat operations. September 1: Begin Operation New Dawn in which U.S. troops remain in Iraq to fulfill missions advice. October 23: Wikileaks reveals civilian deaths and torture in Iraq to investigate. November 11:

Talabani re-elected president of Iraq, Maliki appointed responsible for the formation of a new government. -2011 11 Sep: The cleric Muqtada Sadr orders the suspension of "military operations" against U.S. forces in Iraq "to begin his official retreat. October 21: Obama announces complete withdrawal of troops from their country by the end of the year. December: final withdrawal of U.S. troops deployed in Iraq.