The Relations Between The USA and Iraq
Due to the possible terrorist threat the USA invaded Iraq in 2003. It
was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War or Operation Iraqi Freedom in which a combined
force of troops from the United States, alongside the United Kingdom, and smaller contingents
from Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of
major combat operations. On 13 December 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by the US forces at
a farmhouse in ad-Dawr near Tikrit in Operation Red Dawn. In 2005, the Central Intelligence
Agency released a report saying that no weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq.
Saddam Hussein was hanged on the first day of Eid ul-Adha, 30 December 2006, despite his wish
to be shot. In late February 2009, newly elected U.S. President Barack Obama announced an 18-
month withdrawal window for combat forces, with approximately 50,000 troops remaining in the
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