ISI bombs Iraqi ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance, killing hundreds.Ību Bakr al Baghdadi released from United States’ Camp Bucca in Iraq in 2009 when the camp is officially closed. This lessens the pressure on ISIS, allowing it to stave off disaster. Prime Minister Maliki targets Sunni leaders and Awakening groups, increasing sectarian tensions and latent support for ISI in Sunni tribal areas. This is the first Sunni province to be returned to the Shi’a-led government. forces hand control of Anbar province, once an insurgent and al Qaeda stronghold, to the Iraqi government. military and government of Iraq results in lowest levels of violence since 2005. Relentless pressure on ISI and other groups by the U.S. Prime Minister Maliki orders crackdown on militia in Basra, sparking pitched battles with Moqtada al Sadr’s Mehdi Army, a Shi’a militia group. The Iraqi parliament passes legislation allowing former officials from Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath party to return to public life. military surge and Sunni Awakening begin to greatly diminish ISI. Saddam Hussein is executed by the Iraqis in Camp Justice, a joint Iraqi-American base in a suburb of Baghdad, for crimes against humanity. Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) is formed Abu Omar al Baghdadi named new leader. Newly reelected president Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, asks Shi’a compromise candidate Nouri al Maliki to form a new government in Iraq, ending months of deadlock.
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Iraqis vote for the first, full-term government and parliament.īombing of the Shi’a al Askari Mosque in Samarra, Iraq full sectarian conflict ensues. Voters approve a new constitution, which aims to create an Islamic federal democracy in Iraq. Surge in car bombings, bomb explosions, and shooting in Iraq.
Zarqawi swears loyalty to Osama bin Laden and founds al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).ĪQI starts a campaign of public beheadings on the streets of Iraqi cities.ĪQI becomes a foreign fighter magnet and targets Shi’a, much to the concern of bin Laden’s al Qaeda. United States hands sovereignty to Iraq’s interim government headed by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Zarqawi begins videotaped beheadings in Baghdad. troops in Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. Photographic evidence emerges of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. military siege of the Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah. Hundreds are reported killed in fighting during the monthlong U.S. Zarqawi’s group bombs United Nations headquarters in Baghdad. Zarqawi-led group called the Organization of Monotheism and Jihad begins operations in Iraq. U.S.-led invasion topples Saddam Hussein’s government in Iraq. Bush announces the start of war against Iraq.
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