MTV.com: The War In Iraq - One Year Later

The War In Iraq
One Year Later

Gideon Yago
Reporting From Iraq
November 2003

Diary Of Gideon In Kuwait
March 2003

E-mail From The Front

Gideon In Iraq
November 2003

Faces From The Front

Up Close In Iraq

Gideon's Journeys In Kuwait
March 2003



	03.17.2003 President Bush gives Saddam Hussein and his sons 48 hours to leave Iraq or face war 03.19.2003 U.S. launches more than 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles toward targets in Baghdad 04.09.2003 U.S. forces enter central Baghdad and declare that Hussein's government is no longer in control of the capital 05.01.2003 President Bush announces the end to major combat in Iraq 05.06.2003 President Bush appoints Paul Bremer as Iraq's postwar administrator 05.01.2003 - 07.20.2003 Thirty-seven U.S. troops are killed in Iraq amid escalating violence and unrest 07.22.2003 Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay, are killed during a battle with U.S. troops 08.25.2003 The number of troops killed in Iraq reaches 138, the same number of troops killed before President Bush declared an end to major combat 12.13.2003 Sadaam Hussein is captured while hiding underground in a "spider hole" just outside his hometown of Tikrit 03.08.2004 Iraq's Governing Council signs an the country's interim constitution 03.17.2004 At least 17 people are killed and 41 are injured after a car bomb explodes outside the five-story Mount Lebanon Hotel in central Baghdad

One Year Later
MTV News takes a look back at how Iraq - and the world - has changed in the last 365 days as a result of the conflict in Iraq.

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Iraq Now Officially Ruling Itself Iraq Now Officially Ruling Itself More	An Optimistic Voice In Iraq Iraq's U.S.-appointed administrator says things are getting better for the people of Iraq and the troops serving there. More
E-mail From The Front Take a look back at these letters we received from young men and woman serving in the Middle East. More	Gideon Yago In Iraq He reports on life in an Iraq no longer ruled by Saddam Hussein. More



More Than 1 Million Mark War's Anniversary With Protests Al Qaeda's Number-Two Man Surrounded, Close To Being Captured Saddam Hussein's Sons Killed In Raid Who Is Mahmoud Abbas? Who Is Ariel Sharon? What Is The 'Roadmap To Peace'? After The War: Building A Democracy In Iraq What Exactly Has Operation Iraqi Freedom Accomplished So Far? The Tab, Please: How Much For The War In Iraq? U.S. Detains Iraq's Former Deputy Prime Minister; North Korea Admits Nukes The Ballad Of Jessica Lynch: Former POW's Hometown Friends Talk More Saddam Tapes Surface; Thousands Of Iraqis Protest U.S. Presence U.S. Shuts Down Oil Pipeline From Iraq To Syria Young U.S. Photographer Earns His Stripes In Iraq Is The U.S. Picking A Fight With Syria? Rumsfeld Says Media Is Distorting Reports Of Civilian Unrest In Iraq U.S. Marines Suffer Casualties In Baghdad Mosque Raid, Suicide Bombing Iraqis Celebrate, Loot Now That Hussein's Regime Appears To Be Over Who Are The Kurds? Saddam's Status Still Unknown; Ground, Air Battles Rage On More Headlines

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Capitol: Baghdad

Population: 24,683,313

Location: Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait

Size: Slightly more than twice the size of Idaho

Climate: Mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers

Natural hazards: Dust storms, sandstorms, floods

Median age: 19

Ethnic makeup: Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian or other 5%

Religions: Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%

Languages: Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian

Source: CIA/The World Factbook

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