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November 2003
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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
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

Saddam Hussein May Be Dead After U.S. Airstrike, Officials Say

U.S. Troops Encircle Baghdad; Plans For Post-War Iraq Heat Up At Home And Abroad

With U.S. Forces Closer To Control Of Baghdad, Pentagon Warns Fight Will Go On

Saddam Hussein Appears On Iraqi TV; First U.S. Journalist Killed

What Is The Republican Guard?

Widespread Power Outage In Baghdad; Saddam Airport Under Siege

Coalition Forces 15 Miles From Baghdad; Chemical Risk Considered High

Who Are The Fedayeen?

What Are The Geneva Conventions?

Bush Says Coalition 'Moving Closer To Victory' As Heavy Bombing Continues

Rumsfeld Says Weapons Of Mass Destruction Near Baghdad

Iraqi Vice President Promises More Suicide Bombings

Pounding Of Baghdad Continues; Iraqi Missile Strikes Mall In Kuwait

Fear, Uncertainty And Prayer: Two Young Iraqis Speak Out From Baghdad

Paratroopers Drop Into Northern Iraq; Bush Calls War 'Far From Over'

War Inspires Jewel To Go Electronic On Next LP

Lenny Kravitz, R.E.M. Record Anti-War Songs

When Congress Doesn't Declare War, Is It Still A War?

Coalition Forces Take On Republican Guard; Iraqi TV Airs More POWs

Iraqis Take POWs As Coalition Troops Close In On Baghdad

Peaceful Protest By 200,000 In New York Marred At End

Coalition Continues Pounding Baghdad, Takes Aim At Northern Iraq

Kelly Rowland, B2K Pause For War, But Fat Joe, LL Keep It Moving

Global Protest Movements Intensify As War Escalates

As 'Shock & Awe' Campaign Begins, Thousands Of Iraqis Surrender

Protesters Clash With Cops As Rallies Spark Across Country

Pride, Shame, Confusion Abound As War Reactions Surface

War Protesters March On U.S. Embassies, Speak Out Via E-Mail

U.S. Troops Advance In Iraq, Suffer First Casualties

Beasties, Audioslave Say Protest Songs An Important Part Of Our Culture

Bush Addresses Nation, Confirms Attack On Iraq Has Begun

Text Of President Bush's Address To The Nation

U.S. Bombs Artillery Site, Iraqi Soldiers Surrender, Baghdad Prepares For War: Latest News On Iraq

Bush To Saddam — 'Leave Within 48 Hours'

Bush Says 'Moment Of Truth' Has Arrived

Young Chemical Weapons Specialists Heading To Middle East

Hans Blix Talks Iraq: John Norris Tells The Story Behind The Interview

Hans Blix: Caught Between Iraq And A Hard Place

Beastie Boys Take On Bush With First Song In Three Years

Iraqi-Americans Fear For Their Families Back Home

Bush, Blair Once Again Make Case For War

Who Is Tony Blair? [An MTV News Video Report]

Gideon's Journeys In Kuwait — Fighting For Democracy

Anti-War T-Shirts Land Teens, Lawyer In Hot Water

Anti-War Movement Rallies Round The Web

Gideon's Journeys In Kuwait — 'Get Right With God' And Other Advice

Part II: What Does The World Think Of The United States?
[An MTV News Video Report]

U2's Bono Discusses The Situation In Iraq And The War On Terrorism [An MTV News Video Report]

Part I: What Does The World Think Of The United States? [An MTV News Video Report]

Gideon's Journeys In Kuwait — Meeting Survivors Of The Gulf War

Prime 9/11 Suspect Captured

Gideon's Journeys In Kuwait — The Middle East's 'Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'

Worried About Nuclear Weapons? Worry About North Korea

Russell Simmons Vows to Get Rappers Like Jay-Z, P. Diddy Involved In Antiwar Campaign

Britain's Tony Blair To Host Q&A Session On MTV Special

Uncle Sam Still Wants You — He Just Doesn't Need You

Russell Simmons, Mos Def Speak Out Against War In New Ads

U.N. Inspectors Find No Evidence, But Many Questions Remain

Iraqi, U.S. Teens Similar, Except When It Comes To Politics

Iraq, Drug-Use Issues More Important To Young People Than Sex

War Reporter Boot Camp — Gideon's Better Prepared, But Still Praying

Iraq, World React To Colin Powell's U.N. Show-And-Tell

Colin Powell Accuses Saddam Hussein Of Continuing To Harbor, Develop Weapons

Powell To Make U.S. Case Against Iraq On Wednesday

Bush Says Secretary Powell Will Link Iraq And Al Qaeda

Take Action: Make Your Voice Heard

Arms Inspectors Call Iraq Uncooperative, Ask For More Time

Fat Joe, 3 Doors Down, Godsmack Speak Out About War In Iraq

Thousands Protest Prospect Of War; Bush Complains About Iraq's 'Re-Runs'

Gulf War Anniversay

Can You Be Drafted To Fight In Iraq?

Colin Powell To Saddam Hussein: 'We Are Not Deceived'

More Than 100 Entertainers Urge Bush Not To Invade Iraq

Everything You Wanted To Know About Saddam Hussein

Let The Inspections In Iraq Begin — Again

UN Approves Resolution Against Iraq

Is War With Iraq Necessary? Arguments For And Against

Who Is Colin Powell?

Who Is Condoleezza Rice?

Who Is Tommy Franks?

Who Is Donald Rumsfeld?

What is The Selective Service?
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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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