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The Iraqi War
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In 2003, after years of defying
nuclear inspectors and U.N.
directives, A U.S-and
British-led coalition attacked
Iraq. Victory was swift. Within
three weeks Baghdad fell
liberating 26 million Iraqis
from the brutal reign of Saddam
Hussein.
Hussein was captured nines
months later. Sovereignty was
returned to an interim Iraqi
government in 2004 and the war
officially ended. Free elections
were held in 2005. U.S. soldiers
are still assisting Iraqi
soldiers fighting an insurgency.
2,200 U.S. soldiers have died.
16,000 have been wounded.
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