1. Casualties, Captures, and mistakes...
Iraq War 101
Casualties, Captures, and mistakes...
By: Andy Stuart and jimmy rumsfelt

2. Backround information
The Iraq War (or War in Iraq) began on March 20, 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by the United States under the administration of President George W. Bush
December 13th, 2003 Saddam Hussein is captured
By March 24th 2008 there was 4000 American deaths in the war
The cost of war to date in Iraq is ~$820,615,550,206
May 1, 2011 Osama Bin Laden is killed by American troops
October 21st, 2011 Obama calls for troops coming home by end of year… about 4400 troops have died to this point

3. Beginning of War
March 17th, 2001 President Bush gives Saddam Hussein and his sons 48hrs to leave Iraq
March 19th, Iraq invasion begins
July 22, 2003 U.S. forces kill Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay.
November 6, 2003 President Bush signs an $87 billion spending bill for reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan which winds up for the most part being a waiste
December 13, Saddam Hussein captured in a "spider hole" in Tikrit.

4. Middle of War Middle of War
APRIL 2004 Up to this point, the deadliest month in Iraq, and second highest total overall. 135 U.S. service members lost their lives.
MAY 1, 2004 Bush says “daily life” of Iraqis is improving.
OCTOBER 5, 2004 Paul Bremer says we never had enough troops
OCTOBER 25, 2004: The New York Times reports that about 380 tons of powerful explosives disappeared from military installation called Al Qaqaa sometime after the U.S.-led war began in March 2003
NOVEMBER 2, 2004 Bush wins re-election
NOVEMBER 2004 The most deadly month in Iraq. 137 U.S. troops died.
DECEMBER 8, 2004 Donald Rumsfeld: You go to war with the Army you have
JANUARY 30, 2005 U.S. loses track of nearly $9 billion in Iraqi funds
Middle of War
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5. Middle of War continued
OCTOBER 26, 2005 American military death toll reaches 2,000
NOVEMBER 15, 2005 U.S. Senate votes to demand regular reports from the White House on progress towards a phased pullout of troops from Iraq
DECEMBER 15, 2005 Iraqis vote to elect members of Iraqi Assembly
FEBRUARY 3, 2006 Bush requests additional $70 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan, $120 billion total for 2006
APRIL 30, 2006: Powell says Bush went to war without enough troops and many others criticize Bush administration
OCTOBER 24, 2006: 19 percent of Americans believe the United States is winning the war in Iraq, an all-time low.
NOVEMBER 5, 2006: Saddam sentenced to death by hanging.

6. Middle of war to Present
NOVEMBER 8, 2006 Donald Rumsfeld resigns as Secretary of Defense
DECEMBER 21, journalists died in Iraq in 2006
JANUARY 3, 2007 Death toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq reaches 3,000
JANUARY 19, 2007 $8.4 billion: The cost of the Iraq war per month
OCTOBER 12, 2007 Former top general rips Bush’s Iraq policy.
NOVEMBER 13, 2007 The economic costs to the United States of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so far total approximately $1.5 trillion
JANUARY 15, 2008 The Iraqi defense minister said Monday that his nation would not be able to take full responsibility for its internal security until 2012
MAY 1, 2011 Osama Bin Laden is killed by American troops
OCTOBER 11th, 2011 President Obama announces remaining troops will be brought home by end of year.

8. The End