Defeat and humiliation : 3 March 1991
Kurdish safe haven : 5 April 1991
Weapons inspection clashes : 29 October 1997
UNMOVIC : 17 December 1999
Resolution 1441 : 8 November 2002
Protests against war : 15 February 2003
The fall of Baghdad : 9 April 2003
"Mission accomplished" : 1 May 2003
Dismantling Saddam's regime : 22 May 2003
Attack on the UN Embassy : 19 August 2003
The capture of Saddam : 13 December 2003
Abu Ghraib : 21 March 2004
Transfer of power : 28 June 2004
The Battle for Fallujah : 8 November 2004
Elections : 30 January 2005
Attack on the al-Askari Mosque : 22 February 2006
Troop surge : 10 January 2007
A divided government : 1 August 2007
Iran's president visits Iraq : 2 March 2008
Planned withdrawal : 27 November 2008
Key figures in the Iraq War