Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011) - Wikipedia Soldiers on patrol during the American occupation of Ramadi, 16 August 2006 The occupation of Iraq (2003–2011) began on 20 March 2003, when the United States invaded with a military coalition to overthrow Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and continued until 18 December 2011, when the final batch of American troops left the country
Why U. S. forces remain in Iraq 20 years after ‘shock and awe’ From 2003 through 2012, the United States provided $60 64 billion to fund Iraq’s security forces and civilian reconstruction, according to the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
BBC News - Timeline: US troops in Iraq Key moments from US involvement in Iraq since 2003 - in pictures and video US Canada while coalition forces lose over 100 troops, with at least 600 wounded but 50,000 American service
Timeline of events: 20 years since U. S. -led invasion of Iraq FILE - Iraqi soldiers are seen running away on the banks of the Tigris river as U S tanks roll into Baghdad, outside Saddam Hussein’s presidential palace April 7, 2003 Coalition soldiers took over key buildings, as gunfire and explosions thundered in many parts of the battered Iraqi capital (AP Photo Jerome Delay)
Timeline: Invasion, surge, withdrawal; U. S. forces in Iraq Here is a timeline on U S forces in Iraq since 2003: March 20, 2003 - U S -led forces invade Iraq from Kuwait to oust Saddam Hussein -- About 125,000 U S and British soldiers and Marines are in