Iraq War Timeline

Brian Zick

Think Progress has a timeline of the Iraq war the last three years through key events, quotes and pictures MARCH 30, 2003: Donald Rumsfeld: "We know where the WMD are." APRIL 1, 2003: Pfc. Jessica Lynch recovered by U.S. forces (how aptly dated; I hadn't remembered that - bz) APRIL 9, 2003: Saddam Statue Toppled MAY 1, 2003: "Mission Accomplished" JULY 2, 2003: "Bring ‘Em On" NOVEMBER 28, 2003: Bush makes surprise Thanksgiving visit to Iraq, poses with fake turkey MARCH 24, 2004: Bush jokes at the Radio and Television Correspondents Association Dinner ("Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere.") SEPTEMBER 7, 2004: Death toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq reaches 1,000 OCTOBER 26, 2005: American military death toll reaches 2,000 and so on and… (thank you to Jessica Clark for the head's up)

The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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