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)
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