The occupation of Iraq 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 u
Soldiers on patrol during the American occupation of Ramadi, 16 August 2006
Marines from D Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion guard detainees prior to loading them into their vehicle in Anbar province, April 2003
Statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Baghdad's Firdos Square on 9 April 2003.
Canal Hotel Bombing
On 22 February 2006, approximately 6:44 a.m. Arabia Standard Time, al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq, was severely damaged in a bombing attack amidst the then-ongoing Iraq War. Constructed in the 10th
Photograph of al-Askari Shrine before the 2006 bombing
Photograph of Al-Askari Shrine after the first bombing in February 2006.