key figures in the iraq war

Important People of the Iraq War

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To American People

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To Iraqi People

Saddam Hussein

• President of Iraq from July 16, 1979 through April 9, 2003

• Captured during Operation Red Dawn on December 13, 2003 outside of Tikrit

• On November 5, 2006, Saddam was found guilty of crimes against humanity

• He was hung on December 30, 2006

Nouri al-Maliki

• Assumed position of Prime Minister of Iraq on May 20, 2006

• Signed Saddam Hussein’s death warrant on December 30, 2006

• Met with George W. Bush on December 14, 2008, when Muntadhar al Zaidi threw a shoe at Bush

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Taha Yassin Ramadan

• Vice President of Iraq from March 1991 until the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003

• Captured in Mosul on August 19, 2003• On November 5, 2006, he was sentenced to

life imprisonment• On February 12, 2007, that ruling was

overturned, and he was sentenced to death by hanging

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Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Saadi

• Saddam’s liason with UN inspectors in the run up to the invasion of Iraq

• Insisted Iraq had destroyed all WMDs• Turned himself in to coalition forces on

April 12, 2003

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George W. Bush

• The US invaded Iraq, starting on March 20, 2003 to disarm Iraq of WMDs, end Saddam’s support for terrorism, and free the Iraqi people

• On January 10, 2007, Bush a surge of 21,500 more to Iraq

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Colin Powell

• US Secretary of State from January 20, 2001, through January 26, 2005

• At first, he was opposed to invading Iraq, but supported it after the international community became involved

• On February 5, 2003, he addressed the UN Security Council to argue in favor of military action in Iraq

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Donald Rumsfeld

• US Secretary of Defense from January 20, 2001 through December 18, 2006

• Made many statements about Iraq’s alleged WMDs

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General David Petraeus

• Commander of US Central Command since October 31, 2008

• Commander of the Multi-National Force in Iraq from January 27, 2007, through September 16, 2008

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