On March 19th 2003, 10:16 PM, George W. Bush, the president of the United States declared at the oval office: “at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.”
On 20 March 2003 at approximately 02:30 UTC, at 05:34 local time, explosions were heard in Baghdad.
There have been between 275,000 and 306,000 Iraqi civilians killed by direct violence since the U.S. invasion.
A precise death toll, though, is almost impossible to calculate.
On March 19th 2003, George W. Bush, finished the declaration saying: “the dangers to our country and the world will be overcome. We will pass through this time of peril and carry on the work of peace. We will defend our freedom. We will bring freedom to others and we will prevail.”
The last US troops withdrew from Iraq on 18 December 2011.
