Iraq Gains IndependenceRise of the Baath PartySaddam Hussein's Ascendancy Brings Series of WarsThe UN Steps In With Sanctions and Weapons InspectionsThe U.S. Launches War in IraqWith No Evidence of Weapons in Iraq, Bush Calls Iraq the Focal Point of War on TerrorWar Does Little to Improve Infrastructure or Security in IraqInsurgency Gathers SteamIraqi Leadership Struggles in Effort to Form a GovernmentU.S. Strategy Under FirePresident Bush Hopes Surge of U.S. Troops Will Change Course of WarIraqi Parliament Gets Down to BusinessIraqi Government Shows Signs of StabilityU.S. Role Diminishes in IraqPolitical Veterans Fare Well in Parliamentary Elections
