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February 9, 2003 Government accused of "ramping up" dossier on threat posed by Iraq

Feb 16 2003 The UK’s biggest ever protest march was staged against a war

March 11, 2003 Hope of UN support for military action fades as Chirac says he will veto a second resolution

Iraq timeline: five years of conflict

From accusations that the weapons of mass destruction dossier had been sexed-up to withdrawal of British troops from Basra

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March 17, 2003 Standing ovation for Robin Cook after resigning in protest at the impending war

March 18, 2003 There will be no UN resolution, the US-led coalition will go it alone

March 20, 2003 The war on Iraq is underway with 12 British casualties on the first day

April 9, 2003 Baghdad falls as does a statue of Saddam Hussein

May 1, 2003 Triumphant President Bush declares an end to major combat operations

December 13 2003 Saddam Hussein is captured in his Tikrit hiding place

April 30 2004 Abu Ghraib abuse revealed

June 28 2004 Power handed over to Iraqi interim government by the US-led coalition

November 15 2004 US and Iraqi offensive reclaims Fallujah, which had been in rebel hands since April

January 30 2005 Iraq holds free and democratic election

February 23 2005 Three British troops found guilty of "brutal", "cruel" and "revolting" abuse of prisoners in Iraq

September 19 2005 British army storms jail to free seized soldiers in Basra

February 22, 2006 Bombing of holy Samarra shrine threatens to spill over into sectarian civil war

January 31 2006 100th British soldier dies in Iraq

June 9, 2006 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and the country's most wanted terrorist is killed in an airstrike

July 20, 2006 Bodies of two US soldiers found tortured by al-Qaeda

December 30 2006 Saddam Hussein executed

April 12, 2007 Suicide bombing in the Iraqi parliament kills three MPs

May 16, 2007 Prince Harry told he cannot go and fight in Iraq

May 29 2007 Five British civilians kidnapped in Baghdad

September 2 2007 British troops leave their base in Basra after handing over power to Iraqi police

September 10 2007 General Petraeus tells Congress that the troop surge is working

February 22, 2008 Turkish troops enter semi-autonomous Kurdistan in attempt to curb terrorist activity of the PKK

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