These key statistics and charts about the Iraq War are based on Iraq Coalition Casualty Count and The Brookings Institution's Iraq Index and include casualties -- both US military and Iraqi, IED deaths, pipeline incidents and US Aid to Iraq.
On 20 March 2003, the United States launched a war against Iraq, with President Bush saying the attack was to "disarm Iraq and to free its people."
On 1 May 2003, aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and under a "Mission Accomplished" banner, the President said, "Major combat operations have ended; in the battle of iraq, the US and her allies have prevailed... We've removed an ally of al Qaida." Fighting continues; there is no scheduled departure of US troops.
Whereas the first Gulf War was measured in days, this second has been measured in months. Fewer than 200 US military were killed in the first war; more than 3,000 have been killed in the second.
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