Six Years of War in Iraq (64 images)

On March 17, 2003 President Bush spoke to the United States and the world from the White House on national television. On that night, President Bush gave Iraqi President Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave Iraq or face a war with the U.S. and its allies. On March 19, 2003 a multinational force led by the United States and the United Kingdom began the invasion and the Iraq War had begun. Six years later, we take a look back at the major events that shaped this war from the capture of Saddam Hussein, to the battles in Fallujah and the Protests back home. Each gallery presents the top photos of the year captured by UPI photographers beginning in March of 2003 and ending today. [Part 1 is 11 Pages - 60 Images]

IRQ2003092503 - BAGHDAD, IRAQ, SEPTEMBER 25 (UPI) -- U.S. soldiers sift through the remains of damaged concrete and scraps of metal outside the Aike Hotel after a bomb was detonated on the premises on September 25, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. One Iraqi security guard was killed and one NBC employee was injured in the attack. Michael Kleinfeld UPI

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IRQ2003100109 - BAGHDAD, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1 (UPI) -- A seemingly shy Iraqi boy stands aloof from other boys in the school yard of their elementary school, on the morning of the first day of school in Baghdad, Iraq on October 1, 2003. The school system has been purged of former Baath Party members and for the first time the curriculums will not be dominated by Saddam Hussein. mk/Michael Kleinfeld UPI

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Iraqi Shiite demonstrators block a major road way in front of the Al-Bayaa Mosque and chant anti-U.S. slogans on October 7, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. The demonstration erupted because American troops arrested the Imam and set up a perimeter at the Al-Bayaa Mosque, which has been the site of disturbances and violence in the last few days..(UPI/Michael Kleinfeld)

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Iraqi children peer through the front door of their home at Shiite demonstrators and U.S. members of the 86th Airborne who were there to control the demonstration on October 7, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq. The demonstration erupted because American troops arrested the Imam and set up a perimeter at the Al-Bayaa Mosque, which has been the site of disturbances and violence in the last few days..(UPI/Michael Kleinfeld)

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