The Iraq War Hostile_encounter was a protracted armed conflict Hostile_encounter that began Process_start in 2003 with the invasion Attack of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew Change_of_leadership the government of Saddam Hussein .

Despite Saddam Hussein offering Supply a $ 14,000 reward Rewards_and_punishments for downing a Coalition aircraft , no warplanes were shot down Use_firearm .

The AWB oil-for-wheat scandal ( also known just as the AWB scandal ) refers to the payment Cost of kickbacks to the regime of Saddam Hussein in contravention of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Humanitarian Program .

In the mid-2000s , it was found Know to have been , through middlemen , paying Commerce_pay kickbacks to the regime of Saddam Hussein , in exchange Exchange for lucrative wheat contracts .

According to U.S. President George W. Bush and U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair , the coalition aimed Aiming `` to disarm Removing Iraq of weapons of mass destruction , to end Process_end Saddam Hussein 's support Supporting for terrorism Terrorism , and to free Releasing the Iraqi people . ''

And while hundreds of chemical weapons were found Know in Iraq after the invasion Attack , they determined Deciding to be produced Manufacturing before the 1991 Gulf War , from years earlier in Saddam Hussein 's rule Control and were unusable .

Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and the central leadership Supporting went into hiding Escaping as the coalition forces completed Process_end the occupation Control of the country .

Some of the tribes involved Cause_to_be_included in these clashes Hostile_encounter have been the Messiria , Maalia , Rizeigat and Bani Hussein Arabic tribes inhabiting Darfur and West Kordofan , and the Dinka , Nuer and Murle African ethnic groups inhabiting South Sudan .

In recent years , particularly violent clashes broke out Process_start in 1993 between Jikany Nuer and Lou Nuer in Upper Nile , in 2009-2012 between Lou Nuer and Murle in Jonglei and in 2013-2014 between Maalia , Rizeigat , Messiria , Salamat and Bani Hussein in Darfur and West Kordofan .

Operation Vigilant Sentinel was a response Response to Saddam Hussein advance of its military forces on the border with Kuwait .

Operation Vigilant Sentinel 's response Response quickly convinced Convincing Saddam Hussein to withdraw Escaping his forces from the Kuwaiti border .

The attack Attack also appeared to target Aiming senior police officer Gulfat Hussein , a Shia Muslim .

The PFLP 's exploitation of Jordanian territory was an example of the increasingly autonomous Arab Palestinian activity within the Kingdom of Jordan – a serious challenge Competition to the Hashemite monarchy of King Hussein .

Hussein declared Expressing_publicly martial law on 16 September and from 17 to 27 September his forces Causation deployed Arranging into Palestinian-controlled areas in what became Becoming known as Black September in Jordan , nearly triggering Process_start a regional war involving Cause_to_be_included Syria , Iraq , and Israel .

The battle Hostile_encounter damaged Damaging the prestige of Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi government , who began Process_start extensively improving defenses Defending for the threatened major city of Basra .

The efficacy of the attack is debated Communication by historians , who acknowledge Statement that it brought Bringing back Iraq from the brink of nuclear capability but drove Bringing its weapons program underground and cemented Connect Saddam Hussein 's future ambitions for acquiring nuclear weapons .

The Ottoman admiral , Hussein Pasha , seeing Traveling his tail threatened Warning , turned Self_motion north and came back Motion parallel to the Russians , who followed suit so the two fleets ended up Process_end on paralleled Motion tracks , heading Self_motion north-east .

Leaders to twenty Arab countries were present Presence , including King Hussein of Jordan and Anwar Sadat of Egypt , together with representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) .

First , it forced King Hussein to relinquish GiveUp his claim to be able to speak for the Palestinians and to acknowledge Statement that a future Palestinian state would have to be independent of Jordan .

[ U.S. Secretary of State Henry ] Kissinger agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act with the Israelis that it was preferable to negotiate Communication with Hussein rather than with the PLO . ''

A Fatah plot to assassinate Hussein upon his arrival Arriving to the summit was uncovered Reveal_secret by Moroccan authorities .

Operation Red Dawn was an American military operation conducted Action on 13 December 2003 in the town of ad-Dawr , Iraq , near Tikrit , that led to Causation the capture Arrest of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein .

They searched Scrutiny two sites , `` Wolverine 1 '' and `` Wolverine 2 , '' outside the town of ad-Dawr , but did not find Hussein .

A continued search between the two sites found Know Hussein hiding Hiding_objects in a `` spider hole '' at 20:30 hrs local Iraqi time .

Hussein did not resist Response capture Conquering .

Tikrit has symbolic significance as the hometown of Saddam Hussein , and is also the administrative center of the Saladin Governorate .

A fourth suspect , Osman Hussein , was arrested Arrest in Rome , Italy , and later extradited Extradition to the UK .

On 25 July 2013 , the Bulgarian Interior Ministry released photographs of two Hezbollah operatives suspected Suspicion in the bombing Terrorism : Australian citizen Malid Farah ( also known as `` Hussein Hussein '' ) , and Canadian citizen Hassan al-Haj .

On 25 July 2013 , the Bulgarian Interior Ministry released photographs of two Hezbollah operatives suspected Suspicion in the bombing Terrorism : Australian citizen Malid Farah ( also known as `` Hussein Hussein '' ) , and Canadian citizen Hassan al-Haj .

The French quickly defeated Conquering the troops of Hussein Dey , the Ottoman ruler , but native resistance was widespread Dispersal .

In early 1990 Iraq was accusing Kuwait of stealing Iraqi petroleum through slant drilling , although some Iraqi sources indicated Statement Saddam Hussein 's decision to attack Attack Kuwait was made a few months before the actual invasion .

Iraq set up Reforming_a_system a puppet government known as the `` Republic of Kuwait '' to rule Control over Kuwait and then annexed it outright , when Saddam Hussein announced Expressing_publicly a few days later that it was the 19th province of Iraq .