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| Ambassador Crocker, Ryan |  |
| 28th Mar Diplomat Ryan Crocker replaces Zalmay Khalizad as U.S. ambassador to Iraq |
| Battle of Najaf Bush, George Walker | |
| 28th Jan Najaf 250 are killed near Najaf as American and Iraqi troops fight with a Shiite militia, an American helicopter is shot down in the battle |
| Blackwater USA Bush, George Walker | |
| 13th Sep 17 Iraqi civilians, including a couple and their infant, are killed when employees of private security company Blackwater USA reportedly fire on a car that fails to stop, Nuri al-Maliki threatens to evict Blackwater employees from Iraq |
| Bombing of Kabul Cheney, Dick | |
| 27th Feb Kabul A suicide bomber attacks a United States base near Kabul, about a mile away from where the vice president is staying, the Taliban claims responsibility for the attack which killed more than 20 people |
| Bombing of Sudan Bush, George Walker | |
| Jan Mogadishu Air Force gunship targets suspected al-Qaeda operatives who were forced to flee Mogadishu following Ethiopian air strikes that routed Islamist militias |
| Central Command Fallon, William | |
| 4th Jan William Fallon succeeds Gen. John Abizaid as the head of Central Command in Iraq |
| Commander Petraeus, David | |
| 4th Jan Lt. Gen. David Petraeus is named the top Commander in Iraq |
| Death of Hunt, Everette Howard Hunt, Everette Howard | |
| 18th Oct Miami Death of Everette Howard Hunt |
| Death of Mailer, Norman Kingsley Mailer, Norman Kingsley | |
| 10th Nov Death of Norman Kings ley Mailer |
| Diplomacy Bush, George Walker | |
| 11th Feb Officials show weapons, including mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenades, and explosive penetrators they say were manufactured in Iranian factories, they also say that Iranian Government officials sanctioned the transfer of the weapons |
| 27th Feb In a policy shift USAofficials say they will participate in high-level talks with Iran and Syria at a meeting about Iraq |
| Economy Bush, George Walker | |
| 5th Feb President Bush says the $2.9 trillion budget will eliminate the federal deficit by 2012 without increasing taxes |
| Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Bush, George Walker | |
| 17th Jan Reversing its policy, the Justice Department announces the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court will oversee the National Security Agency's domestic wiretapping program. |
| Invasion of Iraq Bush, George Walker | |
| 16th Jan The tally of death certificates and reports from morgues, hospitals, and other institutions indicates more than 34,000 Iraqi civilians died in 2006 |
| 24th Jan Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes, 12-9, in favor of a nonbinding resolution that denounces President Bush's plan to deploy additional troops to Iraq |
| 2nd Feb National Intelligence Estimate finds the Iraqi leadership is likely too weak to hold the country together, the military is ill-equipped to rein in militias, and USAtroops are necessary to stabilize Iraq |
| 16th Feb The House of Representatives votes, 246-182, in favor of a nonbinding resolution that expresses support for USAtroops but criticizes President Bush's "surge" that calls for some 20,000 additional troops to be sent to Iraq. |
| 15th May President Bush selects Lt Gen Douglas Lute to oversee war policy in Iraq and Afghanistan |
| 25th May Moktada al-Sadr, leader of the Mahdi Army militia and an opponent of the US-led war in Iraq, reemerges from hiding for the first time since January. In a speech, he calls for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq |
| 31st May With 127 deaths, May is the deadliest month for U.S. troops since November 2004 |
| 24th Aug A review of progress in Iraq, called the National Intelligence Estimate, says the Iraqi Government has failed to end sectarian violence even with the surge of American troops |
| 13th Sep n a nationally televised address, President Bush outlines a plan for withdrawing troops from Iraq, he says by July 2008 troop levels would drop from the current high of 169,000 to 130,000 |
| 17th Oct Turkey's Parliament votes, 507 to 19, to allow the deployment of troops into northern Iraq to deal with attacks on Turkey by Kurdish rebels in Iraq |
| Invasion of Iraq Levin, Carl | |
| 11th Sep Senator Carl Levin, Democrat from Michigan, says, "Year after year, the president and the administration have touted progress in Iraq and called for patience. It has been a litany of delusion" |
| Invasion of Iraq Lute, Douglas | |
| 15th May President Bush selects Lt Gen Douglas Lute to oversee war policy in Iraq and Afghanistan |
| Invasion of Iraq Petraeus, David | |
| 10th Sep Petraeus tells the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees that the USAmilitary needs more time to meet its goals in Iraq, he says troops in Iraq may be reduced from 20 brigades to 15, or from troops to 130,000, beginning in July 2008 |
| 11th Sep Petraeus and Ryan Crocker face more intense and critical questioning from members of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees, they failed to answer definitely repeated questions about how long USAtroops would be in Iraq |
| Invasion of USA Sanchez, Ricardo | |
| 12th Oct Ricardo Sanchez, the former commander of USAforces in Iraq, criticizes the Bush administration for its "catastrophically flawed, unrealistically optimistic war plan" |
| National Intelligence Estimate Bush, George Walker | |
| 24th Aug A review of progress in Iraq, called the National Intelligence Estimate, says the Iraqi Government has failed to end sectarian violence even with the surge of American troops |
| National Intelligence McConnell, Mike | |
| 17th Jan The Senate confirms Mike McConnell as the Director of National Intelligence |
| Nuclear Warfare Bush, George Walker | |
| 13th Feb Beijing At a meeting with diplomats from the US, China, South Korea, Russia, and Japan, North Korea agrees to dismantle itsNuclear facilities and allow international inspectors to enter the country in exchange for about $400 million in oil and aid |
| Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bush, George Walker | |
| 24th Jan Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes, 12-9, in favor of a nonbinding resolution that denounces President Bush's plan to deploy additional troops to Iraq |
| Siege of Baghdad Bush, George Walker | |
| 10th Jan Baghdad In a nationally televised address, President Bush announces an additional 20,000 troops will be deployed to Baghdad to try to stem the sectarian fighting |
| 16th Feb Baghdad Despite an increase in violence in Bagdhad, Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki called the security offensive a "dazzling success" |
| 12th April Baghdad Eight people, including two Iraqi legislators, die when a suicide bomber strikes inside the Parliament building, which is located in Baghdad's fortified International Zone |
| 3rd May Baghdad Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. USAofficials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll |
| 7th May Baghdad The USAand Iraq begin a new offensive in an attempt to increase security in Baghdad and quell the increasingly deadly attacks by insurgents and militias |
| 16th June Baghdad USAforces begin a new offensive, targeting al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia in areas around Baghdad, where car bombings and other insurgent attacks have intensified |
| Siege of Baghdad Carroll, Jill | |
| 3rd May Baghdad Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. USAofficials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll |
| Siege of Erbil Bush, George Walker | |
| 11th Jan Erbil USAtroops storm an Iranian diplomatic office in Erbil, Iraq, a Kurdish-controlled city, and detain five people, Kurdish officials are outraged at the move |
| State of the Union Address Bush, George Walker | |
| 23rd Jan Admits that the war in Iraq is not going as planned, "This is not the fight we entered in Iraq, but it is the fight we are in," he says, "Every one of us wishes that this war were over and won" |
| Trial of Majid Bush, George Walker | |
| 16th June Three Iraqi army officials, including Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein who was known as "Chemical Ali, are convicted and sentenced to death for carrying out the murder of about 50,000 Kurds in 1988-what was called the Anfal campaign |
