![Pro-Nazi Iraqi prime minister Rashid Ali al-Gailani, who served three brief stints in 1933, 1940, and 1941](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-img1584.jpg?itok=4M4-X87m)
Pro-Nazi Iraqi prime minister Rashid Ali al-Gailani, who served three brief stints in 1933, 1940, and 1941
Source: Wikimedia Commons
![Oil spouts from the ground in the Kirkurk district of Iraq in the 1930s.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-map1586.jpg?itok=MJ4VuqhJ)
Oil spouts from the ground in the Kirkurk district of Iraq in the 1930s.
Source: G. Eric and Edith Matson
![An Iranian soldier wearing a gas mask during the Iran-Iraq War.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-img1595.jpg?itok=VPFeiW0Q)
An Iranian soldier wearing a gas mask during the Iran-Iraq War
Source: Sajed.ir via Wikimedia Commons
![A street in Kurdish Halabja after Saddam Hussein's chemical attack there in 1988](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-img1596.jpg?itok=AerZtdK4)
A street in Kurdish Halabja after Saddam Hussein's chemical attack there in 1988
Source: The Kurdish Project
![Donald Rumsfeld, special envoy of President Ronald Reagan, greets Saddam Hussein in Baghdad on December 20, 1983](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-img1597.jpg?itok=OLf58pG5)
Donald Rumsfeld, special envoy of President Ronald Reagan, greets Saddam Hussein in Baghdad on December 20, 1983
Source: Iraqi state television
An International Atomic Energy Agency inspector at a factory in Iraq during weapons inspections in 2002.
![A Kuwaiti M-84 main battle tank crosses a trench during a capabilities demonstration at a Kuwaiti outpost during Operation Desert Shield.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-img1599.jpg?itok=aveHkdZv)
A Kuwaiti M-84 main battle tank crosses a trench during a capabilities demonstration at a Kuwaiti outpost during Operation Desert Shield.
Source: H. H. Deffner
![An American soldier arrives in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield in 1992](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-img1600.jpg?itok=aETNY9Lg)
An American soldier arrives in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield in 1992
Source: Staff Sgt Corkran F. Lee
![U.S., French, Qatari, and Canadian fighter jets during Operation Desert Shield](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-img1601.jpg?itok=g1iPz376)
U.S., French, Qatari, and Canadian fighter jets during Operation Desert Shield
Source: Staff Sgt Corkran F. Lee
![Osama bin Laden in 1997](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-map1605.jpg?itok=7uCvC4eP)
Osama bin Laden in 1997
![President George W. Bush gives the thumbs-up during his infamous "Mission Accomplished Speech" on May 1, 2003](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/5-7-img1607.jpg?itok=pkLOAEGx)
President George W. Bush gives the thumbs-up during his infamous "Mission Accomplished Speech" on May 1, 2003
Source: CBS News
![Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi (left), Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, and President Sheikh Ghazi Ajil al-Yawar](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-img1610.jpg?itok=sp04Lx89)
Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, and President Sheikh Ghazi Ajil al-Yawar
![A burning oil field in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-img1616_0.png?itok=56va8LFD)
A burning oil field in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm
![Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at the Rumaila Oilfield in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 27, 2003.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-img1617.jpg?itok=y4F9Erdy)
Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at the Rumaila Oilfield in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 27, 2003.
Source: Pfc. Mary Rose Xenikakis
The Imam ‘Ali Mosque in Najaf, Iraq
![U.S. and Kuwaiti troops close the gate between Kuwait and Iraq after the last military convoys pass through on December 18, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-img1619.jpg?itok=TholueTg)
U.S. and Kuwaiti troops close the gate between Kuwait and Iraq after the last military convoys pass through on December 18, 2011.
Source: Cpl. Jordan Johnson
![The last convoy of U.S. service members enters Kuwait from Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-7-img1621.jpg?itok=bctlO7PO)
The last convoy of U.S. service members enters Kuwait from Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011.
Source: Staff Sgt. Lynette Hoke