[20070619]RS22598_伊拉克：萨达姆·侯赛因下台以来的里程碑.pdf

1 For more information, see the White House, Office of the Press Secretary, “BackgroundBriefing by Senior Administration Officials,” press release, January 10, 2007, athttp:/www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/print/20070110-1.html.Order Code RS22598Updated June 19, 2007Iraq: Milestones Since the Ouster of Saddam Hussein Hussein D. HassanInformation Research SpecialistKnowledge Services GroupSummaryOn May 1, 2003, President George W. Bush declared an end to major combat inIraq. Since then, hostilities and death tolls continue to rise. Tensions between the oncedominant Sunni minority and Shia majority also continue to escalate. This report listssignificant recent events in Iraq. Sources include, but are not limited, to White Housepress releases, the U.S. Department of State, U.N. Secretary-Generals statements, andmajor news stories. For analysis and further review of the current situation, see CRSReport RL31339, Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, by Kenneth Katzman.This report will be updated regularly. Significant Events:06/16/2007At a news conference with Secretary Gates, in Baghdad, GeneralPetraeus announced that his forces mounted a new offensive againstal-Qaeda in