
Entry 098May 1, 2003
“the tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.”98
98President George W. Bush, USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003. Source
Why it’s on the record. Despite the declaration of victory, the dismantling of the Iraqi Army via CPA Order 2 in May 2003 is widely regarded as a mistake that stoked rebellion among hundreds of thousands of former Iraqi soldiers.
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On the record
The President declared that the tyrant had fallen and Iraq was free.
- Said by
- President George W. Bush, President
- Where
- USS Abraham Lincoln
- When
- May 1, 2003
- Source
- USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003