WATCH: Here are some notable quotes from before, during and after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 that toppled Saddam Hussein
* Jan. 29, 2002 - "States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world." - U.S. President George W. Bush referring to Iraq, Iran and North Korea in his State of the Union Address.
* Sept. 19, 2002 - "I hereby declare before you that Iraq is clear of all nuclear, chemical and biological weapons." - Saddam Hussein in message to U.N. General Assembly. * March 16, 2003 - "I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.” - Dick Cheney, then U.S. vice president.
* May 1, 2003 - "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." - U.S. President George W. Bush aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln under a banner declaring "Mission Accomplished". * Dec. 13, 2003 - "My name is Saddam Hussein. I am the president of Iraq, and I want to negotiate." - Saddam to U.S. troops who captured him.
* March 19, 2006 - "We are losing each day on average 50 to 60 people throughout the country, if not more. If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is." - Iyad Allawi, Iraq's former interim prime minister. * Dec. 30, 2006 - "Moqtada, Moqtada, Moqtada." - Unidentified man attending Saddam’s hanging, referring to a Shi’ite cleric whose family was persecuted by Saddam. Saddam, the noose around his neck, responded: “Is this what you call manhood?”* Jan. 10, 2007 - "The situation in Iraq is unacceptable to the American people -- and it is unacceptable to me ... Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me." - Bush.
* Dec. 1, 2008 - "The biggest regret of all the presidency has to have been the intelligence failure in Iraq. A lot of people put their reputations on the line and said the weapons of mass destruction is a reason to remove Saddam Hussein," - Bush.
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