Charlie Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), cover each other with 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles as they prepare to enter one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces in Baghdad as they takeover the complex during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Lance Corporal Kevin C. Quihuis Jr. (USMC) – Defense Visual Information Center US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines/Wikimedia Commons.
12. A Massive Manhunt for Saddam Hussein Ensued
Though the United States had initially supported Saddam, mainly through the 1980s, one of the primary goals of the 2003 invasion was to find Saddam. Baghdad quickly fell to the American forces, but Saddam was nowhere to be seen. The military undertook a massive search to try to get him.
