 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kupinda kwakatangamusi waMarch 20, 2003, neU.S., yakabatanidzwa neU.K. uye dzimwe nyika dzakabatanidzwa, kuvhura mushandirapamwe webhomba weshock and awe. Mauto eIraq akakurumidza kukundwa sezvo mauto eU.S. akapfuura nomunyika yacho. Kupinda kwacho kwakatungamirira kukuparara kwehurumende yeBaathist; Saddam akabatwa panguva yeOperation Red Dawn muna December wegore iroro uye akaurayiwa nedare remauto makore matatu gare gare. 