Timeline and Progress for Iraq

Nearly two years after the Hussein regime was toppled and major combat operations ended, U.S. and coalition troops are still fighting an Iraqi insurgency.

There have been 1,785 coalition troop deaths, 1,606 Americans, 88 Britons, 10 Bulgarians, one Dane, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Hungarian, 21 Italians, one Kazakh, one Latvian, 17 Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians in the war in Iraq as of May 10, 2005. The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose families have been notified of their deaths by each country's government. At least 12,243 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. The Pentagon does not report the number of non-hostile wounded.

Iraqi's line up for election

Even as the Iraqi political process inches forward, insurgents in the country continue attacks targeting Iraqi police, political figures and coalition forces.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Baghdad protested against the United States' presence in Iraq on Friday, following Friday prayers. Waving banners in English and Arabic reading, "Leave our country, we want peace," protestors outside of the Abu Hanifa Al-Numan Mosque chanted, "No to America, no to Saddam" and "This homeland is for the Shia and Sunni," in a sign of unity among the two groups.

Many people believe that America is trying to maintain the role of being a "superpower" and randomly invading countries that we believe need to be fixed. The truth of it is that America must come into contries that are a threat to our own security, so what we're doing in Iraq is the best thing for us at the current moment.