In March 2003, just a few days before the American-led coalition invaded Iraq, King Fahd granted clemency to the seven Western prisoners, but did not release them.

The coalition formed against France invades the village in 1794, but the victory of Tourcoing, on 18 May 1794, push back the enemy.

In 2003, the US and a multi-national coalition invaded Iraq to depose Saddam.

The American-led military coalition invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003, nine days after the target date set by the president on that late January day at the White House.

On October 7, 2001, a US-led military coalition invaded Afghanistan and by the first week of December the Taliban regime had collapsed.

In 2003, a coalition of American and foreign forces invaded and occupied Iraq.

WHEN the American-led coalition invaded Afghanistan five years ago, pessimists warned that we would soon find ourselves in a similar situation to what Soviet forces faced in the 1980's.

In 1822 a coalition of Kulu, Lahoul, and Kinnaur invaded Zanskar, plundering the country and destroying the Royal palace at Padum.

A coalition of Rwandan and Ugandan armies then invaded Zaire to overthrow the government of Mobutu, and ultimately control the mineral resources of Zaire, launching the First Congo War.

The Osirak deal became a controversy again in 2002-2003, when an international military coalition led by the United States invaded Iraq and forcibly removed Hussein's government from power.