George H W Bush
Former U.S. President George led a U.N. coalition against Iraq in the Gulf war of 1990-1993. After the war, an attempt by the Iraqi Intelligence Service to assassinate President Bush was foiled.

Photo: Former U.S. President George Bush gestures as he speaks to reporters in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., Friday, Aug. 2, 1991. Bush said the United States would not resume relations with Iraq so long as Saddam Hussein remains in power. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

George W Bush Junior
U.S. President George W Bush would finish the war his father started. On 20 Mar 2003, ten years after the Gulf war, President Bush launched the U.S. led invasion of Iraq.

Photo: U.S. President George W. Bush, right, and Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari shake hands in the East Room of the White House after a joint news conference, Friday, June 24, 2005

Lt Gen. Ricardo Sanchez
Commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, center, L. Paul Bremer, top U.S. administrator in Iraq, right and Governing Council member Adnan Pachachi, second from left, during a news conference the day after Saddam was captured.

Colonel James B. Hickey
The top officer in charge of the capture of Saddam Hussein, stands in front of the farm where Saddam was hiding.