"MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" May 1, 2003 <A HREF="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/30/politics/main614998.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/30/politics/main614998.shtml</A> "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended." [ . . .] It was May 1, 2003, [ . . .], when the president spoke to the nation beneath a massive banner reading "Mission Accomplished." At that point, 138 U.S. troops had been killed in Iraq..... <img src=http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2003/10/29/image580655x.jpg>