The Iraqis in questioning missed their deadline to leave their opposing country; the United States launched several air raids based upon no compliance. In May of 2003, President George W. Bush announced the conflict with Iraq was over. The search for Hussein continued until he was later found hiding out in a hole in the ground, and then the occupying forces captured him. After taking the appalling leader into custody, many changes began for the people of Iraq as a new governmental structure was forming. Concerns and basic needs of life have changed for the better in many areas, and have worsened in other aspects since the previous war in Iraq has ended.
As a result of the previous war, the citizens of Iraq's quality of life has altered, for both the negative and better yet the positive. Before the war broke out there were only 16 violent deaths, and just a month later in August of 2003, the number rose to 872 violent deaths, 498 of which involved gunfire (Baghdad Morgue). Security and safety are the citizen's main concerns. Everybody has a different sense of security, and how they, themselves define feeling secure. For some people to feel protected it may take them a scenario of complete absence of crime, and for others it could be as simple as removing a horrific leader from power to feel secure. Rates of rape, robbery, murder, and kidnapping have increased to outrageous figures. Who is holding the citizens of Iraq accountable right now? Iraq, once the leader for the highest Arab female literacy rates; now the women are afraid to attend class. Violence and harassment has amplified towards women, making traveling to and from their domiciles a living nightmare both in day and night. Many business need to be rebuilt, owners are waiting to see what happens. The number of combat deaths of American and Coalition forces during occupation exceeds the number of deaths during the war. Concrete barriers have been built to protect the soldiers.