The Most Iconic Images Of The Decade

[Lady Macbeth]

Bin Laden Broadcasts - Osama bin Laden is seen at an undisclosed location in this television image broadcast October 7, 2001. Bin Laden praised God for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and swore America "will never dream of security" until "the infidel's armies leave the land of Muhammad."




Mission Accomplished - President Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast, May 1, 2003.

[Lady Macbeth]

Columbia Crashes - Debris from the space shuttle Columbia streaks across the sky over Tyler, Texas, February 1, 2003. Columbia disintegrated 39 miles over Texas as it returned from a 16-day mission.




Hurricane Katrina - Residents wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, September 1, 2005.

[Lady Macbeth]

Israel Bombs Lebanon - Lebanese citizens watch Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speak on television as black smoke rises from new Israeli attacks on the Hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon during his speech on July 16, 2006.



SARS Scare - Children attend ballet lessons wearing masks to protect themselves from severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS, in Hong Kong, April 27, 2003.




Bush On 9/11 - Bush's Chief of Staff Andy Card whispers into his ear to give him word of the plane crashes into the World Trade Center, during a visit to the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla.

[Lady Macbeth]

A New Face - Isabelle Dinoire, the woman who received the world's first partial face transplant with a new nose, chin and mouth, in an operation on November 27, 2005, addresses reporters during her first press conference since the transplant at the Amiens hospital, northern France, February 6, 2006.



Obama Elected - Obama celebrates at the election night rally in Chicago, November 4, 2008.

[Lady Macbeth]

Abu Ghraib Abuses - Pfc. Lynndie England is seen holding a leash attached to a detainee in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.



An unidentified detainee standing on a box with a bag on his head and wires attached to him in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq

[Lady Macbeth]

Tsunami Victims - Bodies of the victims of a tsunami float in a river in the center of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, January 2, 2005.



Saddam Falls - Iraqi civilians and U.S. soldiers pulling down a statue of Saddam in downtown Baghdad, April 9, 2003.

[Lady Macbeth]

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated - Pakistan former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto waves to her supporters during her last public rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, December 27, 2007. Opposition leader Bhutto was shot and killed that day in a suicide attack on her vehicle as it pulled away from a campaign rally.

[Lady Macbeth]

Saddam Captured - A television grab is seen showing Saddam Hussein having a swap taken to confirm his identity after being captured by US forces December 14, 2003 in Iraq.

[Lady Macbeth]

Concorde Crash - Air France Concorde flight 4590 takes off with fire trailing from its engine on the left wing from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, July 25, 2000. The plane crashed shortly after take-off, killing all the 109 people aboard and four others on the ground.

[Al-Zakir]

Originally Posted by Lady Macbeth

Israel Bombs Lebanon - Lebanese citizens watch Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speak on television as black smoke rises from new Israeli attacks on the Hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon during his speech on July 16, 2006.

Man! What a dedication!!!!