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Outline of the Iraq War

The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, the Iraq War.

Iraq War – a protracted armed conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011, which began with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein.[1][2] The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government. US troops were officially withdrawn in 2011.[3][4] The invasion occurred as part of the George W. Bush administration's war on terror following the September 11 attacks.[5][6]

Overview of articles edit

Top level overview articles edit

 
Changes in territorial control during the 2003 invasion of Iraq

Background to the Iraq War edit

Historical background edit

Before 1990 edit

1990–2001 edit

Major overview subdivisions edit

Timelines edit

Years in Iraq edit

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Participants of the Iraq War edit

Main article: Combatants of the Iraq War

Multi-National Force – Iraq edit

Main article: Multi-National Force – Iraq
Further information: United States Forces – Iraq, Joint Special Operations Command Task Force in the Iraq War, and Task Force Viking
 
United States Marines escorting Iraqi prisoners of war to a holding area in the desert, 21 March 2003.[7]

March 2003 invasion forces edit

Other contributors edit

Iraq edit

Insurgent groups edit

See also: Tactics of the Iraqi insurgency

Ba'athist insurgents edit

Sunni insurgents edit

Shi'a insurgents edit

See also: Iranian involvement in the Iraq War

Private militaries edit

Others edit

Prelude edit

Main article: Prelude to the Iraq War

Rationale for invasion edit

Main article: Rationale for the Iraq War
 
US Secretary of State Colin Powell, holding up a model vial of alleged weaponized anthrax during a February 2003 presentation at the United Nations.[8]

Media and communications of the Iraq War edit

Documents edit

Articles are sorted chronologically.

Public relations, propaganda and disinformation edit

Slogans, symbols and neologisms edit

Battles of the Iraq War edit

All battles are sorted in chronological order.

Invasion phase (2003) edit

First insurgency phase (2003–2006) edit

Main article: 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency

2003 battles edit

2004 battles edit

Main article: 2004 Iraq spring fighting

2005 battles edit

Civil war (2006–2008) edit

Main article: Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)

2006 battles edit

2007 battles edit

2008 battles edit

Main article: 2008 Iraq spring fighting

Second insurgency phase (2008–2011) edit

Economics of the Iraq War edit

Human rights and war crimes in the Iraq War edit

Casualties edit

Estimates of Iraqi casualties edit

Further information: Casualties of the Iraq War § Total Iraqi casualties
 
White and red flags, representing Iraqi and American deaths respectively, sit in the grass quadrangle of The Valley Library on the campus of Oregon State University. (May 2008)

Chemical weapons edit

Disease edit

Ethnic and religious attacks edit

Attacks are sorted in chronological order.

2003 attacks edit

2004 attacks edit

2005 attacks edit

2006 attacks edit

2007 attacks edit

2008 attacks edit

2009 attacks edit

2010 attacks edit

2011 attacks edit

Hostages and kidnapping edit

Hostage-taking and kidnapping by insurgents edit

Hostage-taking and kidnapping by coalition forces edit

Prisons and torture edit

 
Infamous photo of Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh being tortured at Abu Ghraib prison, standing on a box with wires attached to his hands.[9]

Torture methods edit

Refugees and internal displacement edit

Violence edit

War crimes by U.S.-led coalition forces edit

War crimes are listed in roughly chronological order.

War crimes by the Iraqi Army edit

Other human rights topics edit

Law and the Iraq War edit

Case law edit

UK case law edit

US case law edit

Commissions, inquiries and reports edit

Unofficial commissions edit

Court-martials edit

International law edit

Resolutions, agreements and legislation edit

De-Ba'athification edit

Main article: De-Ba'athification

United Nations Security Council resolutions (2003–2011) edit

Main article: List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iraq

Saddam Hussein edit

Governments, elections and referendums of the Iraq War edit

Governments edit

Governments of Iraq edit

Further information: Transitional Administrative Law (Iraq)
 
Parliament of Iraq holding a meeting in the Baghdad Convention Center, December 2008

Governments of the United Kingdom edit

Governments of the United States edit

Elections and referendums edit

In Iraq edit

Further information: Democracy in Iraq

In the United Kingdom edit

In the United States edit

Protests against the Iraq War edit

Main article: Protests against the Iraq War
Further information: Criticism of the Iraq War
 
 
 
(1) Iraqi citizens protesting coalition forces in downtown Baghdad, April 2003; (2) anti-war protest in Seattle, USA, March 2007; (3) anti-war protest in Sheffield, UK, February 2005

Protests are sorted in chronological order.

Anti-Iraq War groups edit

Groups are sorted in alphabetical order.

Scandals and controversies of the Iraq War edit

Scandals and controversies are sorted in roughly chronological order.

American scandals and controversies edit

British scandals and controversies edit

Other scandals and controversies edit

Views on the Iraq War edit

Main article: Views on the 2003 invasion of Iraq

Aftermath of the Iraq War edit

Aftermath in Iraq edit

See also: Iraqi conflict

Memorials edit

Lists of the Iraq War edit

See also edit

Contemporaneous conflicts in Iraq edit

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Spain, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua
  2. ^ See § Governments of Iraq for more details

Citations edit

  1. ^ Patrick E. Tyler (21 March 2003). "A nation at war: The attack; U.S. and British troops push into Iraq as missiles strike Baghdad compound". The New York Times. p. B8.
  2. ^ Taddonio, Patrice (March 17, 2023). "The U.S.-led Invasion of Iraq, 20 Years Later". PBS Frontline.
  3. ^ Denselow, James (25 October 2011). "The US departure from Iraq is an illusion". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ^ Jaffe, Greg (18 December 2011). "Last U.S. troops cross Iraqi border into Kuwait". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  5. ^ Garamone, Jim (19 September 2002). "Iraq Part of Global War on Terrorism, Rumsfeld Says". American Forces Press Service. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
  6. ^ Marsi, Federica (March 19, 2023). "How the US and UK tried to justify the invasion of Iraq". Al Jazeera.
  7. ^ "Defense.gov News Photos". U.S. Department of Defense. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell Addresses the U.N. Security Council". The White House. February 5, 2003. Archived from the original on April 11, 2003.
  9. ^ "Torture scandal: the images that shamed America". The Guardian. May 2004. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018.

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