Outline of the Iraq War

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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 US troops were officially withdrawn in 2011.[3][4] The invasion occurred as part of the George W. Bush administration's war on terror following the September 11 attacks.[5][6]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

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]

Multi-National Force – Iraq[edit]

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]

Ba'athist insurgents[edit]

Sunni insurgents[edit]

Shi'a insurgents[edit]

Private militaries[edit]

Others[edit]

Background to the Iraq War[edit]

Historical background[edit]

Before 1990[edit]

1990–2001[edit]

Prelude[edit]

Rationale for invasion[edit]

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]

2003 battles[edit]

2004 battles[edit]

2005 battles[edit]

Civil war (2006–2008)[edit]

2006 battles[edit]

2007 battles[edit]

2008 battles[edit]

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]

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]

United Nations Security Council resolutions (2003–2011)[edit]

Saddam Hussein[edit]

Governments, elections and referendums of the Iraq War[edit]

Governments[edit]

Governments of Iraq[edit]

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]

In the United Kingdom[edit]

In the United States[edit]

Protests against the Iraq War[edit]

(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]

Aftermath of the Iraq War[edit]

Aftermath in Iraq[edit]

Memorials[edit]

Lists of the Iraq War[edit]

See also[edit]

Contemporaneous conflicts in Iraq[edit]

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

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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