Outline of the Iraq War
The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, the Iraq War.
United States Marines escorting Iraqi prisoners of war to a holding area in the desert, 21 March 2003
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 US troops were officially withdrawn in 2011.[3][4] The invasion occurred as part of the George W. Bush administration's war on terror following the September 11 attacks.[5][6]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
Top level overview articles
Major overview subdivisions
Timelines
Participants of the Iraq War
Multi-National Force – Iraq
March 2003 invasion forces
United States
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Australia (until July 2009)
Poland (until October 2008)
Other contributors
Private militaries
Insurgent groups
Ba'athist insurgents
Sunni insurgents
- Islamic Army in Iraq
- 1920 Revolution Brigades
- Jaish al-Rashideen
- Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance
- Hamas of Iraq
- Jeish Muhammad
- Mujahideen Shura Council (Iraq)
- Islamic State of Iraq
- Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
- Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna
- Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan
- Black Banner Organization
- Wakefulness and Holy War
- Abu Theeb's group
- Abu Bakr Al-Salafi Army
- Mujahideen Army (Iraq)
Shi'a insurgents
Other
Background to the Iraq War
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Historical background
Before 1990
1990–2001
- Gulf War (1990–1991)
- Sanctions against Iraq (1990–2003)
- Iraqi uprisings (1991)
- Iraqi no-fly zones conflict (1991–2003)
- United Nations Special Commission regarding Iraq's use of weapons of mass destruction (1991–1998)
- Oil-for-Food Programme (1995–2003)
- Oil-for-Food Program Hearings (2004–2005)
- 1998 bombing of Iraq
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- War on Terror
- 2001 anthrax attacks
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Rationale for invasion
US Secretary of State Colin Powell, holding up a model vial of alleged weaponized anthrax during a February 2003 presentation at the United Nations.
Media and communications of the Iraq War
Documents
Public relations, propaganda and disinformation
- 2003 State of the Union Address
- AFN Iraq (Freedom Radio)
- Committee for the Liberation of Iraq
- Embedded journalism
- Free speech zone
- Hearts and minds (Iraq)
- Mission Accomplished speech
- Operation Mass Appeal
- Pentagon military analyst program
- Pentagon rapid response operation
- Saddam Hussein's alleged shredder
- White House Iraq Group
- WMD conjecture in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Slogans, symbols and neologisms
- Axis of evil
- "Baghdad Bob"
- "Chemical Ali"
- Coalition of the willing
- Freedom fries
- Friedman Unit
- Global arrogance
- Inverted totalitarianism
- Iraqi map pendant
- Khuy Voyne!
- Make Love Fuck War
- "Mrs. Anthrax"
- Old Europe and New Europe
- Photo Op (photomontage)
- Smoking gun / mushroom cloud
- Shock and awe
- Star Spangled Ice Cream
- "There are unknown unknowns"
Economics of the Iraq War
Battles of the Iraq War
All battles are sorted in chronological order.
Invasion phase (2003)
- Battle of Umm Qasr
- Battle of Al Faw (2003)
- Battle of Basra (2003)
- Battle of Nasiriyah
- 2003 attack on Karbala
- Battle of Haditha Dam
- Battle of Najaf (2003)
- Battle of Samawah (2003)
- Battle of Karbala (2003)
- Battle of Al Kut (2003)
- Battle of Hillah (2003)
- Battle of the Karbala Gap (2003)
- Battle of Debecka Pass
- Battle of Baghdad (2003)
2003 battles
2004 battles
- Defense of the Karbala City Hall
- First Battle of Fallujah
- Siege of Sadr City
- Battle of Ramadi (2004)
- 2004 Good Friday ambush
- Battle of Baghdad International Airport
- Battle of Husaybah (2004)
- Battle of Danny Boy
- Battle of Najaf (2004)
- Battle of the CIMIC House
- Battle of Samarra (2004)
- Second Battle of Fallujah
- Battle of Mosul (2004)
2005 battles
2006 battles
2007 battles
2008 battles
Second insurgency phase (2008–2011)
Human rights and war crimes in the Iraq War
Casualties
Estimates of 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)
- Iraq Family Health Survey (2008)
- Lancet surveys of Iraq War casualties (2004, 2006)
- Iraq Body Count project (2003–2011)
- ORB survey of Iraq War casualties (2007, 2008)
Disease
Ethnic and religious attacks
Attacks are sorted in chronological order.
2003 attacks
2004 attacks
2005 attacks
2006 attacks
2007 attacks
- Mustansiriya University bombings
- Baghdad bombings
- 2007 Al Hillah bombings
- 2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre
- 2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing
- 2007 Karbala mosque bombings
- Massacres of Yazidis
- 2007 Makhmour bombing
- Abu Sayda bombing
- 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing
- 2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing
- 2007 Amirli bombing
- 2007 Kirkuk bombings
- 2007 Al Amarah bombings
2008 attacks
2009 attacks
2010 attacks
- Bagdad bombings
- Nationwide attacks
- 2010 Baqubah bombings
- 2010 Baghdad church massacre
2011 attacks
Prisons and torture
Infamous photo of Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh being tortured at Abu Ghraib prison, standing on a box with wires attached to his hands.
Torture methods
Refugees and internal displacement
War crimes by U.S.-led coalition forces
- War crimes during the 2003 invasion
- Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse (2003–2006)
- Killing of Manadel al-Jamadi (2003)
- Killing of Nadhem Abdullah (2003)
- Death of Nagem Hatab (2003)
- Killing of Baha Mousa (2003)
- Death of Abed Hamed Mowhoush (2003)
- Murder of Muhamad Husain Kadir (2004)
- Death of Fashad Mohamed (2004)
- Mukaradeeb wedding party massacre (2004)
- Basra prison incident (2005)
- Haditha massacre (2005)
- Mahmudiyah rape and killings (2006)
- Ishaqi massacre (2006)
- Hamdania incident (2006)
- Operation Iron Triangle (2006)
- July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike
- Nisour Square massacre (2007)
War crimes by the Iraqi Army
Other human rights topics
- Archaeological looting in Iraq
- Damage to Baghdad during the Iraq War
- Foreign hostages in Iraq
- United States kill or capture strategy in Iraq
Law and the Iraq War
US case law
Commissions, inquiries and reports
- Al-Sweady Inquiry
- Butler Review
- Church Report on detainee interrogation
- Graham/Talent WMD Commission
- Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Fay Report
- Hutton Inquiry
- Iraq Inquiry
- Iraq Study Group Report
- Iraq Intelligence Commission
- Iraq Historic Allegations Team
- Report to Congress on the Situation in Iraq
- Ryder Report (Detention and Corrections in Iraq)
- Senate Report on Iraqi WMD Intelligence
- Taguba Report
International law
Resolutions, agreements and legislation
- Accountability and Justice Act (Iraq)
- American Service-Members' Protection Act (Hague Invasion Act)
- Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (US)
- British parliamentary approval for the invasion of Iraq (UK)
- Iraq oil law (2007)
- Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007
- Military Action Against Iraq (Parliamentary Approval) Bill (1999)
- Military Commissions Act of 2006
- U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
De-Ba'athification
United Nations Security Council resolutions (2003–2011)
- UNSC Resolution 1472 (March 2003)
- UNSC Resolution 1476 (April 2003)
- UNSC Resolution 1483 (May 2003)
- UNSC Resolution 1490 (July 2003)
- UNSC Resolution 1500 (August 2003)
- UNSC Resolution 1511 (October 2003)
- UNSC Resolution 1518 (November 2003)
- UNSC Resolution 1538 (April 2004)
- UNSC Resolution 1546 (June 2004)
- UNSC Resolution 1557 (12 August 2004)
- UNSC Resolution 1618 (4 August 2004)
- UNSC Resolution 1619 (August 2005)
- UNSC Resolution 1637 (November 2005)
- UNSC Resolution 1700 (August 2006)
- UNSC Resolution 1723 (November 2006)
- UNSC Resolution 1762 (June 2007)
- UNSC Resolution 1770 (August 2007)
- UNSC Resolution 1790 (December 2007)
- UNSC Resolution 1830 (August 2008)
- UNSC Resolution 1859 (December 2008)
- UNSC Resolution 1883 (August 2009)
- UNSC Resolution 1905 (December 2009)
- UNSC Resolution 1936 (August 2010)
- UNSC Resolution 1956 (15 December 2010)
- UNSC Resolution 1957 (15 December 2010)
- UNSC Resolution 1958 (15 December 2010)
- UNSC Resolution 2001 (July 2011)
Saddam Hussein
- Capture of Saddam Hussein (December 2003)
- Interrogation of Saddam Hussein (2003–2004)
- Trial of Saddam Hussein (2005–2006)
- Execution of Saddam Hussein (December 2006)
Governments, elections and referendums of the Iraq War
Governments of Iraq
Parliament of Iraq holding a meeting in the Baghdad Convention Center, December 2008
- Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004)
- Iraqi Governing Council (2003–2004)
- Iraqi Interim Government (2004–2005)
- Iraqi Transitional Government (2005–2006)
- Federal government of Iraq (since 2006)
- Governments of Nouri al-Maliki (2006–2010, 2010–2014)
Governments of the United Kingdom
- Premiership of Tony Blair (1997–2007)
- Premiership of Gordon Brown (2007–2010)
- Premiership of David Cameron (2010–2016)
Governments of the United States
- Presidency of George W. Bush (2001–2009)
- Presidency of Barack Obama (2009–2017)
In Iraq
In the United Kingdom
Protests against the Iraq War
Protests are sorted in chronological order.
- Turn Your Back on Bush, 2002; 2005
- Halloween 2002 anti-war protest
- 15 February 2003 anti-war protests
- 20 March 2003 anti-war protest
- 2003 Port of Oakland dock protest
- 2004 Republican National Convention protest activity
- Million Worker March, October 2004
- January 20, 2005 counter-inaugural protest
- Bring Them Home Now Tour, August–September 2005
- September 24, 2005 anti-war protest
- Protests at the 4th Summit of the Americas, November 2005
- January 27, 2007 anti-war protest
- March 17, 2007 anti-war protest
- 2007 Port of Tacoma protests
- September 15, 2007, anti-war protest
- Berkeley Marine Corps Recruiting Center protests, 2007–2008
- March 19, 2008 anti-war protest
- George W. Bush shoeing incident, December 2008
- 2011 Iraqi protests
Anti-Iraq War groups
Groups are sorted in alphabetical order.
- 1984 Network Liberty Alliance
- Anti-War Coalition (South Africa)
- Anti-War Committee (Minnesota, USA)
- Antiwar (website)
- Cairo Anti-war Conference
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Campaign for Peace and Democracy
- Campus Antiwar Network
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
- Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism
- Code Pink
- Coffee Strong
- Community Peacemaker Teams
- Crawford Texas Peace House
- Democracy Rising
- Direct Action to Stop the War
- Food Not Bombs
- Friends of South Asia
- Global Peace and Justice Auckland
- Human shield action to Iraq
- International Campaign Against Aggression on Iraq
- Iraq Peace Action Coalition
- The Iraq Solidarity Campaign
- MoveOn
- National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance
- National Network to End the War Against Iraq
- Not in Our Name
- Pitstop Ploughshares
- Pittsburgh Organizing Group
- Port Militarization Resistance
- Rock Against Bush
- Scotland Against Criminalising Communities
- September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
- Stop the War Coalition (UK)
- Students for a Democratic Society (2006 organization)
- Theaters Against War
- Troops Out Now Coalition
- TrueMajority
- United for Peace and Justice
- Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
- War Resisters Support Campaign
- Win Without War
- The World Can't Wait
Scandals and controversies of the Iraq War
Scandals and controversies are sorted in roughly chronological order.
American scandals and controversies
- Dixie Chicks comments on George W. Bush
- WMD conjecture in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq
- Plame affair
- Iraq War resisters in Canada
- Al Qa'qaa high explosives controversy
- 2004 Iraq document leak
- 2004 Baghdad refusal of orders
- Scott Thomas Beauchamp controversy
- MoveOn.org ad controversy
- Bush Six
- U.S. raid on the Iranian Liaison Office in Erbil
British scandals and controversies
Other scandals and controversies
- Iraq leak, Finland
- Hood event, Turkey
Views on the Iraq War
- Criticism of the Iraq War
- International figures' positions on the 2003 invasion of Iraq
- International reactions to the prelude to the Iraq War
- Opposition to the Iraq War
- Protests against the Iraq War
- Public opinion in the United States on the invasion of Iraq
- United Nations Security Council and the Iraq War
Aftermath of the Iraq War
Aftermath in Iraq
Memorials
- Afghan–Iraqi Freedom Memorial in Salem, Oregon, USA
- Al-Shaheed Monument in Baghdad, Iraq
- Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial in London, England, UK
- Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial in Irvine, California, USA
- Old North Memorial Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Saving Iraqi Culture in Al-Mansour, Baghdad, Iraq
Lists of the Iraq War
- List of assassinations of the Iraq War
- List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War
- List of bombings during the Iraq War
- List of British gallantry awards for the Iraq War
- List of charges in United States v. Manning
- List of coalition military operations of the Iraq War
- List of Iraq War documentaries
- List of Iraqi security forces fatality reports in Iraq
- List of private contractor deaths in Iraq
- List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iraq
- List of United States military installations in Iraq
- Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards
- U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis
See also
- 2005 Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster
- American imperialism
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
- Blackwater (video game)
- Bush Doctrine
- Dead checking
- Efforts to impeach George W. Bush
- Green Zone
- The Iraq War: A Historiography of Wikipedia Changelogs
- Neoconservatism
- "Outposts of tyranny"
- Post-9/11
- A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq
- Six Days in Fallujah
- Strategic reset
- Triangle of Death (Iraq)
- Wolfowitz Doctrine
- Yo, Blair
References
- 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.
- Taddonio, Patrice (March 17, 2023). "The U.S.-led Invasion of Iraq, 20 Years Later". PBS Frontline.
- Denselow, James (25 October 2011). "The US departure from Iraq is an illusion". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- Jaffe, Greg (18 December 2011). "Last U.S. troops cross Iraqi border into Kuwait". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- 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.
- Marsi, Federica (March 19, 2023). "How the US and UK tried to justify the invasion of Iraq". Al Jazeera.
External links
- A timeline of the Iraq War – PBS NewsHour (March 7, 2023)
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