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 US troops were officially withdrawn in 2011.[3][4] The invasion occurred as part of the George W. Bush administration's war on terror following the September 11 attacks.[5][6]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

Top level overview articles

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Changes in territorial control during the 2003 invasion of Iraq

Major overview subdivisions

Timelines

Years in Iraq

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

Background to the Iraq War

Historical background

Before 1990

1990–2001

Participants of the Iraq War

Multi-National Force – Iraq

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United States Marines escorting Iraqi prisoners of war to a holding area in the desert, 21 March 2003.[7]

March 2003 invasion forces

Other contributors

Iraq

Insurgent groups

Ba'athist insurgents

Sunni insurgents

Shi'a insurgents

Private militaries

Others

Prelude

Rationale for invasion

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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

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Documents

Articles are sorted chronologically.

Public relations, propaganda and disinformation

Slogans, symbols and neologisms

Battles of the Iraq War

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All battles are sorted in chronological order.

Invasion phase (2003)

First insurgency phase (2003–2006)

2003 battles

2004 battles

2005 battles

Civil war (2006–2008)

2006 battles

2007 battles

2008 battles

Second insurgency phase (2008–2011)


Economics of the Iraq War

Human rights and war crimes in the Iraq War

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Casualties

Estimates of Iraqi casualties

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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

Disease

Ethnic and religious attacks

Attacks are sorted in chronological order.

2003 attacks

2004 attacks

2005 attacks

2006 attacks

2007 attacks

2008 attacks

2009 attacks

2010 attacks

2011 attacks

Hostages and kidnapping

Hostage-taking and kidnapping by insurgents

Hostage-taking and kidnapping by coalition forces

Prisons and torture

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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

Refugees and internal displacement

Targeted violence

War crimes by U.S.-led coalition forces

War crimes are listed in roughly chronological order.

War crimes by the Iraqi Army

Other human rights topics

Law and the Iraq War

Case law

UK case law

US case law

Commissions, inquiries and reports

Unofficial commissions

Courts-martial

International law

Resolutions, agreements and legislation

De-Ba'athification

United Nations Security Council resolutions (2003–2011)

Saddam Hussein

Governments, elections and referendums of the Iraq War

Governments

Governments of Iraq

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Parliament of Iraq holding a meeting in the Baghdad Convention Center, December 2008

Governments of the United Kingdom

Governments of the United States

Elections and referendums

In Iraq

In the United Kingdom

In the United States

Protests against the Iraq War

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(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

Groups are sorted in alphabetical order.

Scandals and controversies of the Iraq War

Scandals and controversies are sorted in roughly chronological order.

American scandals and controversies

British scandals and controversies

Other scandals and controversies

Views on the Iraq War

Aftermath of the Iraq War

Aftermath in Iraq

Memorials

Lists of the Iraq War

See also

Contemporaneous conflicts in Iraq

References

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