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 US troops were officially withdrawn in 2011.^[3]^[4] The invasion occurred as part of the George W. Bush administration's war on terror following the September 11 attacks.^[5]^[6]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

Background to the Iraq War

Historical background

Before 1990

1990–2001

Gulf War (1990–1991)
- Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
- Nayirah testimony
Sanctions against Iraq (1990–2003)
Iraqi uprisings (1991)
Iraqi no-fly zones conflict (1991–2003)
- Operation Provide Comfort
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)
- Motives for the September 11 attacks
- Aftermath of the September 11 attacks
  - Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001
  - Patriot Act
War on terror
2001 anthrax attacks
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- United States invasion of Afghanistan (2001)

Major overview subdivisions

Timelines

Years in Iraq

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

Participants of the Iraq War

Multi-National Force – Iraq

March 2003 invasion forces

United States
- Foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration
United Kingdom (until May 2011)
Australia (until July 2009)
- Al Muthanna Task Group
Poland (until October 2008)
- Polish zone in Iraq

Other contributors

Denmark (April 2003–2008)
South Korea (May 2003–2008)
Italy (July 2003–2006)
Plus Ultra Brigade (July 2003–2004)^[a]
Georgia (August 2003–2008)
Ukraine (August 2003–2008)
Thailand (September 2003–2004)
Japan (2004–2006)

Iraq

Ba'athist Iraq (until April 2003)
Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004)
Republic of Iraq^[b]

Insurgent groups

Ba'athist insurgents

Sunni insurgents

Shi'a insurgents

Private militaries

Others

Canada
Iran

Prelude

Rationale for invasion

Media and communications of the Iraq War

Documents

Articles are sorted chronologically.

Public relations, propaganda and disinformation

Slogans, symbols and neologisms

Battles of the Iraq War

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

Casualties

Casualties of the Iraq War
- List of Iraqi security forces fatality reports in Iraq
- List of private contractor deaths in Iraq

Estimates of Iraqi casualties

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)

Chemical weapons

Disease

2007 Iraq cholera outbreak

Ethnic and religious attacks

Attacks are sorted in chronological order.

2003 attacks

2004 attacks

2005 attacks

2006 attacks

2007 attacks

2011 attacks

Hostages and kidnapping

Hostage-taking and kidnapping by insurgents

Hostage-taking and kidnapping by coalition forces

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.^[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 during the 2003 invasion
- April 2003 journalist killings by the United States
- Fallujah killings of April 2003
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)
Haifa Street helicopter incident (2005)
January 2005 Tal Afar shootings
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

2011 raid on Camp Ashraf

Law and the Iraq War

Case law

UK case law

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs v Rahmatullah

US case law

Commissions, inquiries and reports

Unofficial commissions

Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission

Courts-martial

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 (US, 2002)
- Repeal of the 2002 AUMF
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

100 Orders

United Nations Security Council resolutions (2003–2011)

S/RES/1472 (March 2003)
S/RES/1476 (April 2003)
S/RES/1483 (May 2003)
S/RES/1490 (July 2003)
S/RES/1500 (August 2003)
S/RES/1511 (October 2003)
S/RES/1518 (November 2003)
S/RES/1538 (April 2004)
S/RES/1546 (June 2004)
S/RES/1557 (12 August 2004)
S/RES/1618 (4 August 2004)
S/RES/1619 (August 2005)
S/RES/1637 (November 2005)
S/RES/1700 (August 2006)
S/RES/1723 (November 2006)
S/RES/1762 (June 2007)
S/RES/1770 (August 2007)
S/RES/1790 (December 2007)
S/RES/1830 (August 2008)
S/RES/1859 (December 2008)
S/RES/1883 (August 2009)
S/RES/1905 (December 2009)
S/RES/1936 (August 2010)
S/RES/1956 (15 December 2010)
S/RES/1957 (15 December 2010)
S/RES/1958 (15 December 2010)
S/RES/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)
- Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein

Governments, elections and referendums of the Iraq War

Governments

Governments of Iraq

Revolutionary Command Council (1968–2003)
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)
  - 2006 Iraqi government formation
  - 2010 Iraqi government formation

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)

Elections and referendums

In Iraq

In the United Kingdom

In the United States

Protests against 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.

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
Protests against the 2004 Istanbul summit
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
Self-immolation of Malachi Ritscher, November 2006
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
Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan, March 13–16, 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.

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

Iraq leak, Finland
Hood event, Turkey

Views on 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
Arlington West and Arlington Southwest, USA
Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial in London, England
Lafayette hillside memorial, California, USA
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

References

Notes

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

Citations

^ 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.
^ "Defense.gov News Photos". U.S. Department of Defense. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014.
^ "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.
^ "Torture scandal: the images that shamed America". The Guardian. May 2004. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018.

External links

A timeline of the Iraq War – PBS NewsHour (March 7, 2023)
CPA Official Documents – official documents of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), archived at the University of North Texas
Iraq Body Count website
- Iraq Body Count database

[8] Spain, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua

[9] See § Governments of Iraq for more details

[oil-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.

[Denselow-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.

[10] "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.

[11] "Torture scandal: the images that shamed America". The Guardian. May 2004. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018.

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