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 US troops were officially withdrawn in 2011.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

Overview of articles

Top level overview articles

• Iraq War
• 2003 invasion of Iraq

Background to the Iraq War

Events leading up to the Iraq War
14 July Revolution 1958 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict 1961–1991 17 July Revolution 1968 Iranian revolution 1978–1979 Ba'ath Party Purge 1979 Iran–Iraq War 1980–1988 Iraqgate 1982–c.1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait 1990 Gulf War 1990–1991 Sanctions against Iraq 1990–2003 Iraqi uprisings 1991 Iraqi no-fly zones conflict 1991–2003 Iraq disarmament crisis 1991–2003 Arms-to-Iraq affair 1992–1996 Iraq Liberation Act 1998 September 11 attacks 2001 U.S. anthrax attacks 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan 2001 Alleged Prague connection 2001 Iraq Resolution 2002 Wood Green ricin plot 2003 Colin Powell's UN presentation 2003
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Historical background

• Cold War
• Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
• British foreign policy in the Middle East
  • Iraq–United Kingdom relations
• United States foreign policy in the Middle East
  • Iraq–United States relations

Before 1990

• 14 July Revolution
• Ramadan Revolution
• 17 July Revolution
• Iranian Revolution
• 1979 Ba'ath Party Purge
• Iran–Iraq War
  • United States support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War
  • British support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War
    • Arms-to-Iraq affair (Scott Report)
  • Iraqi chemical attacks against Iran
  • Anfal campaign
  • Iran–Contra affair

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

• Rationale for the Iraq War
• Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011)
  • American occupation of Ramadi
• Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
• Anbar campaign (2003–2011)
• Fallujah during the Iraq War
• Execution of Saddam Hussein (2006)
• Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)
• Iraq War troop surge of 2007
• Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)

Timelines

• Timeline of the Iraq War
  • Timeline of the 2003 invasion of Iraq
  • Timeline of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007
• Iraq disarmament timeline 1990–2003
• Timeline of Saddam–al-Qaeda conspiracy allegations
• Timeline of the Plame affair

Years in Iraq

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

Participants of the Iraq War

Multi-National Force – Iraq

• Balad Air Base
• Multi-National Division - Baghdad
• Multinational Division Central-South
• Multi-National Division (South-East)
• Multi-National Force West
• Multi-National Security Transition Command – 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)
• 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

Insurgent groups

Ba'athist insurgents

• Fedayeen Saddam
• Al-Awda (guerrilla organization)
• Popular Army (Iraq)
• Al-Abud Network
• Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order
• Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation

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
  • Al-Qaeda in Iraq
  • Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah
• 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

• Special Groups (Iraq)
• Mahdi Army
• Abu Deraa's militia
• Badr Organization
• Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
• Sheibani Network
• Soldiers of Heaven
• Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
• Promised Day Brigade
• Kata'ib Hezbollah

Private militaries

• Private militias in Iraq
• Private military company § Iraq
  • Aegis Defence Services
  • Asgaard – German Security Group
  • Blackwater (company)
  • Custer Battles
  • DynCorp
  • KBR (company)
  • Unity Resources Group

Others

• Canada
• Iran

Prelude

• Failed Iraqi peace initiatives
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441
• 2003 United States–British–Spanish Draft Resolution on Iraq

Rationale for invasion

• Colin Powell's presentation to the United Nations Security Council
• Human rights in Ba'athist Iraq
• Iraq and weapons of mass destruction
  • Allegations of Iraqi mobile weapons laboratories
    • Curveball (informant)
  • Iraq disarmament crisis
  • Iraqi aluminum tubes
  • Iraqi biological weapons program
  • Niger uranium forgeries
• Iraq War and the war on terror
  • Mohamed Atta's alleged Prague connection
  • Saddam–al-Qaeda conspiracy theory
  • Wood Green ricin plot

Media and communications of the Iraq War

• Al Jazeera bombing memo
• Dover test
• February 2003 Saddam Hussein interview
• International figures' positions on the 2003 invasion of Iraq
• International reactions to the prelude to the Iraq War
• Media coverage of the Iraq War
• Oprah's Anti-war series

Documents

Articles are sorted chronologically.

• Habbush letter
• Downing Street memo
• Torture Memos
• September Dossier
• Land letter
• Vilnius letter
• The letter of the eight
• Bush–Blair 2003 Iraq memo
• Iraq Dossier (or February Dossier)
• Bush–Aznar memo
• 2004 Iraq document leak
• Iraq War Logs

Public relations, propaganda and disinformation

• 2003 State of the Union Address
• AFN Iraq (Freedom Radio)
• Azores Summit
• Committee for the Liberation of Iraq
• Embedded journalism
• Free speech zone
• Hearts and minds (Iraq)
• Mission Accomplished speech
• Office of Special Plans
• Operation Mass Appeal
• Pentagon military analyst program
• Pentagon rapid response operation
• Saddam Hussein's alleged shredder
• White House Iraq Group
• WMD conjecture after 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"

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)
• Battle of Ain Sifni

First insurgency phase (2003–2006)

2003 battles

• Battle of Majar al-Kabir
• Ramadan Offensive (2003)

2004 battles

• 2004 Fallujah ambush
• 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

• Lake Tharthar raid
• Battle of Abu Ghraib
• Battle of Al-Qa'im (2005)
• 2005 Hit convoy ambush
• Battle of Haditha
• Battle of Tal Afar (2005)

Civil war (2006–2008)

2006 battles

• Battle of Baghdad (2006–2008)
• Battle of Ramadi (2006)
• Second Battle of Habbaniyah
• Battle of Diwaniya
• Battle of Al Rumaythah
• Battle of Amarah
• Battle of Turki

2007 battles

• Battle of Haifa Street
• Karbala provincial headquarters raid
• Battle of Najaf (2007)
• Operation Shurta Nasir
• Battle of Basra (2007)
• Battle of Baqubah
• Battle of Route Bismarck
• Battle of Donkey Island
• Battle of Karbala (2007)

2008 battles

• 2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting
• 2008 Nineveh campaign
• Battle of Basra (2008)
• 2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq

Second insurgency phase (2008–2011)

• Operation Augurs of Prosperity
• 2008 Abu Kamal raid
• Battle of the Palm Grove

Economics of the Iraq War

• Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP)
• Development Fund for Iraq (DFI)
• Economic reform of Iraq
• Financial cost of the Iraq War
• Allegations of misappropriations related to the Iraq War
• Investment in post-invasion Iraq
• Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)
• Task Force Shield

Human rights and war crimes in the Iraq War

• Human rights in post-invasion Iraq
• Humanitarian crises of 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

• Chlorine bombings in Iraq
• White phosphorus munitions § Use by US forces in Iraq

Disease

• 2007 Iraq cholera outbreak

Ethnic and religious attacks

Attacks are sorted in chronological order.

2003 attacks

• 2003 bombing of Jordanian embassy in Baghdad
• Canal Hotel bombing
• Imam Ali Shrine bombing
• 27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings

2004 attacks

• 2004 Erbil bombings
• 2004 Ashura massacre
• 21 April 2004 Basra bombings
• 2004 Mosul bombings
• 2004 attacks on churches in Iraq
• Baghdad bombings
  • 14 September
  • 30 September
• 2004 Karbala and Najaf bombings
• 2004 Baqubah bombing
• 2004 Kufa mosque bombing

2005 attacks

• 2005 Al Hillah bombing
• 2005 Erbil bombing
• 2005 Musayyib bombing
• Baghdad bombings
  • August
  • September
• 2005 Balad bombings
• 2005 Khanaqin bombings

2006 attacks

• 5 January 2006 Iraq bombings
• 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing
• Buratha mosque bombing
• Sadr City bombings
  • July
  • November
• Hayy Al-Jihad massacre

2007 attacks

• Mustansiriya University bombings
• Baghdad bombings
  • 22 January
  • 3 February
  • 12 February
  • 18 February
  • 29 March
  • 18 April
  • 26 July
  • 1 August
• 2007 Al Hillah bombings
• 2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre
• 2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing
• 2007 Karbala mosque bombings
• Massacres of Yazidis
  • April 2007 Yazidi massacre
  • Qahtaniyah bombings
• 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

• Bagdad bombings
  • February
  • March
  • June
• 2008 Balad bombing
• 2008 Karbala bombing
• 2008 Karmah bombing
• 2008 Dujail bombing
• 2008 Balad Ruz bombing
• 2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul
• Abdullah restaurant bombing

2009 attacks

• Bagdad bombings
  • March
  • 6 April
  • June
  • August
  • October
  • December
• April 2009 Baghdad–Miqdadiyah suicide attacks
• 2009 Taza bombing
• 2009 Kirkuk bombing
• 2009 Tal Afar bombing

2010 attacks

• Bagdad bombings
  • January
  • February
  • April
  • August
  • September
  • November
• Nationwide attacks
  • 10 May
  • 25 August
• 2010 Baqubah bombings
• 2010 Baghdad church massacre

2011 attacks

• Bagdad bombings
  • August
  • October
• 2011 Tikrit assault
• 2011 Al Hillah bombing
• 2011 Samarra bombing
• 2011 Al Diwaniyah bombing
• 2011 Taji bombings
• 2011 Karbala bombing
• 2011 Basra bombings
• Nationwide attacks
  • January
  • August

Hostages and kidnapping

• Foreign hostages in Iraq
• Hostage Working Group

Hostage-taking and kidnapping by insurgents

• June 2006 abduction of United States soldiers in Iraq
• May 2007 abduction of United States soldiers in Iraq
• Abduction of Russian diplomats in Iraq
• Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis
• Kidnapping of Angelo dela Cruz
• Nepal hostage crisis

Hostage-taking and kidnapping by coalition forces

• Kidnapping of Jalal Sharafi
• United States raid on the Iranian Liaison Office in Erbil

Prisons and torture

• Iraq prison abuse scandals
  • Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
  • Camp Bucca
  • Camp Cropper
  • Camp Nama
• Invasion of Iraq prisoner escapes
• Iraq War prisoners of war (category)
  • United States prisoners of war in the 2003 invasion of Iraq
• United States prison operations in the Iraq War
  • Ghost detainees
• Wolf Brigade (Iraq)

Torture methods

• Copper Green
• Enhanced interrogation techniques
• Five techniques

Refugees and internal displacement

• Internally displaced persons in Iraq
• Refugees of Iraq
  • Assyrian exodus from Iraq
  • Diavata refugee camp
  • Iraqi Refugee Camp, West Azerbaijan
• List Project

Targeted violence

• Sectarian violence in Iraq
• Violence against academics in post-invasion Iraq
• Violence against Palestinians in the Iraq War

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

Other human rights topics

• Archaeological looting in Iraq
• Damage to Baghdad during the Iraq War
• United States kill or capture strategy in Iraq

Law and the Iraq War

• Legality of the Iraq War
• Legitimacy of the 2003 invasion of Iraq
• Iraqi sovereignty during the Iraq War

Case law

UK case law

• Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs v Rahmatullah

US case law

• Doe v. Bush
• Abtan v. Blackwater
• Rumsfeld v. Padilla
• Saleh v. Bush
• United States v. Libby

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

Unofficial commissions

• Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission

Courts-martial

• United States v. Hasan K. Akbar
• United States v. Manning

International law

• International Criminal Court and the 2003 invasion of Iraq
• United States and the International Criminal Court
  • American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the International Criminal Court
• United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)

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
  • Coalition Provisional Authority Order 1
  • Coalition Provisional Authority Order 2
  • Coalition Provisional Authority Order 17

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

• 2005 Iraqi governorate elections
• 2005 Iraqi constitutional referendum
  • Constitution of Iraq
• January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election
• December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election
• 2009 Iraqi governorate elections
• 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election

In the United Kingdom

• 2001 United Kingdom general election
• 2005 United Kingdom general election
• 2010 United Kingdom general election

In the United States

• 2000 United States presidential election
• 2004 United States presidential election
• 2008 United States presidential election

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
• 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.

• 1984 Network Liberty Alliance
• About Face: Veterans Against the War
• A.N.S.W.E.R.
• Anti-War Coalition (South Africa)
• Anti-War Committee (Minnesota, USA)
• Antiwar (website)
• Appeal for Redress
• 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
• Courage to Resist
• Crawford Texas Peace House
• Democracy Rising
• Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change
• Direct Action to Stop the War
• Food Not Bombs
• Friends of South Asia
• Global Peace and Justice Auckland
• Gold Star Families for Peace
• Human shield action to Iraq
• International Campaign Against Aggression on Iraq
• Iraq Peace Action Coalition
• 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)
• Tent State University
• Theaters Against War
• Troops Out Now Coalition
• TrueMajority
• United for Peace and Justice
• Veterans for Common Sense
• 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

British scandals and controversies

• 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident
• Death of David Kelly
• Al Jazeera bombing memo

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
• List of Iraq War resisters

Aftermath of the Iraq War

Aftermath in Iraq

• Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
• War in Iraq (2013–2017)
• War against the Islamic State (2014–present)
• American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)
• Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)

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

• 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 casualties during the Iraq War
• List of British gallantry awards for the Iraq War
• List of British military installations used during 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
• Eyes Wide Open (exhibit)
• Green Zone and Red Zone (Iraq)
• Guantanamo Bay detention camp
• The Iraq War: A Historiography of Misplaced Pages 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)
• United States militarism
• Wolfowitz Doctrine
• Yo, Blair
• Environmental impact of the Gulf wars

Contemporaneous conflicts in Iraq

• Iran–PJAK conflict (from 2004)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)
  • List of Turkish operations in northern Iraq
    • December 2007 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq
    • 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq
    • August 2011 Turkey–Iraq cross-border raids
    • 2011 Hakkâri attack

References

Notes

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

Citations

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.
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.

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

v t e Iraq War (2003–2011)
Beginning of the Iraqi conflict
Prelude Background Pre-1990 17 July Revolution Iranian Revolution 1979 Ba'ath Party Purge Iran–Iraq War British / U.S. support for Iraq Chemical attacks against Iran Anfal campaign Iran–Contra affair 1990–2003 Gulf War Invasion of Kuwait Nayirah testimony Sanctions against Iraq No-fly zones 1991 uprisings UNSCOM Arms-to-Iraq affair Oil-for-Food Programme Investigations September 11 attacks Aftermath War on terror 2001 anthrax attacks U.S. War in Afghanistan Invasion Rationale WMD claims Yellowcake uranium Aluminum tubes Biological weapons Chemical weapons "Curveball" Mobile weapon labs Saddam–al-Qaeda conspiracy theory Anthrax claims Prague Ricin claims Oil as a possible rationale Issues American imperialism Bush Doctrine Wolfowitz Doctrine Colin Powell's UN presentation Disarmament crisis UNMOVIC Failed peace initiatives Iraq resolution / UK parliament's support for invasion Iraqi–Kurdish conflict Legality Legitimacy of the invasion Media coverage Military analyst program Rapid response operation Saddam's alleged shredder Preemptive war Saddam Hussein and human rights Dossiers and memos Habbush letter Downing Street memo September Dossier Vilnius letter Letter of the eight Bush–Blair 2003 memo February Dossier Bush–Aznar memo
Overview Key events Invasion (2003) Occupation (2003–2011) Insurgency 2003–06 period Anbar campaign Fallujah Capture of Saddam Hussein Interrogation Trial Execution / Reactions 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing Civil war (2006–08) 2007 U.S. troop surge timeline U.S. withdrawal Status of forces agreement Invasion (2003) Timeline Preparations for invasion Multi-National Force Battle of Nasiriyah Fall of Baghdad Battle of Debecka Pass Firdos Square statue Mission Accomplished speech US public opinion Occupation (2003–2011) Occupation of Ramadi De-Ba'athification 100 Orders CPA Order 2 CPA Order 17 U.S. military bases Blackwater Reconstruction Development Fund Economic reform UNAMI Al Qa'qaa high explosives U.S. kill or capture strategy Replacement governments Coalition Provisional Authority Iraqi Governing Council Interim Government 2005 parliamentary elections Transitional Government Constitution Ratification
Participants Countries Australia Ba'athist Iraq Denmark Georgia Iran Italy Japan Poland South Korea Thailand Ukraine United Kingdom United States Insurgent groups Sunni groups Islamic Army in Iraq 1920 Revolution Brigades Jaish al-Rashideen Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance Hamas of Iraq Jeish Muhammad Mujahideen Shura Council Islamic State of Iraq Al-Qaeda in Iraq Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah 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 Shia groups Mahdi Army Abu Deraa's militia Badr Organization Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Sheibani Network Soldiers of Heaven Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Promised Day Brigade Kata'ib Hezbollah Ba'ath loyalists Fedayeen Saddam Al-Awda Popular Army Al-Abud Network Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation
Battles and operations Operations 2003 Ancient Babylon Catalyst Desert Scorpion Desert Thrust Falconer Iron Hammer Iron Justice Ivy Blizzard Northern Delay Airborne Dragon Panther Squeeze Peninsula Strike Planet X Capture of Saddam Hussein (Red Dawn) Telic 2004 Baton Rouge Bulldog Mammoth Iron Saber New Dawn (Al Fajr) Phantom Fury Phantom Linebacker Plymouth Rock Vigilant Resolve Warrior's Rage 2005 Able Rising Force Able Warrior Cyclone Iron Hammer Matador New Market Spear (Romhe) Squeeze Play Steel Curtain 2006 Al Majid Gaugamela Guardian Tiger Iron Triangle River Falcon Sinbad Swarmer Together Forward 2007 Alljah Arbead II Ardennes Black Eagle Commando Eagle Forsythe Park Imposing Law Leyte Gulf Marne Avalanche Marne Torch Mawtini Phantom Strike Phantom Thunder Polar Tempest Purple Haze Saber Guardian Sledgehammer Stampede 3 Tiger Hammer Valiant Guardian (Harris Ba'sil) 2008 Defeat Al Qaeda in the North Augurs of Prosperity Phantom Phoenix 2009–2011 New Dawn Battles 2003 Invasion Umm Qasr Al Faw Basra I Nasiriyah Karbala I Haditha Dam Najaf I Samawah I Karbala II Al Kut Hillah Karbala Gap Debecka Pass Baghdad I Majar al-Kabir Ramadan Offensive 2004 Spring fighting Karbala City Hall Fallujah I Siege of Sadr City Ramadi I Good Friday ambush Baghdad International Airport Husaybah Danny Boy Najaf II CIMIC House Samarra Fallujah II Mosul 2005 Lake Tharthar Abu Ghraib Al-Qa'im Hit convoy Haditha Tal Afar 2006 Baghdad II Ramadi II Diwaniya Al Rumaythah Amarah Turki 2007 Haifa Street Karbala provincial HQ Najaf III Shurta Nasir Basra II Baqubah Route Bismarck Donkey Island Karbala III 2008 Spring fighting Iraqi Day of Ashura Nineveh Basra III Al-Qaeda offensive 2009–2011 Palm Grove (2010) Related events Turkish incursions into northern Iraq 2007 2008 Abu Kamal raid
War crimes Occupation forces Killings and massacres During the 2003 invasion U.S. killings of journalists Fallujah killings Killing of Nadhem Abdullah (2003) Murder of Muhamad Husain Kadir Mukaradeeb wedding party massacre (2004) Haifa Street helicopter incident (2005) Tal Afar shootings (2005) Basra prison incident (2005) Haditha massacre (2005) Mahmudiyah rape and killings (2006) Ishaqi massacre (2006) Baghdad detainee killings (2006) Hamdania incident (2006) Iraqi bodyguard killing (2006) Iron Triangle Murders (2006) Baghdad airstrike (2007) Nisour Square massacre (2007) Iraq War Logs (2010) Chemical weapons Use of white phosphorus by the United States (2004–05) Torture and abuse Abu Ghraib prison (2003–06) Camp Bucca (2003–09) Camp Nama (2003–04) Balad Air Base (2003–2011) Death of Nagem Hatab (2003) Killing of Baha Mousa (2003) Death of Abed Hamed Mowhoush (2003) Killing of Manadel al-Jamadi (2003) Death of Fashad Mohamed (2004) § Other killings and bombings 2003 Jordanian embassy Canal Hotel Imam Ali mosque bombing Baghdad October 2003 2004 Erbil 2004 Ashura massacre Basra 2004 Mosul 2004 2004 church bombings Baghdad bombings 14 September 30 September Karbala and Najaf bombings Baqubah 2004 Kufa mosque bombing 2005 Al Hillah 2005 Erbil 2005 Musayyib bombing Baghdad bombings August September Balad 2005 Khanaqin bombings 2006 Karbala and Ramadi Al-Askari mosque 2006 Buratha mosque bombing Sadr City bombings July November Hayy Al-Jihad massacre 2007 Mustansiriya University Baghdad bombings 22 January 3 February 12 February 18 February 29 March 18 April 26 July 1 August Al Hillah 2007 Tal Afar 2007 Iraqi Parliament 2007 Karbala mosque bombings Massacres of Yazidis April massacre Qahtaniyah bombings Makhmour Abu Sayda Al-Askari mosque 2007 Al-Khilani mosque bombing Amirli bombing Kirkuk 2007 Al Amarah bombings 2008 Bagdad bombings February March June Balad 2008 Karbala 2008 Al-Karmah Dujail bombing Balad Ruz bombing Attacks on Christians in Mosul 2009 Bagdad bombings March 6 April June August October December Baghdad–Miqdadiyah Taza bombing Kirkuk 2009 Tal Afar 2009 2010 Nationwide attacks 10 May 25 August Bagdad bombings January February April August September November Baqubah 2010 Baghdad church massacre 2011 Nationwide attacks January August Bagdad bombings January August October Arba'een bombings Tikrit assault Al Hillah 2011 Samarra bombing Al Diwaniyah bombing Taji bombings Karbala 2011 Basra 2011 Other war crimes Raid on Camp Ashraf (2011) Archaeological looting Chlorine bombings Torture by the Wolf Brigade (2004–2011) Prosecution United States and the International Criminal Court Hague Invasion Act Prosecution for the 2003 invasion Abtan v. Blackwater Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Saleh v. Bush Taguba Report § All attacks listed in this group were either committed by insurgents, or have unknown perpetrators
Impact General Casualties Iraq Body Count Iraq Family Health Survey Lancet surveys ORB survey Damage to Baghdad Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster Human rights Humanitarian crisis 2007 cholera outbreak Financial cost Refugees Iraqi Christians Mandaeans Violence against Iraqi academics Political controversies Post-invasion WMD conjecture Iraq scandal in Finland Dixie Chicks comments Plame affair Hood event Death of David Kelly Hutton Inquiry Kidnapping of Angelo dela Cruz 2004 document leak Al Jazeera bombing memo Scott Thomas Beauchamp controversy MoveOn.org ad controversy Six Days in Fallujah Role of Canada War resisters Investigations Senate Report on WMD Intelligence Duelfer Report Chilcot Inquiry Reactions Pre-war Pre-war international reactions Khuy Voyne! Saddam Hussein interview Views on the invasion U.S. public opinion Opposition Criticism United Nations Oprah's Anti-war series Iraqi map pendant Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan Photo Op A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq Bush shoe-throwing incident Protests Halloween 2002 February 15, 2003 March 20, 2003 Bring Them Home Now Tour January 20, 2005 September 24, 2005 January 27, 2007 March 17, 2007 2007 Port of Tacoma September 15, 2007 March 19, 2008 Aftermath in Iraq The rise of ISIL Insurgency (2011–13) War in Iraq (2013–17) War against ISIL (2014–present) U.S.-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021) Insurgency (2017–present)
Miscellaneous Terminology Axis of evil Outposts of tyranny "Baghdad Bob" "Chemical Ali" Coalition of the willing Dead checking Embedded journalism Freedom fries Friedman Unit "Mother of All Bombs" "Mrs. Anthrax" Old Europe and New Europe Regime change Shock and awe "Sixteen Words" "Smoking gun / mushroom cloud" Star Spangled Ice Cream Strategic reset "There are unknown unknowns" Triangle of Death "Yo, Blair" Critical Global arrogance Inverted totalitarianism "The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time" Memorials Afghan–Iraqi Freedom Memorial (Salem, Oregon) Al-Shaheed Monument Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial (London) Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial Old North Memorial Garden Saving Iraqi Culture Lists Assassinations Aviation shootdowns and accidents Bombings Coalition military operations Documentaries Iraqi security forces fatality reports Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards Private contractor deaths Timeline 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Related Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Chelsea Manning CIA black sites Efforts to impeach George W. Bush "Enhanced interrogation techniques" Torture in the United States Extraordinary rendition Green Zone Guantanamo Bay detention camp Gulf of Tonkin incident Resolution Military–industrial complex Neoconservatism Patriot Act Petrodollar warfare theory Post-9/11 Special Relationship The Iraq War: A Historiography of Misplaced Pages Changelogs Unilateralism Unitary executive theory U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East WikiLeaks Ba'ath Party archives
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