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 US troops were officially withdrawn in 2011.[3][4] The invasion occurred as part of the George W. Bush administration's war on terror following the September 11 attacks.[5][6]
Events leading up to the Iraq War |
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Main article: Combatants of the Iraq War |
Main article: Multi-National Force – Iraq |
Further information: United States Forces – Iraq, Joint Special Operations Command Task Force in the Iraq War, and Task Force Viking |
See also: Tactics of the Iraqi insurgency |
See also: Iranian involvement in the Iraq War |
Main article: Prelude to the Iraq War |
Main article: Rationale for the Iraq War |
Articles are sorted chronologically.
All battles are sorted in chronological order.
Main article: 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency |
Main article: 2004 Iraq spring fighting |
Main article: Iraqi civil war (2006–2008) |
Main article: 2008 Iraq spring fighting |
Further information: Casualties of the Iraq War § Total Iraqi casualties |
Attacks are sorted in chronological order.
War crimes are listed in roughly chronological order.
Main article: De-Ba'athification |
Main article: List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iraq |
Further information: Transitional Administrative Law (Iraq) |
Further information: Democracy in Iraq |
Main article: Protests against the Iraq War |
Further information: Criticism of the Iraq War |
Protests are sorted in chronological order.
Groups are sorted in alphabetical order.
Scandals and controversies are sorted in roughly chronological order.
Main article: Views on the 2003 invasion of Iraq |
See also: Iraqi conflict |