Outline of the Iraq War explained
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 US troops were officially withdrawn in 2011.[3] [4] The invasion occurred as part of the George W. Bush administration's war on terror following the September 11 attacks.[5] [6]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
Background to the Iraq War
Historical background
Before 1990
1990–2001
Major overview subdivisions
Timelines
Years in Iraq
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Participants of the Iraq War
See main article: Combatants of the Iraq War.
Multi-National Force – Iraq
See main article: Multi-National Force – Iraq.
March 2003 invasion forces
Other contributors
Iraq
Insurgent groups
See also: Tactics of the Iraqi insurgency.
Shi'a insurgents
See also: Iranian involvement in the Iraq War.
Private militaries
Others
Prelude
See main article: Prelude to the Iraq War.
Rationale for invasion
See main article: Rationale for the Iraq War.
Media and communications of the Iraq War
Documents
Articles are sorted chronologically.
Slogans, symbols and neologisms
Battles of the Iraq War
All battles are sorted in chronological order.
First insurgency phase (2003–2006)
See main article: 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency.
2003 battles
2004 battles
See main article: 2004 Iraq spring fighting.
2005 battles
Civil war (2006–2008)
See main article: Iraqi civil war (2006–2008).
2008 battles
See main article: 2008 Iraq spring fighting.
Second insurgency phase (2008–2011)
Economics of the Iraq War
Human rights and war crimes in the Iraq War
Casualties
Estimates of Iraqi casualties
Chemical weapons
Disease
Ethnic and religious attacks
Attacks are sorted in chronological order.
2011 attacks
Hostages and kidnapping
Hostage-taking and kidnapping by insurgents
Hostage-taking and kidnapping by coalition forces
Prisons and torture
Torture methods
Refugees and internal displacement
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
Court-martials
International law
Resolutions, agreements and legislation
De-Ba'athification
See main article: De-Ba'athification.
United Nations Security Council resolutions (2003–2011)
See main article: List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iraq.
Saddam Hussein
Governments, elections and referendums of the Iraq War
Governments
Governments of Iraq
Governments of the United Kingdom
Governments of the United States
Elections and referendums
In the United Kingdom
In the United States
Protests against the Iraq War
See main article: Protests against the Iraq War.
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.
British scandals and controversies
Other scandals and controversies
Views on the Iraq War
See main article: Views on the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Aftermath of the Iraq War
Aftermath in Iraq
See also: Iraqi conflict.
Memorials
See also
Contemporaneous conflicts in Iraq
References
Notes
- News: 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 . B8 . The New York Times .
- Web site: Taddonio . Patrice . March 17, 2023 . The U.S.-led Invasion of Iraq, 20 Years Later . PBS Frontline.
- News: Denselow . James . 25 October 2011 . The US departure from Iraq is an illusion . The Guardian . London . 10 February 2014.
- News: Jaffe . Greg . 18 December 2011 . Last U.S. troops cross Iraqi border into Kuwait . The Washington Post . 19 December 2011.
- News: Garamone . Jim . 19 September 2002 . Iraq Part of Global War on Terrorism, Rumsfeld Says . American Forces Press Service . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929203848/http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2002/n09192002_200209194.html . 29 September 2007.
- Web site: Marsi . Federica . March 19, 2023 . How the US and UK tried to justify the invasion of Iraq . Al Jazeera.
Citations
External links