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Iraq War - Wikipedia
The Iraq War[nb 1] was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
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The War on Terror (WoT), also known as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a metaphor of war referring to the international military campaign that was launched by the U.S. government after the September 11 attacks in the U.S. in 2001.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Terror

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Iraq War
حرب العراق (Arabic)

Part of the Iraqi conflict and the war on terror

Clockwise from top left:
Iraqi National Guard troops, 2004; toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad, 2003; destroyed Iraqi Type 69 tank, 2003; U.S soldier during a leaflet drop from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, 2008; British armored vehicles on patrol in Basra, 2008; destroyed headquarters of the Ba'ath Party in Baghdad, 2003

Date	20 March 2003 – 18 December 2011 (8 years, 8 months and 28 days)
Location	Iraq
Result	see Aftermath

Belligerents

Invasion (2003)
Coalition of the willing

Kurdistan Region

Iraqi National Congress

Free Iraqi Forces^[3]

Invasion (2003)
Republic of Iraq

MEK^[4]

After Invasion (2003–11)

Iraq

MNF–I (2003–09)

After Invasion (2003–11)

Al-Qaeda in Iraq

Ba'ath loyalists

Islamic Army in Iraq

Islamic State of Iraq

Hamas of Iraq

Jaysh al-Mujahideen

1920 Revolution Brigades

Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna

Sunni insurgents

Special Groups

Commanders and leaders

Strength

Coalition forces (2003)
309,000–584,799
United States: 192,000–466,985 personnel^[5]^[6]
United Kingdom: 45,000
Australia: 2,000
Poland: 194
Peshmerga: 70,000 Coalition forces (2004–09)
176,000 at peak
United States Forces – Iraq (2010–11)
112,000 at activation
Security contractors 6,000–7,000 (estimate)^[7]
Iraqi Security Forces
805,269

Iraqi Armed Forces and paramilitary: 578,269,^[8]^{[page needed]}
Iraqi Police: 227,000)

Awakening militias
≈103,000 (2008)^[9]

Kurdistan Region
≈400,000 (Kurdish Border Guard: 30,000,^[10] Peshmerga 75,000)

Iraqi Armed Forces: 375,000^[a]
Special Iraqi Republican Guard: 12,000
Iraqi Republican Guard: 75,000
Fedayeen Saddam: 30,000

Sunni Insurgents
≈70,000 (2007)^[11]
Mahdi Army
≈60,000 (2007)^[12]^[13]

Islamic State of Iraq
≈1,000 (2008)
Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order
≈500–1,000 (2007)

Casualties and losses

Iraqi Security Forces (post-Saddam)
Killed: 17,690^[b]
Wounded: 40,000+^[19]
Coalition forces
Killed: 4,825 (4,507 US,^[c] 179 UK,^[24] 139 other)^[25]
Missing/captured (US): 17 (9 died in captivity, 8 rescued)^[26]
Wounded: 32,776+ (32,292 US,^[27] 315 UK, 210+ other^[d])^[48]^[49]^[50]^[51]
Injured/diseases/other medical*: 51,139 (47,541 US,^[52] 3,598 UK)^[48]^[50]^[51]
Contractors
Killed: 3,650 ^[53]^[54]^[55]
Wounded & injured: 43,880^[54]^[55]
Awakening Councils
Killed: 1,002+^[e]
Wounded: 500+ (2007),^[56] 828 (2008)^[66]

Total dead: 27,163
Total wounded: 117,961

Iraqi combatant dead (invasion period): 7,600–45,000^[67]^[68]
Insurgents (post-Saddam)
Killed: 26,544+ killed by Coalition and ISF forces (2003–11), excludes inter-insurgent fighting and noncombat losses^[f]
(4,000 foreign fighters killed by Sep. 2006, all causes)^[73]
Detainees:
60,000 (US and Iraqi-held, peak in 2007)^[11]
12,000 (Iraqi-held, in 2010 only)^[74]
119,752 insurgents arrested (2003–2007),^[75] of this about 1/3 were imprisoned for longer than four years^[11]

Total dead: 34,144+–71,544+
Total captured: 120,000+

Documented deaths from violence:
Iraq Body Count (2003 – 14 December 2011): 103,160–113,728 civilian deaths recorded^[76] and 12,438 new deaths added from the Iraq War Logs^[77]
Associated Press (March 2003 – April 2009): 110,600 Iraqi deaths in total^[78]

Statistical estimates
Lancet survey** (March 2003 – July 2006): 654,965 (95% CI: 392,979–942,636)^[79]^[80]
Iraq Family Health Survey*** (March 2003 – July 2006): 151,000 (95% CI: 104,000–223,000)^[81]
Opinion Research Business**: (March 2003 – August 2007): 1,033,000 (95% CI: 946,258–1,120,000)^[82]
PLOS Medicine Study**: (March 2003 – June 2011): 405,000 (60% violent) (95% CI: 48,000–751,000)^[83]

For more information see Casualties of the Iraq War.

* "injured, diseased, or other medical": required medical air transport. UK number includes "aeromed evacuations".
** Total excess deaths include all additional deaths due to increased lawlessness, degraded infrastructure, poorer healthcare, etc.
*** Violent deaths only – does not include excess deaths due to increased lawlessness, poorer healthcare, etc.
**** Sukkariyeh, Syria was also affected (2008 Abu Kamal raid).

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Iraq War - Wikipedia
The Iraq War[nb 1] was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
War on Terror - Wikipedia
The War on Terror (WoT), also known as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a metaphor of war referring to the international military campaign that was launched by the U.S. government after the September 11 attacks in the U.S. in 2001.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Terror