Iraq War حرب العراق (Arabic) |
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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 |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Invasion (2003) Coalition of the willing Kurdistan Region Iraqi National Congress |
Invasion (2003) |
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After Invasion (2003–11) Iraq United States United Kingdom MNF–I (2003–09) Kurdistan Region Awakening Council |
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 |
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Strength | |||||||
Coalition forces (2003)
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] Sunni Insurgents ≈1,000 (2008) Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order ≈500–1,000 (2007) |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
Iraqi Security Forces (post-Saddam) Total wounded: 117,961 |
Iraqi combatant dead (invasion period): 7,600–45,000[67][68] Total dead: 34,144+–71,544+ Total captured: 120,000+ |
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* "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). |
Iraq War حرب العراق (Arabic) |
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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 |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Invasion (2003) Coalition of the willing Kurdistan Region Iraqi National Congress |
Invasion (2003) |
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After Invasion (2003–11) Iraq United States United Kingdom MNF–I (2003–09) Kurdistan Region Awakening Council |
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 |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
Coalition forces (2003)
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] Sunni Insurgents ≈1,000 (2008) Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order ≈500–1,000 (2007) |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
Iraqi Security Forces (post-Saddam) Total wounded: 117,961 |
Iraqi combatant dead (invasion period): 7,600–45,000[67][68] Total dead: 34,144+–71,544+ Total captured: 120,000+ |
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* "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). |