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The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, the Iraq War.

'''Iraq War''' – a [[Social:War|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.<ref name="oil">{{cite news |author=Patrick E. Tyler |date=21 March 2003 |title=A nation at war: The attack; U.S. and British troops push into Iraq as missiles strike Baghdad compound |page=B8 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/21/world/nation-war-attack-us-british-troops-push-into-iraq-missiles-strike-baghdad.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taddonio |first=Patrice |date=March 17, 2023 |title=The U.S.-led Invasion of Iraq, 20 Years Later |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/iraq-war-invasion-anniversary-20-years-documentaries/ |website=PBS Frontline}}</ref> The conflict continued for much of the next decade as [[Religion:Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)|an insurgency]] emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government. US troops were officially withdrawn in 2011.<ref name="Denselow">{{cite news |last=Denselow |first=James |date=25 October 2011 |title=The US departure from Iraq is an illusion |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/oct/25/us-departure-iraq-illusion |access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Jaffe |first=Greg |date=18 December 2011 |title=Last U.S. troops cross Iraqi border into Kuwait |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/last-us-troops-cross-iraqi-border-into-kuwait/2011/12/17/gIQArEyX1O_story.html |access-date=19 December 2011}}</ref> The invasion occurred as part of the George W. Bush administration's war on terror following the [[Religion:September 11 attacks|September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Garamone |first=Jim |date=19 September 2002 |title=Iraq Part of Global War on Terrorism, Rumsfeld Says |publisher=American Forces Press Service |url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2002/n09192002_200209194.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929203848/http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2002/n09192002_200209194.html |archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marsi |first=Federica |date=March 19, 2023 |title=How the US and UK tried to justify the invasion of Iraq |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/19/examining-justifications-us-invasion-iraq |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>

== Overview of articles ==

=== Top level overview articles ===
[[File:Iraq War 2003.gif|thumb|Changes in territorial control during the 2003 invasion of Iraq ]]
* Iraq War
* 2003 invasion of Iraq

=== Major overview subdivisions ===

* Rationale for the Iraq War
* Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011)
** American occupation of Ramadi
* [[Religion:Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)|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 ====
* {{Flagdeco|United States|variant=2011}} United States
** Foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration
* {{Flagdeco|United Kingdom|variant=2011}} United Kingdom (until May 2011)
* {{Flagdeco|Australia|variant=2009}} Australia (until July 2009)
** Al Muthanna Task Group
* {{Flagdeco|Poland|variant=2008}} Poland (until October 2008)
** Polish zone in Iraq

==== Other contributors ====
* {{Flagdeco|Denmark|variant=2007}} Denmark (April 2003–2008)
* {{Flagdeco|South Korea|variant=2008}} South Korea (May 2003–2008)
* {{Flagdeco|Italy|variant=2006}} Italy (July 2003–2006)
* Plus Ultra Brigade (July 2003–2004){{Efn|Spain, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua}}
* {{Flagdeco|Georgia|variant=2008}} Georgia (August 2003–2008)
* {{Flagdeco|Ukraine|variant=2008}} Ukraine (August 2003–2008)
* {{Flagdeco|Thailand|variant=2004}} Thailand (September 2003–2004)
* {{Flagdeco|Japan|variant=2006}} Japan (2004–2006)

=== Iraq ===

* {{Flagdeco|Ba'athist Iraq|variant=1991}} Ba'athist Iraq (until April 2003)
* {{Flagdeco|Ba'athist Iraq|variant=1991}} Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004)
* {{Flagdeco|Iraq|2011}} Republic of Iraq{{Efn|See [[History:Outline of the Iraq War#Governments of Iraq|§ Governments of Iraq]] for more details}}

=== Insurgent groups ===

==== Ba'athist insurgents ====
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* 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 ====
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 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 ====
{{See also|Iranian involvement in the Iraq War}}{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 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
* [[Religion:Kata'ib Hezbollah|Kata'ib Hezbollah]]
}}

=== Private militaries ===
* Private militias in Iraq
* [[Finance:Private military company#Iraq|Private military company § Iraq]]
** Aegis Defence Services
** Asgaard – German Security Group
** Blackwater (company)
** Custer Battles
** DynCorp
** [[Company:KBR|KBR]]
** Unity Resources Group

=== Others ===
*{{Flagdeco|Canada}} Canada
*{{Flagdeco|Islamic Republic of Iran}} Iran

== Background to the Iraq War ==

=== Historical background ===
* [[History:Cold War|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)
** [[Chemistry:Iraqi chemical attacks against Iran|Iraqi chemical attacks against Iran]]
** Anfal campaign
** Iran–Contra affair

==== 1990–2001 ====
* Gulf War (1990–1991)
** Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
** Nayirah testimony
* [[Social:Sanctions against Iraq|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
* [[Religion:September 11 attacks|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)

=== Prelude ===

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

==== Rationale for invasion ====
[[File:Colin Powell anthrax vial. 5 Feb 2003 at the UN.jpg|thumb|239x239px|US Secretary of State Colin Powell, holding up a model vial of alleged weaponized anthrax during a February 2003 presentation at the United Nations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 5, 2003 |title=U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell Addresses the U.N. Security Council |url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030205-1.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030411134510/http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030205-1.html# |archive-date=April 11, 2003 |website=The White House}}</ref>]]
* Colin Powell's presentation to the United Nations Security Council
* Human rights in Ba'athist Iraq
* Iraq and weapons of mass destruction
** [[Engineering:Allegations of Iraqi mobile weapons laboratories|Allegations of Iraqi mobile weapons laboratories]]
*** Curveball (informant)
** Iraq disarmament crisis
** Iraqi aluminum tubes
** [[Social:Iraqi biological weapons program|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 ==
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* 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.

{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* 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 ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|* 2003 State of the Union Address
* AFN Iraq (Freedom Radio)
* {{ill|Azores Summit|es|Cumbre de las Azores}}
* Committee for the Liberation of Iraq
* Embedded journalism
* Free speech zone
* [[Social:Hearts and minds (Iraq)|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 ===
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* [[Religion:Axis of evil|Axis of evil]]
* "Baghdad Bob"
* "Chemical Ali"
* Coalition of the willing
* [[Social:Freedom fries|Freedom fries]]
* [[Physics:Friedman Unit|Friedman Unit]]
* [[Social:Global arrogance|Global arrogance]]
* [[Philosophy:Inverted totalitarianism|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
* "[[Philosophy:There are unknown unknowns|There are unknown unknowns]]"
}}

== Battles of the Iraq War ==
All battles are sorted in chronological order.

=== Invasion phase (2003) ===
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* 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)
}}

=== First insurgency phase (2003–2006) ===

==== 2003 battles ====

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

==== 2004 battles ====

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* 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 ====
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* 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 ====
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 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 ====
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* 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 ====

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* 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
* 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 ====
{{Further|Casualties of the Iraq War#Total Iraqi casualties}}[[File:Iraq Body Count project flags.png|thumb|230x230px|White and red flags, representing Iraqi and American deaths respectively, sit in the grass quadrangle of The Valley Library on the campus of Oregon State University. (May 2008)]]
* Iraq Family Health Survey (2008)
* ''Lancet'' surveys of Iraq War casualties (2004, 2006)
* Iraq Body Count project (2003–2011)
* [[Social:ORB survey of Iraq War casualties|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 ====
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* 2003 bombing of Jordanian embassy in Baghdad
* Canal Hotel bombing
* Imam Ali Shrine bombing
* 27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings
}}

==== 2004 attacks ====
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 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 ====
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* 2005 Al Hillah bombing
* 2005 Erbil bombing
* 2005 Musayyib bombing
* Baghdad bombings
** August
** September
* 2005 Balad bombings
* 2005 Khanaqin bombings
}}

==== 2006 attacks ====
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 5 January 2006 Iraq bombings
* 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing
* Buratha mosque bombing
* Sadr City bombings
** July
** November
* Hayy Al-Jihad massacre
}}

==== 2007 attacks ====
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 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 ====
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 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 ====
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 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 ====
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* Bagdad bombings
** January
** February
** April
** August
** September
** November
* Nationwide attacks
** 10 May
** 25 August
* 2010 Baqubah bombings
* 2010 Baghdad church massacre
}}

==== 2011 attacks ====
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* Bagdad bombings
** January
** August
** October
* 24 January 2011 Iraq bombings
* 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 ===
[[File:AbuGhraibAbuse-standing-on-box.jpg|thumb|228x228px|Infamous photo of Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh being tortured at Abu Ghraib prison, standing on a box with wires attached to his hands.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2004 |title=Torture scandal: the images that shamed America |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gall/0%2C8542%2C1211872%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516053845/https://www.theguardian.com/gall/0,8542,1211872,00.html |archive-date=16 May 2018 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>]]
* [[Social:Iraq prison abuse scandals|Iraq prison abuse scandals]]
** Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
** [[Social:Camp Bucca|Camp Bucca]]
** [[Social:Camp Cropper|Camp Cropper]]
** [[Social:Camp Nama|Camp Nama]]
* Invasion of Iraq prisoner escapes
** United States prisoners of war in the 2003 invasion of Iraq
* United States prison operations in the Iraq War
** [[Social:Ghost detainee|Ghost detainee]]s
* 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

=== 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.
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|* 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 ====
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*''Doe v. Bush''
* ''Abtan v. Blackwater''
* ''Rumsfeld v. Padilla''
* ''[[Social:Saleh v. Bush|Saleh v. Bush]]''
* ''United States v. Libby''
}}

=== Commissions, inquiries and reports ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 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
* [[Social:Iraq Historic Allegations Team|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

=== Court-martials ===

* ''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 ===
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* 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) ====
{{Main|List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iraq}}{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* 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 ====
{{Further|Transitional Administrative Law (Iraq)}}[[File:Baghdad Convention Center inside.jpg|thumb|Parliament of Iraq holding a meeting in the Baghdad Convention Center, December 2008]]

* 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 ====
{{Further|Democracy in Iraq}}{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 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 ==
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Protests are sorted in chronological order.

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* 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
* [[Social:George W. Bush shoeing incident|George W. Bush shoeing incident]], December 2008
* 2011 Iraqi protests
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=== Anti-Iraq War groups ===
Groups are sorted in alphabetical order.

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* [[Organization:1984 Network Liberty Alliance|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
* [[Social:Cairo Anti-war Conference|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
* [[Organization:Code Pink|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
* [[Social:TrueMajority|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
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== Scandals and controversies of the Iraq War ==
Scandals and controversies are sorted in roughly chronological order.

=== American scandals and controversies ===
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* 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
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=== 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 ==
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* 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
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== Aftermath of the Iraq War ==

=== Aftermath in Iraq ===
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* 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)
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=== Memorials ===
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* 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
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== Lists of the Iraq War ==
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* 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
* [[Biology:Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards|Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards]]
* U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis
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== See also ==
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* 2005 Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster
* American imperialism
* Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
* [[Software:Blackwater (video game)|''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 Wikipedia Changelogs''
* [[Social:Neoconservatism|Neoconservatism]]
* "Outposts of tyranny"
* Post-9/11
* ''A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq''
* ''[[Software:Six Days in Fallujah|Six Days in Fallujah]]''
* [[Social:Strategic reset|Strategic reset]]
* Triangle of Death (Iraq)
* United States militarism
* Wolfowitz Doctrine
* Yo, Blair
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=== 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 ===
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=== Citations ===
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== External links ==

* [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-timeline-of-the-iraq-war A timeline of the Iraq War] – PBS NewsHour (March 7, 2023)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140304001108/https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/cpa-iraq/regulations/ CPA Official Documents] – official documents of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), archived at the [[Organization:University of North Texas|University of North Texas]]
* [https://www.iraqbodycount.org/ Iraq Body Count website]
** [https://www.iraqbodycount.org/database/ Iraq Body Count database]
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