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. 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 US troops were officially withdrawn in 2011. The invasion occurred as part of the George W. Bush administration's war on terror following the September 11 attacks.
Overview of articles
Top level overview articles
Iraq War
2003 invasion of Iraq
Background to the Iraq War
Historical background
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)
Iraqi chemical attacks against Iran
Anfal campaign
Iran–Contra affair
1990–2001
Gulf War (1990–1991)
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
Nayirah testimony
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
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)
Major overview subdivisions
Rationale for the Iraq War
Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011)
American occupation of Ramadi
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
United States
Foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration
United Kingdom (until May 2011)
Australia (until July 2009)
Poland (until October 2008)
Other contributors
Denmark (April 2003–2008)
South Korea (May 2003–2008)
Italy (July 2003–2006)
Plus Ultra Brigade (July 2003–2004)
Georgia (August 2003–2008)
Ukraine (August 2003–2008)
Thailand (September 2003–2004)
Japan (2004–2006)
Iraq
Ba'athist Iraq (until April 2003)
Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004)
Republic of Iraq
Insurgent groups
Ba'athist insurgents
Sunni insurgents
Shi'a insurgents
Private militaries
Private militias in Iraq
Private military company § Iraq
Aegis Defence Services
Asgaard – German Security Group
Blackwater (company)
Custer Battles
DynCorp
KBR (company)
Unity Resources Group
Others
Prelude
Failed Iraqi peace initiatives
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441
2003 United States–British–Spanish Draft Resolution on Iraq
Rationale for invasion
Colin Powell's presentation to the United Nations Security Council
Human rights in Ba'athist Iraq
Iraq and weapons of mass destruction
Allegations of Iraqi mobile weapons laboratories
Iraq disarmament crisis
Iraqi aluminum tubes
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
Documents
Articles are sorted chronologically.
Public relations, propaganda and disinformation
Slogans, symbols and neologisms
Battles of the Iraq War
All battles are sorted in chronological order.
Invasion phase (2003)
First insurgency phase (2003–2006)
2003 battles
Battle of Majar al-Kabir
Ramadan Offensive (2003)
2004 battles
2005 battles
Civil war (2006–2008)
2006 battles
2007 battles
2008 battles
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
Allegations of misappropriations related to 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
Iraq Family Health Survey (2008)
Lancet surveys of Iraq War casualties (2004, 2006)
Iraq Body Count project (2003–2011)
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
2004 attacks
2005 attacks
2006 attacks
2007 attacks
2008 attacks
2009 attacks
2010 attacks
2011 attacks
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
Iraq prison abuse scandals
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
Camp Bucca
Camp Cropper
Camp Nama
Invasion of Iraq prisoner escapes
Iraq War prisoners of war (category)
United States prisoners of war in the 2003 invasion of Iraq
United States prison operations in the Iraq War
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.
War crimes by the Iraqi Army
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
Commissions, inquiries and reports
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
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)
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
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
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
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.
American scandals and controversies
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
Aftermath of the Iraq War
Aftermath in Iraq
Memorials
Lists of the Iraq War
See also
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
Citations
External links
A timeline of the Iraq War – PBS NewsHour (March 7, 2023)
CPA Official Documents – official documents of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), archived at the University of North Texas
Iraq Body Count website
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