Iraq War

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Iraq War
Part of	Iraq conflict and War on Terror
Gulf War and end of Saddam's government summarized
Date	20 March 2003 – 18 December 2011
Location	Iraqball
Causes	Gulf War Iran-Iraq War
Result	Invasion and occupation of Iraq Overthrow of Ba'ath Party Government and execution of Saddam Hussein Emergence of significant insurgency, rise of al-Qaeda in Iraq, severe sectarian violence, and ongoing civil war Subsequent reduction in violence and depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq in 2011 Stronger Iranian influence in Iraq Escalation of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal leading to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the successor of al-Qaeda in Iraq Return of U.S. forces to Iraq in 2014
Belligerents
Invasion phase 2003 USAball UKball Australiaball Polandball Post Invasion (2003-2011) USAball UKball New Iraqi government Supported by: Iranball Iraqi Kurdistanball
Invasion phase 2003 Ba'athist Iraqball Post Invasion (2003-2011) Ba'ath loyalists Sunni Insurgents Al-Qaedaball ISISball Shia Insurgents Mahdi Army Supported by: Iranball
Commanders
George Bush Barack Obama Tommy Franks Ricardo Sanchez George Casey David Petraeus Raymond T. Odierno Lloyd Austin Tony Blair Gordon Brown David Cameron Brian Burridge José María Aznar Silvio Berlusconi Lech Kaczyński Nouri al-Maliki
Saddam Hussein† Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Abu Musab al-Zarqawi †<br Abu Ayyub al-Masri † Omar al-Baghdadi † Abu Suleiman al-Naser † Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Moqtada al-Sadr Abu Deraa
Casualties
Iraqi Security Forces (post-Saddam) Killed: 17 690 Injured: 40,000+ Coalition Forces Killed: 4,805 (4,487 Americans killed, 179 British killed, 139 killed from other countries) Missing / Captured ( USA): 8 (all recaptured) Injured: 32 753+ (32 226 Americans, 315 British, 212 from other countries) injured / sick / others: 51 139 (47 541 Americans, 3,598 British) Private military companies: Killed: 1 554 Injured: 43 880 Total dead: 25 286Total injured: 117 961
Iraqi fighters killed (invasion period): 7 600–11 000 》Insurgents (post-Saddam) Killed: 26 544 (2003-2011) Total: 34 144 - 37 344 dead

The Iraq War was an armed conflict and struggle for government power in Iraq, which began with America's invasion and overthrowing of Saddam Hussein.