Iraq War

Iraq War
Part of	the Iraq conflict and War on Terror
Date	20 March 2003 – 15 December 2011 (8 years, 8 months and 26 days)
Location	Iraqball
Causes	The claiming that Iraqball had "weapons of mass destruction" and invaded to "disarm them"
Result	Emerging Conflict and insurgency
Belligerents
Invasion (2003) USAball Iraqi Kurdistanball UKball Australiaball Polandball After Invasion (2003-2011) Iraqball USAball UKball Iraqi Kurdistanball Awakening Council Supported by: Iranball NATOball Israelcube
Invasion phase 2003 Iraqball Post Invasion (2003-2011) Ba'ath loyalists Sunni Insurgents Shia Insurgents
Commanders
Nouri al-Maliki (From 2006) George W. Bush (Until 2008) Barack Obama (From 2008) Donald Rumsfeld (Until 2006) Robert Gates (2006-2011) Tommy Franks (2003) David Petraeus Raymond T. Odierno Tony Blair (Until 2007) Gordon Brown (2007-2010) David Cameron (From 2010)
Saddam Hussein (2003) † Abu Ayyub al-Masri (Until 2010) † Muqtada al-Sadr
Strength
Coalition Forces (2003): 309,000–584,799 USAball: 192,000–466,985 personnel UKball: 45,000 Australiaball: 2,000 Polandball: 194 Peshmerga: 70,000 Coalition Forces (2004-2009): 176,000 at peak United States Forces – Iraq (2010-2011): 112,000 at activation Security contractors: 6,000–7,000 (estimate) Iraqi security forces: 805,269 (military and paramilitary: 578,269, police: 227,000) Awakening Militias: ≈103,000 (2008) Iraqi Kurdistanball: ≈400,000 (Kurdish Border Guard: 30,000, Peshmerga 75,000)
Iraqi Armed Forces: 375,000 Special Iraqi Republican Guard: 12,000 Iraqi Republican Guard: 70,000–75,000 Fedayeen Saddam: 70,000–75,000 Sunni Insurgents: ≈70,000 (2007) Al-Qaedaball: ≈1,300 (2006) Islamic Stateball of Iraqball: ≈1,000 (2008) Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order: ≈500–1,000 (2007)
Casualties
Iraqi Security Forces (post-Saddam): Killed: 17,690, Injured: 40,000+ Coalition Forces: Killed: 4,825(4,507 USAball, 157 UKball, 139 other), Missing/captured ( USAball): 17 (9 died in captivity, 8 rescued), Wounded: 32,776+ (32,292 USAball, 315 UKball, 210+ other), Injured/diseases/other medical*: 51,139 (47,541 USAball, 3,598 UKball) Contractors: Killed: 3,650, Wounded & injured: 43,880 Awakening Councils: Killed: 1,002+, Wounded: 500+ (2007), 828 (2008) Total dead: 27,163 Total wounded: 117,961
Iraqi combatant dead (invasion period): 7,600–45,000 Insurgents (post-Saddam): Killed: 26,544+ (2003–11) (4,000 foreign fighters killed by Sep. 2006) Detainee: 12,000 (Iraqi-held, in 2010 only), 119,752 insurgents arrested (2003–2007) Total dead: 34,144–71,544

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.