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The Iraq War ( Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized : ḥarb al-ʿirāq ), sometimes called the Second Gulf War[ 82][ 83] was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein.
The 2003 invasion of Iraq[ b] was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, [ 24] including 26 days of major combat operations, in which a United States-led combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded the Republic of Iraq.
Photos: Iraq war’s 20th anniversary — the advance from Kuwait to the occupation of Baghdad. Niamh Cavanagh. March 20, 2023 at 4:17 PM. Marines kneel and pray as the 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment ...
Iraqi conflict. The Iraqi conflict is a series of violent events that began with the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq and deposition of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, the most recent of which is the ISIS conflict, in which the Iraqi government declared victory in 2017. [ 4] In the ensuing 2003-11 Iraq War, the Multi-National Force (MNF–I ...
The most popular cable network in the United States for news on the war was Fox News, and had begun influencing other media outlets' coverage. [1] At the time, Fox News was owned by Rupert Murdoch, a strong supporter of the war. [2] On-screen during all live war coverage by Fox News was a waving flag animation in the upper left corner and the ...
Unknown if any. The 2004 Good Friday ambush was an attack by Iraqi insurgents on April 9, 2004 during the Iraq War on a convoy of U.S. supply trucks during the Battle of Baghdad International Airport. It happened in the midst of the Iraq spring fighting of 2004, which saw intensified clashes throughout the country.
Iraqi insurgents released images of the Common Access Cards of two of the soldiers in early June 2007 [1] [2]. The May 2007 abduction of American soldiers in Iraq occurred when Iraqi insurgents attacked a military outpost in Al Taqa, Iraq, killing four U.S. Army soldiers and an Iraqi soldier before capturing Private Byron Wayne Fouty, Specialist Alex Ramon Jimenez, and Private First Class ...
M1A1 Abrams pose for a photo under the "Hands of Victory" in Grand Festivities Square, Baghdad, Iraq. The following is a timeline of major events during the Iraq War, following the 2003 invasion of Iraq.