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This article is about the war that started in 2003. For the initial invasion, see 2003 invasion of Iraq. For the entire conflict from 2003 to the present, see Iraq conflict (2003–present). For other wars in Iraq, see Iraq War (disambiguation).

The Iraq War[nb 1] was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.[51] An estimated 151,000 to 600,000 or more Iraqis were killed in the first three to four years of conflict. In 2009, official US troops were withdrawn, but American soldiers continued to remain on the ground fighting in Iraq, hired by defence contractors and private military companies.[52][53] The U.S. became re-involved in 2014 at the head of a new coalition; the insurgency and many dimensions of the civil armed conflict continue. The invasion occurred as part of a declared war against international terrorism and its sponsors under the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush following the unrelated September 11 terrorist attacks.[54]

Iraq WarPart of the Iraqi conflict and the War on Terror
Clockwise from top: U.S. troops at Uday and Qusay Hussein's hideout; insurgents in northern Iraq; an Iraqi insurgent firing a MANPADS; the toppling of the Saddam Hussein statue in Firdos SquareDate20 March 2003 – 18 December 2011
(8 years and 8 or 9 months)Location

Iraq

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

Subsequent reduction in violence and depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq[7][8]

Establishment of democratic electionsand formation of new Shia led government

Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq in 2011

Stronger Iranian influence in Iraq[9][10][11]

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[12][13]

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)

Return of U.S. forces to Iraq in 2014

Subsequent end of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Iraq in 2017

Belligerents

Invasion phase (2003)
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 Poland
 Peshmerga

Supported by:
 Canada[1]
 Netherlands[2]Invasion phase (2003)
 Iraq

Post-invasion
(2003–11)
 United States 
 United Kingdom 

 MNF–I
(2003–09)

 United States(2003–09)

 United Kingdom(2003–09)

 Australia(2003–-09)

 Romania (2003–09)

 Azerbaijan (2003–08)

 Kuwait (2003–08)

 Estonia (2003–09)

 El Salvador (2003–09)

 Bulgaria (2003–08)

 Moldova (2003–08)

 Albania (2003–08)

 Ukraine (2003–08)

 Denmark (2003–08)

 Czech Republic(2003–08)

 South Korea(2003–08)

 Singapore (2003–08)

 Croatia (2003–08)

 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2003–08)

 Macedonia (2003–08)

 Latvia (2003–08)

 Poland (2003–08)

 Kazakhstan (2003–08)

 Mongolia (2003–08)

 Georgia (2003–08)

 Tonga (2004–08)

 Japan (2004–08)

 Armenia (2005–08)

 Slovakia (2003–07)

 Lithuania (2003–07)

 Italy (2003–06)

 Norway (2003–06)

 Hungary (2003–05)

 Netherlands(2003–05)

 Portugal (2003–05)

 New Zealand(2003–04)

 Thailand (2003–04)

 Philippines (2003–04)

 Honduras (2003–04)

 Dominican Republic (2003–04)

 Spain (2003–04)

 Nicaragua (2003–04)

 Iceland (2003–unknown)

 New Iraqi government

Iraqi Armed Forces

Awakening Council

Supported by:
 Iran[3][4]
 Iraqi Kurdistan

Peshmerga

Post-invasion (2003–11)
 Ba'ath loyalists

 Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation

Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order

Sunni insurgents

 Al-Qaeda in Iraq(2004–06)

 Islamic State of Iraq[5] (from 2006)

 Islamic Army of Iraq

Ansar al-Sunnah (2003–07)

Shia insurgents

 Mahdi Army

 Special Groups

 Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq

Others

supported by:
 Iran

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