ਇਰਾਕ ਯੁੱਧ

ਇਰਾਕ ਯੁੱਧ ਇੱਕ ਲੰਬਾ ਹਥਿਆਰਬੰਦ ਵਿਦਰੋਹ ਸੀ। ਇਹ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਅਤੇ ਇਸਦੇ ਸਾਥੀਆਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਇਰਾਕ ਦੇ 2003 ਦੇ ਹਮਲੇ ਤੋ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੋਇਆ ਸੀ। ਇਸ ਹਮਲੇ ਨੇ ਸਦਾਮ ਹੁਸੈਨ ਦੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਸੱਤਾ ਤੋਂ ਲਾਹ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

ਇਰਾਕ ਯੁੱਧ
ਦਹਿਸ਼ਤ ਦੀ ਜੰਗ ਦਾ ਹਿੱਸਾ
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 Square.
ਮਿਤੀ 20 ਮਾਰਚ 2003 (2003-03-20) – 18 ਦਸੰਬਰ 2011 (2011-12-18) (8 ਸਾਲ, 8 ਮਹੀਨੇ ਅਤੇ 28 ਦਿਨ) ਥਾਂ/ਟਿਕਾਣਾ Iraq ਨਤੀਜਾ ਹਮਲਾ ਅਤੇ ਇਰਾਕ ਦਾ ਕਬਜ਼ਾ Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein ਇਰਾਕੀ ਬਗ਼ਾਵਤ, ਇਰਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਲ-ਕਾਇਦਾ ਦਾ ਉਭਾਰ, ਅਤੇ ਖ਼ਾਨਾ ਜੰਗ[1][2] Subsequent reduction in violence and depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq[3][4] 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[5][6][7] 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[2][8]
Belligerents
Invasion phase (2003)  United States  United Kingdom  Australia  Poland support from: ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Kurdistan Peshmerga	Invasion phase (2003) Ba'athist Iraq
Post-invasion (2003–11)  United States  United Kingdom  Australia (2003–09) New Iraqi government Iraqi Armed Forces Awakening Council supported by: Iran[9][10] ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga MNF–I (2003–09)  United States (2003–09)  United Kingdom (2003–09)  Australia (2003–-09) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Romania (2003–09)  Azerbaijan (2003–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Estonia (2003–09) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Bulgaria (2003–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Moldova (2003–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Albania (2003–08)  Ukraine (2003–08)  Denmark (2003–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Czech Republic (2003–08)  South Korea (2003–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data El Salvador (2003–09)  Singapore (2003–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina (2003–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Macedonia (2003–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Latvia (2003–08)  Poland (2003–08)  Kazakhstan (2003–08)  Mongolia (2003–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Georgia (2003–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Tonga (2004–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Armenia (2005–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Slovakia (2003–07) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Lithuania (2003–07)  Italy (2003–06)  Norway (2003–06)  Japan (2004–08) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Hungary (2003–05)  Netherlands (2003–05)  Portugal (2003–05)  New Zealand (2003–04)  Thailand (2003–04)  Philippines (2003–04) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Honduras (2003–04) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Dominican Republic (2003–04)  Spain (2003–04) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Nicaragua (2003–04) ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Iceland (2003–unknown)	Post-invasion (2003–11) ง Iraqi Regional Branch ਤਸਵੀਰ:Logo of the Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation.png 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[11] ਤਸਵੀਰ:IAILogo.png Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah Shia insurgents Mahdi Army Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Others supported by: Iran Quds Force[12] For fighting between insurgent groups, see Sectarian violence in Iraq (2006–07).
Commanders and leaders
Ayad Allawi Ibrahim al-Jaafari Nouri al-Maliki Ricardo Sanchez George W. Casey, Jr. David Petraeus Raymond T. Odierno Lloyd Austin George W. Bush Tommy Franks Barack Obama Tony Blair Gordon Brown David Cameron John Howard ਫਰਮਾ:Country data NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen Aleksander Kwaśniewski	Ba'ath Party Saddam Husseinਫਰਮਾ:POW Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri Sunni insurgency Abu Musab al-Zarqawi † Abu Ayyub al-Masri † Abu Omar al-Baghdadi † Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ਤਸਵੀਰ:IAILogo.png Ishmael Jubouri Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'iਫਰਮਾ:POW Shia insurgency Muqtada al-Sadr Abu Deraa Qais al-Khazali Akram al-Kabi Qasem Soleimani[13]
Strength
Invasion forces (2003–04) 309,000  United States: 192,000[14]  United Kingdom: 45,000  Australia: 2,000  Poland: 194 ਫਰਮਾ:Country data Kurdistan Peshmerga: 70,000 Coalition forces (2004–09) 176,000 at peak United States Forces– Iraq (2010–11) 112,000 at activation Security contractors 6,000–7,000 (estimate)[15] Iraqi security forces 805,269 (military and paramilitary: 578,269,[16] police: 227,000) Awakening militias ≈103,000 (2008)[17] Iraqi Kurdistan ≈400,000 (Kurdish Border Guard: 30,000,[18] Peshmerga 375,000)	Iraqi Armed Forces: 375,000 (disbanded in 2003) Special Iraqi Republican Guard: 12,000 Iraqi Republican Guard: 70,000–75,000 Fedayeen Saddam: 30,000 Sunni Insurgents ≈70,000 (2007)[19] al-Qaeda ≈1,300 (2006)[20] Islamic State of Iraq ≈1,000 (2008) Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order ≈500–1,000 (2007)
Casualties and losses
Iraqi Security Forces (post-Saddam) ਮਾਰੇ ਗਏ: 17,690[21] ਜਖਮੀ: 40,000+[22] Coalition forces ਮਾਰੇ ਗਏ: 4,815[23][24] (4,497 U.S.,[25] 179 UK,[26] 139 other)[23] Missing/captured (U.S.): 17 (8 rescued, 9 died in captivity)[27] ਜਖਮੀ: 32,753+ (32,226 U.S.,[28] 315 UK, 212+ other[29])[30][31][32][33] Injured/diseases/other medical*: 51,139 (47,541 U.S.,[34] 3,598 UK)[30][32][33] Contractors ਮਾਰੇ ਗਏ: 1,554[35][36] ਜਖਮੀ & injured: 43,880[35][36] Awakening Councils ਮਾਰੇ ਗਏ: 1,002+[37] ਜਖਮੀ: 500+ (2007),[38] 828 (2008)[39] ਕੁੱਲ dead: 25,286 ਕੁੱਲ ਜਖਮੀ: 117,961	Iraqi combatant dead (invasion period): 7,600–10,800[40][41] Insurgents (post-Saddam) ਮਾਰੇ ਗਏ: 26,544 (2003–11)[42] Detainees: 12,000 (Iraqi-held)[43] ਕੁੱਲ dead: 34,144–37,344
Estimated violent deaths: Lancet survey (March 2003– July 2006): 601,027 (95% CI: 426,369–793,663)[44][45] Iraq Family Health Survey (March 2003– July 2006): 151,000 (95% CI: 104,000–223,000)[46] Documented deaths from violence: Iraq Body Count (2003– 14 December 2011): 103,160–113,728 civilian deaths recorded,[47] and 12,438 new deaths added from the Iraq War Logs[48] Associated Press (March 2003– April 2009): 110,600[49] For more information see: Casualties of the Iraq War
* "injured, diseased, or other medical": required medical air transport. UK number includes "aeromed evacuations" ** ਕੁੱਲ deaths include all additional deaths due to increased lawlessness, degraded infrastructure, poorer healthcare, etc.