Iraq War

The Iraq War^{[nb 1]} wis an airmed conflict in Iraq that consisted o twa phases.^[41] The first wis an invasion o Iraq stairtin on 20 Mairch 2003 bi an invasion force led bi the Unitit States.^{[42][43][44][45]} It wis follaed bi a langer phase o fichtin, in which an insurgency emerged tae oppone the occupyin forces an the newly furmed Iraqi govrenment.^[41] The U.S. completit its widrawal o militar personnel in December 2011.^[46][47] Houiver, the Iraqi insurgency continues tae cause thoosands o fatalities.

Iraq War
Pairt o the War on Terror
Clockwise frae tap: Delta Force o Task Force 20 alangside truips o 3rd Battalion, 327t Infantry Regiment, at Uday Hussain an Qusay Hussein's hideoot.; Insurgents in northren Iraq; an Iraqi insurgent firin a MANPADS; the topplin o the Saddam Hussein statue in Firdos Square.
Date 20 Mairch 2003 (2003-03-20) – 15 December 2011 (2011-12-15) (8 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)[1][dubious ] Location Iraq Result Coalition victory Invasion an occupation o Iraq Owerthrow o Ba'ath Pairty govrenment an execution o Saddam Hussein Insurgency, foreign terrorist operations, an sectarian violence[2] Subsequent depletion o Iraqi insurgency,[3] improvements in public security[4] Establishment o democratic elections an furmation o new govrenment U.S.-Iraq Status o Forces Agreement Widrawal o U.S. forces frae Iraq Ongangin insurgency
Belligerents
Invasion phase (2003)  Unitit States o Americae  Unitit Kinrick  Denmark  Australie  Poland Peshmerga	Invasion phase (2003) Ba'athist Iraq
Post-invasion (2003–11)  Iraq Iraqi Airmed Forces Peshmerga Awakening Council Multi-National Force – Iraq  Unitit States (03–11)  Unitit Kinrick (03–11)  Sooth Korea (03–08)  Italy (03–06)  Poland (03-08)  Australie (03–09)  Georgie (03–08)  Ukraine (03–08)  Netherlands (03–05)  Spain (03–04)  Estonie 30 ither kintras Supported By:  Saudi Arabie  Egyp  Kuwait	Post-invasion (2003–11) Ba'ath Pairty lyalists Supreme Command for Jihad an Liberation Airmy o the Men o the Naqshbandi Order Supportit Bi:  Sirie Sunni insurgents Islamic State o Iraq Islamic Airmy o Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah Shia insurgents Mahdi Airmy Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Ithers Supportit Bi:  Iran  Sirie For fichtin atween insurgent groups, see Ceevil war in Iraq.
Commanders an 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 General Tommy Franks Barack Obama Tony Blair Gordon Brown David Cameron Anders Fogh Rasmussen Soeren Gade Lars Løkke Rasmussen John Howard Kevin Rudd Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Kaczyński Yevhen Marchuk Oleksandr Kuzmuk	Ba'ath Pairty Saddam Hussein  (POW) Qusay Hussein † Uday Hussein † Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri Sunni insurgency Abu Omar al-Baghdadi † Abu Musab al-Zarqawi † Abu Ayyub al-Masri † Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman † Abu Dua Ishmael Jubouri Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'i  (POW) Shia insurgency Muqtada al-Sadr Abu Deraa Qais al-Khazali Akram al-Kabi
Strenth
Invasion Forces (2003–2004) ~300,000 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)[5] Iraqi Security Forces 805,269 (militar an paramilitar: 578,269,[6] polis: 227,000) Awakenin militias ~103,000 (2008)[7] Iraqi Kurdistan ~400,000 (Kurdish Border Guard: 30,000,[8] Peshmerga 375,000)	Iraqi Airmy: 375,000 (disbaundit in 2003) Sunni Insurgents ~70,000 (2007)[9] Mahdi Airmy ~60,000 (2007)[10] al-Qaeda ~1,300 (2006)[11] Islamic State o Iraq ~1,000 (2008) Airmy o the Men o the Naqshbandi Order ~500–1,000 (2007)
Casualties an losses
Iraqi Security Forces (post-Saddam) Killed: 16,623[12] Woondit: 40,000+[13] Coalition Forces Killed: 4,805[14][15] (4,487 U.S.,[16] 179 UK,[17] 139 ither) Missin/captured (U.S.): 8 (aw rescued)[18] Woondit: 32,753+ (32,226 U.S.,[19] 315 UK, 212+ ither[20])[21][22][23][24] Injured/diseased/ither medical*: 51,139 (47,541 U.S.,[25] 3,598 UK)[21][23][24] Contractors Killed: 1,554[26][27] Woondit & injured: 43,880[26][27] Awakenin Cooncils Killed: 1,002+[28] Woondit: 500+ (2007),[29] 828 (2008)[30] Tot dead: 24,219 Tot woondit: 117,961	Iraqi combatant deid (invasion period): 7,600–11,000[31][32] Insurgents (post-Saddam) Killed: 21,221–26,405 (2003-2011)[33] Detainees: 12,000 (Iraqi-held)[34] Tot dead: 28,821–37,405
Documented civilian daiths frae violence, Iraq Body Coont (2003 – 14 December 2011): 103,160–113,728 recordit[35] an 12,438 new daiths addit frae the Iraq War Logs[36] Estimatit violent daiths: Lancet survey (Mairch 2003 – Julie 2006): 601,027 (95% CI: 426,369–793,663)[37][38] Associated Press (Mairch 2003 – Aprile 2009): 110,600[39] Iraq Faimily Health Survey (Mairch 2003 – Julie 2006): 151,000 (95% CI: 104,000–223,000)[40] For mair information see: Casualties o the Iraq War
* "injured, diseased, or ither medical": required medical air transport. UK nummer includes "aeromed evacuations" ** Tot daiths include aw addeetional daiths due tae increased lawlessness, degradit infrastructur, puirer healthcare, etc.

Notes

1. The conflict is an aa known as the War in Iraq, the Occupation o Iraq, an the Seicont Gulf War (Gulf War II). It wis referred tae as Operation Iraqi Freedom bi the Unitit States militar, frae 2003 tae 2010.