Iraq War
"Alice" leads box office, as "Green Zone" flops
Mar 14, 2010 14:29 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Alice in Wonderland" raced to a $430 million haul at the worldwide box office on Sunday, while Matt Damon's new Iraq war conspiracy thriller "Green Zone" was one of the year's first big flops.
US soldier killed in attack on Iraq base: military
Mar 14, 2010 09:05 EDT
An American soldier was killed and two wounded in a rocket or mortar attack on a US military base in central Iraq, a statement said on Sunday.
Iraq PM takes slender lead over rivals
Mar 12, 2010 10:14 EST
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a slender lead over his rivals Friday, preliminary results from the country's election showed, as oppositions blocs alleged blatant fraud.
Iraq PM takes slender lead over rivals
Mar 12, 2010 10:07 EST
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a slender lead over his rivals Friday, preliminary results from the country's election showed, as oppositions blocs alleged blatant fraud.
Iraq PM in tight race as opposition alleges fraud
Mar 12, 2010 07:19 EST
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest to hold on to his job on Friday, as election results from Iraq's polls trickled in and opposition blocs alleged blatant fraud.
Iraq PM in tight race as opposition alleges fraud
Mar 12, 2010 06:56 EST
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest to hold on to his job on Friday, as election results from Iraq's polls trickled in and opposition blocs alleged blatant fraud.
Iraq PM locked in tight poll contest with secular rival
Mar 12, 2010 05:37 EST
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest to hold on to his job on Friday, as election results from Iraq's polls trickled in and opposition blocs alleged blatant fraud.
Iraq PM locked in tight poll contest with secular rival
Mar 12, 2010 04:09 EST
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest with rival Iyad Allawi to keep his job, as results from Iraq's elections were set to flow in on Friday.
Basra memorial to Iraq war dead re-dedicated
Mar 12, 2010 03:17 EST
A monument to the 179 Britons who died in the Iraq war and its aftermath was re-dedicated Thursday at the National Memorial Arboretum, having been brought back from Basra.
Iraq PM locked in tight poll contest with secular rival
Mar 11, 2010 21:21 EST
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest with rival Iyad Allawi to keep his job, as results from Iraq's elections were set to flow in on Friday.
AP sources: Senate run likely for ex-war spokesman
Mar 11, 2010 18:11 EST
AP sources: Former Iraq war spokesman mulling a challenge to Gillibrand in Senate race in NY. A former spokesman for the U.S.-led military incursion in Iraq under President George W. Bush is likely to enter the Republican primary to challenge Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
Friend: US man held in Yemen is longtime radical
Mar 11, 2010 18:00 EST
A former classmate of the U.S. man accused of belonging to al-Qaida and shooting up a Yemeni hospital tells The Associated Press he exhibited radical religious views in high school.
Friend: US man held in Yemen is longtime radical
Mar 11, 2010 17:53 EST
A former classmate of the U.S. man accused of belonging to al-Qaida and shooting up a Yemeni hospital tells The Associated Press he exhibited radical religious views in high school.
Police: US troops kill Iraqi reporter and husband
Mar 11, 2010 14:57 EST
Police official: US troops open fire on journalist and her husband, killing both. U.S. troops opened fire on a car in western Baghdad, killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband, a police official said Thursday.
Iraq PM in tight contest with ex-premier for poll lead
Mar 11, 2010 14:54 EST
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was in a tight contest to keep his job as he vied with ex-premier Iyad Allawi, initial election results from four of the country's 18 provinces showed Thursday.
Basra memorial to Iraq war dead re-dedicated
Mar 11, 2010 13:45 EST
A monument to the 179 Britons who died in the Iraq war and its aftermath was re-dedicated Thursday at the National Memorial Arboretum, having been brought back from Basra.
Iraq PM in tight contest with ex-premier for poll lead
Mar 11, 2010 13:38 EST
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was in a tight contest to keep his job as he vied with ex-premier Iyad Allawi, initial election results from four of the country's 18 provinces showed Thursday.
Iraq PM in tight contest with ex-premier for poll lead
Mar 11, 2010 12:39 EST
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was in a tight contest to keep his job as he vied with ex-premier Iyad Allawi, initial election results from four of the country's 18 provinces showed Thursday.
Iraq PM Maliki in poll lead after partial results
Mar 11, 2010 11:27 EST
Initial election results from two mainly Shiite Iraqi provinces put Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the lead on Thursday, as rival blocs voiced doubts over the vote count.
Iraqis await glimpse of new political landscape
Mar 11, 2010 08:29 EST
Iraqis were set to get a glimpse of the country's new political landscape on Thursday when first official results from weekend elections are released.
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Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Iraq War (2003-present) | |||||||
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| Part of the War on Terrorism | |||||||
 Clockwise, starting at top left: a joint patrol in Samarra; the toppling of the Saddam Hussein statue in Firdos Square; an Iraqi Army soldier readies his rifle during an assault; an IED detonates in South Baghdad. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Multinational Force - Iraq:
2003 Invasion Forces: | Insurgent groups:
For fighting between insurgent groups, see Civil war in Iraq. | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
 Jalal Talabani Nouri al-Maliki Massoud Barzani Abdul Sattar Abu Risha (K.I.A.) George W. Bush Barack Obama David Petraeus Tommy Franks Tony Blair Gordon Brown Sir Francis Richard Dannatt GCB KCB CBE MC
|  Saddam Hussein # ☠
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| Strength | |||||||
| Iraqi Security Forces 631,000 (Army: 254,000, Police: 227,000, FPS: 150,000) Coalition Forces ~300,000 invasion ~115,000 current [7] Peshmerga 50,000 invasion ~375,000 current Contractors* Turkish Armed Forces: ~3,000-10,000[11] | Iraqi Army: 375,000 (under Saddam Hussein)
Sunni Insurgents PKK: ~4,000[15] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Iraqi Security Forces (post-Saddam): 11,900 police/military killed 94 MIA/POW Coalition dead: 4,693[16][17] (4,375 US,[18] 179 UK,[19] 139 other) Coalition missing or captured (US): 1[17] Coalition wounded: 31,582 US, 315 UK[17][20][21][22] Coalition injured, deseased, or other medical:** 36,106 US, 3,283 UK[17][21][22] Contractors killed: 1,323[23][24][25] (US 244) Contractors missing or captured: 16 (US 5) Contractors wounded & injured: 10,569[23] Awakening Councils: Turkish Armed Forces: | Iraqi combatant dead (invasion period): 6,370-10,800[27][28]
Insurgents dead (post-Saddam): 22,180-23,693 Detainees: 8,300 (U.S.-held)[30] PKK: 537 killed (Turkish Claim) | ||||||
| Iraqi civilian deaths, Iraq Body Count project – December 2009: 94,349 – 102,949 [33] (lowest estimate)
Total deaths (all excess deaths), (Lancet) – December 2009: 1,366,350***[34][35][36] (highest estimate) For more information see: Casualties of the Iraq War | |||||||
| *Contractors (U.S. government) perform "highly dangerous duties almost identical to those performed by many U.S. troops."[9] ** "injured, diseased, or other medical" - required medical air transport. UK number includes wounded ("aeromed evacuations") ***Total deaths include all additional deaths due to increased lawlessness, degraded infrastructure, poorer healthcare, etc. | |||||||
| Date | March 20, 2003 – Present |
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| Location | Iraq |
| Status | Conflict ongoing
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