✦ History

Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)

May 1, 2003 – December 18, 2011

Result Inconclusive

Armed groups fought US-led forces and the new Iraqi government after the 2003 invasion. The violence included sectarian killings and ended with the withdrawal of US troops in 2011.

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Battles 1

February 22, 2006 – May 15, 2008
Iraqi civil war (2006–2008) Iraqi government and allied victory Jalal Talabani, Nouri al-Maliki, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim

Key commanders

Coalition 19

George W. Bush belligerent leader Barack Obama belligerent leader Tony Blair belligerent leader Gordon Brown belligerent leader David Cameron belligerent leader Ali Khamenei belligerent leader John Howard belligerent leader Nouri al-Maliki belligerent leader Ayad Allawi belligerent leader Ibrahim al-Jaafari belligerent leader Silvio Berlusconi belligerent leader Anders Fogh Rasmussen belligerent leader Aleksander Kwaśniewski belligerent leader José María Aznar belligerent leader Donald Rumsfeld belligerent leader Robert Gates belligerent leader Tommy Franks military commander Jalal Talabani belligerent leader Masoud Barzani belligerent leader

Al-Qaeda 4

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi belligerent leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi belligerent leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi belligerent leader Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri belligerent leader

Iraq 1

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim military commander