British military operations in Iraq

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United Kingdom military operation military operation

British military operations in Iraq comprised the United Kingdom’s combat, stabilization, and counterinsurgency activities during and after the 2003 invasion, primarily focused on southern Iraq.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
British counterinsurgency operations in Basra	1
British military operations in Iraq canonical	1
British non‑combat training mission in Iraq	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Kingdom military operation ⓘ military operation ⓘ
airComponent	Royal Air Force air operations over Iraq ⓘ
alliedWith	Multinational force in Iraq ⓘ surface form: Coalition forces in Iraq United States Armed Forces ⓘ
commandStructure	United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
conflict	Iraq War ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
endOfCombatMission	2009 ⓘ
followedBy	British military operations in Iraq self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British non‑combat training mission in Iraq
groundComponent	British Army land operations in southern Iraq ⓘ
hasPart	British military operations in Iraq self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British counterinsurgency operations in Basra British participation in the 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ British stabilization operations in southern Iraq ⓘ British training missions for Iraqi security forces ⓘ Operation Telic ⓘ
legalBasisClaimedByUK	United Nations Security Council resolutions ⓘ surface form: United Nations Security Council resolutions on Iraq
location	Iraq ⓘ
mainBaseOfOperations	Basra Air Station ⓘ Shaibah Logistics Base ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ
navalComponent	Royal Navy maritime operations in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Basra (2003) ⓘ 2007 Battle of Basra ⓘ surface form: Battle of Basra (2007) operations in Maysan Province ⓘ
objective	counterinsurgency ⓘ overthrow of Saddam Hussein's government ⓘ stabilization of southern Iraq ⓘ training Iraqi security forces ⓘ
opposedTo	Ba'athist Iraqi forces ⓘ Iraqi insurgent groups ⓘ Shiite militias in southern Iraq ⓘ
partOf	Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
peakTroopDeployment	approximately 46000 British personnel in 2003 ⓘ
primaryCityOfOperations	Basra ⓘ
result	withdrawal of most British combat forces from Iraq by 2009 ⓘ
startTime	2003 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Basra Governorate ⓘ Dhi Qar Governorate ⓘ Maysan Governorate ⓘ Muthanna Governorate ⓘ southern Iraq ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	conventional warfare ⓘ counterinsurgency warfare ⓘ urban warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Al Amarah → relatedTo → British military operations in Iraq ⓘ

British military operations in Iraq → hasPart → British military operations in Iraq self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British counterinsurgency operations in Basra

British military operations in Iraq → followedBy → British military operations in Iraq self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British non‑combat training mission in Iraq