Iraq War

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armed conflict international conflict war

The Iraq War was a major armed conflict that began in 2003 with a U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime, followed by years of insurgency, sectarian violence, and international military involvement.

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All labels observed (32)

Label Occurrences
Iraq War canonical 989
Operation Iraqi Freedom 28
Iraq War (2003–2011) 20

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
international conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
aftermath continued instability and violence in Iraq after 2011 ⓘ
power vacuum contributing to rise of ISIS ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Iraq War ⓘ
surface form: 2003 invasion of Iraq

Iraq War ⓘ
surface form: Second Gulf War
belligerent Australia ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Iraq under Saddam Hussein

Iraqi insurgent groups ⓘ
al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Islamic State of Iraq (precursor to ISIS)

Kurds ⓘ
surface form: Kurdish Peshmerga forces

Poland ⓘ
Shia militias in Iraq ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ
casualties hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed ⓘ
over four thousand U.S. military personnel killed ⓘ
cause U.S. allegations of links between Saddam Hussein and terrorism ⓘ
U.S. allegations of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq ⓘ
policy of regime change in Iraq by the United States ⓘ
commander David Petraeus ⓘ
George W. Bush ⓘ
Saddam Hussein ⓘ
Tommy Franks ⓘ
Tony Blair ⓘ
controversy civilian casualties and human rights abuses ⓘ
legality of the invasion under international law ⓘ
displacedPersons millions of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons ⓘ
economicImpact high financial cost to the United States ⓘ
severe damage to Iraqi infrastructure ⓘ
endDate 2011-12-18 ⓘ
justificationClaimedBy United States government ⓘ
keyEvent Iraq War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2003 invasion of Iraq

2007 U.S. troop surge in Iraq ⓘ
Battle of Baghdad (2003) ⓘ
First Battle of Fallujah ⓘ
Iraqi civil conflict and sectarian violence (mid-2000s) ⓘ
Iraq War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)

Second Battle of Fallujah ⓘ
Status of Forces Agreement between U.S. and Iraq (2008) ⓘ
capture of Saddam Hussein ⓘ
location Iraq ⓘ
mainTheater Iraq ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive global news coverage and embedded journalism ⓘ
opponentOf Saddam Hussein ⓘ
surface form: Saddam Hussein government
opposedBy France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
many anti-war movements worldwide ⓘ
partOf Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
surface form: War on Terror
politicalImpact debate over intelligence failures regarding WMD ⓘ
long-term U.S. domestic political controversy ⓘ
relatedTo Gulf War ⓘ
Syrian Civil War ⓘ
result establishment of a new Iraqi government ⓘ
occupation of Iraq by coalition forces ⓘ
overthrow of Saddam Hussein ⓘ
prolonged insurgency in Iraq ⓘ
regional destabilization in the Middle East ⓘ
rise of sectarian violence in Iraq ⓘ
startDate 2003-03-20 ⓘ
supportedBy coalition of the willing ⓘ
UNResolutionInvoked United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 ⓘ

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United States Army Signal Corps → conflictInvolved → Iraq War ⓘ
United States Army → engagedIn → Iraq War ⓘ
United States Navy → notableConflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Royal Air Force → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Hegemony or Survival → focusesOn → Iraq War ⓘ
United States Army Rangers → notableEngagement → Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation Iraqi Freedom
British Army → engagedIn → Iraq War ⓘ
United States Marine Corps → engagedIn → Iraq War ⓘ
1st Marine Division (United States) → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
USASC → conflictInvolved → Iraq War ⓘ
Silver Star → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Polish Army → engagedIn → Iraq War ⓘ
United States Armed Forces → engagedIn → Iraq War ⓘ
Royal Armoured Corps → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Challenger 2 main battle tank → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: Challenger 2
Challenger 2 main battle tank → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: Challenger 2
this entity surface form: War in Iraq (2003–2011)
Patriot missile system → notableConflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Iraq War → alsoKnownAs → Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Gulf War
Iraq War → alsoKnownAs → Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2003 invasion of Iraq
Iraq War → keyEvent → Iraq War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2003 invasion of Iraq
Iraq War → keyEvent → Iraq War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
Blue Diamond → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: 1st Marine Division
Blue Diamond → notableBattle → Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: 1st Marine Division
this entity surface form: 2003 invasion of Iraq
Second Battle of Fallujah → partOf → Iraq War ⓘ
Military Cross → campaign → Iraq War ⓘ
Global War on Terrorism → includesConflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Global War on Terrorism → includesOperation → Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Tomahawk cruise missile → usedInConflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Polish Air Force → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
U.S. 101st Airborne Division → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
U.S. 101st Airborne Division → theater → Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraq theater of operations
John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign → keyIssue → Iraq War ⓘ
The Old Breed → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Universal Camouflage Pattern → usedInConflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Royal Regiment of Artillery → engagement → Iraq War ⓘ
Gurkha units → engagedIn → Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraq War (2003–2011)
Warrior infantry fighting vehicle → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
SA80 assault rifle → usedInConflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Household Cavalry → engagement → Iraq War ⓘ
Iraq → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Iraq → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraq insurgency
Royal Australian Air Force → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
AMRAAM air-to-air missile → usedIn → Iraq War ⓘ
subject surface form: AMRAAM
this entity surface form: Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division → conflictParticipated → Iraq War ⓘ
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division → conflictParticipated → Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. Army Special Operations Command → engagedIn → Iraq War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Royal Army Medical Corps → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Belgian Armed Forces → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
British Armed Forces → conflictParticipation → Iraq War ⓘ
Arundhati Roy → hasWrittenOn → Iraq War ⓘ