Iraqi insurgency

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armed conflict asymmetric warfare insurgency

The Iraqi insurgency was a multifaceted armed rebellion that emerged after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, involving various militant groups fighting coalition forces and the new Iraqi government.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Iraqi insurgency canonical 4
Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) 3
Insurgency in Iraq (2011–2013) 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
asymmetric warfare ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
conflictIn Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
endTime around 2013 (transition into conflict with ISIL) ⓘ
hasCause 2003 invasion of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
de-Baathification policies ⓘ
dissolution of the Iraqi army ⓘ
occupation of Iraq by coalition forces ⓘ
overthrow of Saddam Hussein ⓘ
sectarian tensions in Iraq ⓘ
hasParticipant Ansar al-Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baathist loyalist groups ⓘ
Badr Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coalition forces in Iraq ⓘ
Iraqi government forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islamic State of Iraq (predecessor to ISIS) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurdish Peshmerga (limited involvement) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahdi Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shiite militias ⓘ
Sunni Arab insurgent groups ⓘ
Sunni tribal fighters ⓘ
United Kingdom Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
al-Qaeda in Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
foreign jihadist fighters ⓘ
hasPhase Sunni insurgency in Iraq (2003–2006) NERFINISHED ⓘ
insurgency leading to rise of Islamic State (2011–2013) ⓘ
post-surge insurgency (2008–2011) ⓘ
sectarian civil conflict in Iraq (2006–2008) ⓘ
location Anbar Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Basra Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diyala Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kirkuk Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nineveh Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salah ad Din Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy Government of Nouri al-Maliki NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraqi Interim Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraqi Transitional Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
NATO member states (limited roles) ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Global War on Terrorism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syrian civil war (via cross-border jihadist networks) NERFINISHED ⓘ
result displacement of Iraqi population ⓘ
emergence of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from predecessor groups ⓘ
large civilian casualties ⓘ
prolonged instability in Iraq ⓘ
strengthening of sectarian divisions in Iraq ⓘ
startTime 2003 ⓘ
usedWarfareType assassinations ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
improvised explosive devices ⓘ
kidnappings ⓘ
suicide bombings ⓘ
terrorist attacks ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Omar Hadid → participatedIn → Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi → partOf → Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
Coalition Provisional Authority-trained Iraqi forces → opposed → Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi insurgency (post-2003)
Special Police Commandos → conflict → Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
Sunni Triangle → significantEvent → Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraq War insurgency
Sunni Triangle → conflict → Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
western Iraq → wasConflictZoneIn → Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Iraq
Operation Iraqi Freedom → ledTo → Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) → relatedTo → Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Insurgency in Iraq (2011–2013)
Battle of Baghdad → followedBy → Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
Baqubah → historicalEvent → Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraqi Civil War (post-2003) violence
Haditha Dam → wasContestedDuring → Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraq insurgency