Iraq War

The Iraq War, also known as the Occupation of Iraq, The Second Gulf War or Operation Iraqi Freedom, is an ongoing military campaign which began on March 20, 2003, with the invasion of Iraq by a multinational force led by troops from the United States and the United Kingdom. Prior to the war, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom claimed that Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) posed a threat to the... more

Start date:

  • Mar 20, 2003

Location(s):

Also known as:

  • Operation Iraqi Freedom,
  • War in Iraq,
  • Second Gulf War

Military Conflict

Casualties:

Combatant Type Of Casualties Estimate Upper Estimate
  • 1,200
  • 1,500
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War on Terrorism

The War on Terrorism (also known as the Global War on Terrorism or the War on Terror) is the common term for what the George W. Bush administration perceived or presented as the military, political, legal and ideological conflict against Islamic terrorism, Islamic militants and the regimes and...
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