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Events in the year 2009 in Iraq.

## Incumbents

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* President: Jalal Talabani
* Prime Minister: Nouri al-Maliki
* Vice President: Tariq al-Hashimi, Adil Abdul-Mahdi
* Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (autonomous region)
* President: Massoud Barzani
* Prime Minister: Barham Salih
* Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (autonomous region)
* President: Massoud Barzani
* Prime Minister: Nechervan Barzani to 31 August Barham Salih

## Events

[edit]

### January

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* 1 January – The United States officially hands over responsibility for security in the Green Zone to Iraqi forces[1]
* The U.S. opens its embassy in Baghdad.[1]
* 22 January – The Estonian and Salvadoran missions to Iraq end.[2][3]
* 26 January – Four U.S. soldiers died when two helicopters crashed, after they came under enemy fire, in northern Iraq.[4]
* 31 January – Iraq holds its provincial elections with a minimum of violence.

### February

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* 1 February – A total of 191 Iraqis were killed in violence during January, the lowest monthly toll since the US-led invasion of March 2003.[5]
* Sixteen U.S. troops died in Iraq in January 2009.[6]
* 9 February – Three U.S. soldiers were killed by a suicide car bomber in Mosul. A fourth U.S. soldier died later of wounds suffered in the attack.[7]
* 10 February – Nicolas Sarkozy became the first French president to visit Iraq in a surprise stopover during a Persian Gulf tour.[8]
* 11 February – Twin car bombings at a Baghdad bus station kill 16 people.[5]
* 12 February – The United Kingdom suffered its first Iraq War fatality of 2009 when a British soldier was shot and killed in Basra.[9]
* 13 February – A female suicide bomber kills 40 Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad.[10]
* 15 February – a U.S. soldier from 610 ESC, 14th Engineer Battalion, 555 Engineer Brigade was killed by an EFP (Explosively Formed Projectile) in As Salam in Southern Iraq
* 23 February –
* A U.S. soldier and an interpreter were shot dead by Iraqi policemen who opened fire on them as they toured Iraqi police positions on a bridge in Mosul during fighting north of Baghdad.[11] Three others were wounded.
* Three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter were killed and a fourth U.S. soldier wounded in a firefight with insurgents in the Diyala Province.[12]
* 27 February –
* Christopher R. Hill was named to succeed Ryan Crocker as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.[13]
* Barack Obama, President of the United States, announced 31 August 2010 as the deadline for the withdrawal of "combat troops" from Iraq. A "transitional force" of 35,000 to 50,000 support, advisory, and counterterrorism personnel is slated for withdrawal by the end of 2011. Obama declared that this strategy for withdrawal was in line with the American goal of "a full transition to Iraqi responsibility" for the sovereign nation of Iraq. He congratulated the Iraqi people and government for their "proud resilience" in not "giving into the forces of disunion", but cautioned that Iraqis would have to remain vigilant against "those ... who will insist that Iraq's differences cannot be reconciled without more killing" even after the U.S. drawdown in 2010 and withdrawal in 2011.[14][15]
* The Iraqi death toll for February leapt substantially from January's count to 258, a 35% increase.[16]
* Seventeen U.S. troops died in February 2009 in Iraq. One U.K. serviceman was also killed.[17]

### March

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* Nine US soldiers die in Iraq this month, the lowest since the start of the war.
* 12 March – The trial of Muntadhir al-Zaidi, on charges of assault for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush, resumes at the Central Criminal Court of Iraq[18] following an adjournment in late December 2008 so the court could determine whether Bush was in Iraq on an official visit, since he had entered the country uninvited by Iraqi officials and had been greeted by the U.S. military.[19][20] Al-Zaidi was sentenced to three years in prison,[21] although on 7 April 2009 the sentence was reduced to one year from three years.[22] The maximum sentence facing al-Zaidi was 15 years.

### April

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama in Baghdad, 7 April 2009 President of Iraq Jalal Talabani with U.S. President Barack Obama, 7 April 2009

* 7 April – U.S. President Barack Obama makes a surprise visit to troops in Iraq.[23]
* 10 April – Suicide bomber in truck kills five US troops in Iraq[24]
* 23 April – Two suicide bombings kill over eighty people in Baghdad and near Baqubah, the worst violence in 2009[25]

### May

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* 11 May – Sgt. John Russell opens fire at a clinic at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, killing five fellow soldiers, before being subdued.[26]
* 15 May – The Royal Air Force commemorates the end of their nineteen years of operations in Iraq.[27]
* 27 May – The last of the U.K.'s combat troops are withdrawn.[28]

### June

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* 4 June – Romanian forces officially end their Iraq mission[29]
* 22 June – Sherif Kamal Shahine is appointed Egypt's ambassador to Iraq, replacing Ihab al-Sharif, who was killed in July 2005 by Al Qaeda in Iraq. He was the second Egyptian ambassador to Iraq since the Fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in April 2003.[30]
* 24 June – A bomb explodes in a market in Sadr City, Baghdad killing at least 69 and injuring at least 150.[31]
* 30 June –
* US troops formally handed over security duties to Iraqi forces and withdrew from towns and cities in Iraq. US troops continue to be embedded with Iraqi forces.
* A car bombing kills at least 27 people in Kirkuk.[32]

### July

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* 28 July – Australia, the United Kingdom and Romania end their Iraq troop presence, leaving the United States with the only foreign combat troops in the country.[33][34]

### August

[edit]

* 19 August - Waves of explosions kill over 100 in Baghdad and injure 298 people.

### September

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* 11 September – Inmates at Iraq's Abu Garrib prison start a fire and clash with guards during two days of unrest
* 16 September – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made his second visit to Baghdad in as many months and met with Prime Minister al-Maliki even as insurgents fired mortars and rockets at the Green Zone to protest his presence. Although said to be in "listening mode", Biden addressed issues of security, political reconciliation, and foreign investment in Iraq's oil-rich but weakened economy with various leaders in the capital and Iraq's Kurdish region.[35] Biden said, "We will also move ahead on other aspects of our security agreement by removing all US combat brigades from Iraq by the end of August 2010 and all remaining US troops by the end of 2011."[36]
* 18 September – At least 7 people have been killed and another 21 injured when a car bomb detonated at a busy market place in the Iraqi town of Mahmudiya, 30 km (19 mi) south of the capital Baghdad.[37]

### October

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* 11 October – A series of apparently coordinated bombings aimed at a meeting for national reconciliation killed 23 people and wounded 65 others in western Iraq, but they did not injure the officials who were at the gathering. The first bomb exploded about 11 am outside the headquarters of Ramadi's main government building, where the provincial governor and council have offices. About seven minutes after the first bomb, a second car in the parking lot exploded, wounding security force members and others who had responded to the original explosion; this bomb caused most of the casualties. About one hour after the first two bombings, a man driving a car filled with explosives attempted to speed through a security checkpoint near the Ramadi General Hospital; he was shot by a police officer at the checkpoint but managed to explode the car, killing himself and wounding two others.[38]
* 25 October – At least 155 people have been killed and around 721 injured, after two large car bomb explosions detonated in central Baghdad. The explosions are believed to have been detonated in the green zone of central Baghdad, close to several ministry buildings. These are the largest attacks since 19 August when truck bombs exploded near two ministry buildings killing at least 100 people. Iraq has blamed foreign fighters for this attack and has accused Syria of involvement in these bombings. Iraq is demanding a UN investigation over the incident.[39][40]

### December

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* 8 December – At least 127 people are killed and more than 200 injured in a series of car bombings, the deadliest attacks in Iraq since 25 October bombings. The attacks were coordinated and aimed at important government buildings.[41]
* 18 December – Iranian forces invade and seize East Maysan oilfield 4.[42]
* 31 December – The US suffers only three troop deaths, and no combat deaths, the lowest monthly figure since the war began.[43]

## Notable deaths

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* 27 May – Ammo Baba, 74, Iraqi footballer and athletic trainer, diabetes.[44]
* 7 August – Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf, 80, Iraqi politician, Vice President (1975–2003).[45]
* 26 August – Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, 56, Iraqi politician, lung cancer.[46]
* 3 September – Alec MacLachlan, 30, British hostage in Iraq (death confirmed on this date).[47]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b "New US embassy opens in Baghdad". BBC News. 5 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
2. ^ No more Estonian troop units in Iraq[permanent dead link]
3. ^ Salvadorian Troops in Iraq Return Home
4. ^ The Associated Press (31 January 2009). "January 2009". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
5. ^ a b At least 26 dead as bombs, shootings shatter Iraq lull. Retrieved 11 February 2009
6. ^ U.S. Casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom January 2009. GlobalSecurity.Org. Retrieved 12 February 2009
7. ^ "February 2009". Usatoday.Com. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
8. ^ Lauter, Devorah (11 February 2009). "Sarkozy makes surprise Iraq visit". Jta.org. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
9. ^ "British military deaths in Iraq". BBC News. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
10. ^ Female suicide bomber kills 40 Archived 14 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
11. ^ Yahoo news- U.S. soldier killed in police attack
12. ^ "3 U.S. soldiers, interpreter killed in Iraq". NBC News. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
13. ^ "Hill appointed US Iraq ambassador". English.aljazeera.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
14. ^ "Obama's Speech at Camp Lejeune, N.C." The New York Times. The New York Times. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
15. ^ "Obama outlines Iraq pullout plan". BBC News. 27 February 2009. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
16. ^ "Iraq Death Toll Rises to 258 in February: Ministries". Almanar.com.lb. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
17. ^ Iraq Coalition Casualty Count Archived 21 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine. ICasualities.org. Retrieved 1 March 2009
18. ^ "Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Journalist's Trial Postponed". Fox News. Associated Press. 30 December 2008. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
19. ^ Star Tribune: Iraqi who threw shoes at ex-President George W. Bush says he acted to restore Iraq's pride Archived 20 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
20. ^ Gomez, Alan (20 February 2009). "Iraqi says he plotted, practiced shoe attack". USA Today. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
21. ^ Hendawi, Hamza (12 March 2009). "Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush jailed for 3 years". Newsweek. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
22. ^ LondoñO, Ernesto; Mizher, Qais (7 April 2009). "Court reduces sentence for Iraqi shoe thrower". Associated Press via Washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
23. ^ "Obama makes surprise visit to Iraq". CNN. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
24. ^ Chulov, Martin (11 April 2009). "Suicide bomber in truck kills five US troops in Iraq". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
25. ^ "Bombings kill nearly 90 in Iraq". CNN. 23 April 2009. Archived from the original on 24 April 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
26. ^ Dao, James; Alvarez, Lizette (14 May 2009). "Counseling Was Ordered for Soldier in Iraq Shooting". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
27. ^ "RAF ends Iraq campaign after 19 years". The Independent. London. 15 May 2009. Archived from the original on 18 May 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
28. ^ Vina, Gonzalo (26 May 2009). "U.K. Finishes Withdrawal of Its Last Combat Troops in Iraq". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
29. ^ "MNF-I Press release, June 10, 2009". Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
30. ^ "Egypt names new ambassador to Iraq after 4-year gap". Reuters. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
31. ^ "'Dozens dead' in Baghdad bombing". BBC News. 24 June 2009. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
32. ^ John Ibbitson (30 June 2009). "Iraq present U.S. with a paradox". Globe and Mail. Canada. Archived from the original on 2 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
33. ^ "People's Daily Online – "Romania's last contingent in Iraq returns home"". English.people.com.cn. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
34. ^ "UK troops in Iraq moved to Kuwait". BBC News. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
35. ^ Scott Wilson (17 September 2009). "Biden Pushes Iraqi Leaders on Vote Law, Oil-Bid Perks". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
36. ^ Karen Travers (16 September 2009). "In Baghdad, Biden Affirms U.S. Commitment to Troop Withdrawal Deadlines". ABC News. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
37. ^ "Deadly bomb hits Iraqi shoppers". BBC News. 18 September 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
38. ^ Timothy Williams (11 October 2009). "Bombings Outside Iraq Reconciliation Meeting Kill 23". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
39. ^ "Twin Baghdad blasts kill scores". BBC News. 25 October 2009. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
40. ^ Bombings target government in Baghdad Archived 27 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
41. ^ "Scores dead as car bombs rock Baghdad". CNN. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
42. ^ McElroy, Damien (18 December 2009). "Iran invades 'Iraqi' territory to seize oil field". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
43. ^ "Iraq coalition casualty count". Icasualties.org. 28 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
44. ^ ".:Middle East Online:". Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
45. ^ [1] Archived 15 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
46. ^ "Iraq Shia leader dies of cancer". BBC News. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
47. ^ "British hostage's body identified in Iraq". CNN. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

## See also

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* Iraq portal

* Media related to 2009 in Iraq at Wikimedia Commons

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Iraq War (2003–2011)

Beginning of the Iraqi conflict

Prelude

| Background|

| Pre-1990|

* 17 July Revolution
* Iranian Revolution
* 1979 Ba'ath Party Purge
* Iran–Iraq War
* British / U.S. support for Iraq
* Chemical attacks against Iran
* Anfal campaign
* Iran–Contra affair

|

1990–2003|

* Gulf War
* Invasion of Kuwait
* Nayirah testimony
* Sanctions against Iraq
* No-fly zones
* 1991 uprisings
* UNSCOM
* Arms-to-Iraq affair
* Oil-for-Food Programme
* Investigations
* September 11 attacks
* Aftermath
* War on terror
* 2001 anthrax attacks
* U.S. War in Afghanistan
* Invasion

Rationale|

* WMD claims
* Yellowcake uranium
* Aluminum tubes
* Biological weapons
* Chemical weapons
* "Curveball"
* Mobile weapon labs
* Saddam–al-Qaeda conspiracy theory
* Anthrax claims
* Prague
* Ricin claims
* Oil as a possible rationale

Issues|

* American imperialism
* Bush Doctrine
* Wolfowitz Doctrine
* Colin Powell's UN presentation
* Disarmament crisis
* UNMOVIC
* Failed peace initiatives
* Iraq resolution / UK parliament's support for invasion
* Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
* Legality
* Legitimacy of the invasion
* Media coverage
* Military analyst program
* Rapid response operation
* Saddam's alleged shredder
* Preemptive war
* Saddam Hussein and human rights

Dossiers
and memos|

* Habbush letter
* Downing Street memo
* September Dossier
* Vilnius letter
* Letter of the eight
* Bush–Blair 2003 memo
* February Dossier
* Bush–Aznar memo

Overview

| Key events|

* Invasion (2003)
* Occupation (2003–2011)
* Insurgency
* 2003–06 period
* Anbar campaign
* Fallujah
* Capture of Saddam Hussein
* Interrogation
* Trial
* Execution / Reactions
* 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing
* Civil war (2006–08)
* 2007 U.S. troop surge
* timeline
* U.S. withdrawal
* Status of forces agreement

|

Invasion
(2003)|

* Timeline
* Preparations for invasion
* Multi-National Force
* Battle of Nasiriyah
* Fall of Baghdad
* Battle of Debecka Pass
* Firdos Square statue
* Mission Accomplished speech
* US public opinion

Occupation
(2003–2011)|

* Occupation of Ramadi
* De-Ba'athification
* 100 Orders
* CPA Order 2
* CPA Order 17
* U.S. military bases
* Blackwater
* Reconstruction
* Development Fund
* Economic reform
* UNAMI
* Al Qa'qaa high explosives
* U.S. kill or capture strategy

| Replacement
governments|

* Coalition Provisional Authority
* Iraqi Governing Council
* Interim Government
* 2005 parliamentary elections
* Transitional Government
* Constitution
* Ratification

|

Participants

| Countries|

* Australia
* Ba'athist Iraq
* Denmark
* El Salvador
* Georgia
* Iran
* Italy
* Japan
* Poland
* South Korea
* Thailand
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States

|

Insurgent
groups|

| Sunni
groups|

* Islamic Army in Iraq
* 1920 Revolution Brigades
* Jaish al-Rashideen
* Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance
* Hamas of Iraq
* Jeish Muhammad
* Mujahideen Shura Council
* Islamic State of Iraq
* Al-Qaeda in Iraq
* Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah
* Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
* Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna
* Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan
* Black Banner Organization
* Wakefulness and Holy War
* Abu Theeb's group
* Abu Bakr Al-Salafi Army
* Mujahideen Army

|

Shia
groups|

* Mahdi Army
* Abu Deraa's militia
* Badr Organization
* Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
* Sheibani Network
* Soldiers of Heaven
* Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
* Promised Day Brigade
* Kata'ib Hezbollah

Ba'ath
loyalists|

* Fedayeen Saddam
* Al-Awda
* Popular Army
* Al-Abud Network
* Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order
* Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation

Battles and operations

| Operations|

| 2003|

* Ancient Babylon
* Catalyst
* Desert Scorpion
* Desert Thrust
* Falconer
* Iron Hammer
* Iron Justice
* Ivy Blizzard
* Northern Delay
* Airborne Dragon
* Panther Squeeze
* Peninsula Strike
* Planet X
* Capture of Saddam Hussein (Red Dawn)
* Telic

|

2004|

* Baton Rouge
* Bulldog Mammoth
* Iron Saber
* New Dawn (Al Fajr)
* Phantom Fury
* Phantom Linebacker
* Plymouth Rock
* Vigilant Resolve
* Warrior's Rage

2005|

* Cyclone
* Iron Hammer
* Matador
* New Market
* Spear (Romhe)
* Squeeze Play
* Steel Curtain

2006|

* Al Majid
* Gaugamela
* Iron Triangle
* Sinbad
* Swarmer
* Together Forward

2007|

* Alljah
* Arbead II
* Ardennes
* Black Eagle
* Commando Eagle
* Forsythe Park
* Imposing Law
* Leyte Gulf
* Marne Avalanche
* Marne Torch
* Mawtini
* Phantom Strike
* Phantom Thunder
* Saber Guardian
* Sledgehammer
* Stampede 3
* Tiger Hammer
* Valiant Guardian (Harris Ba'sil)

2008|

* Defeat Al Qaeda in the North
* Augurs of Prosperity
* Phantom Phoenix

2009–2011|

* New Dawn

Battles|

| 2003|

| Invasion|

* Umm Qasr
* Al Faw
* Basra I
* Nasiriyah
* Karbala I
* Haditha Dam
* Najaf I
* Samawah I
* Karbala II
* Al Kut
* Hillah
* Karbala Gap
* Debecka Pass
* Baghdad I

|

* Majar al-Kabir
* Ramadan Offensive

2004|

* Spring fighting
* Karbala City Hall
* Fallujah I
* Siege of Sadr City
* Ramadi I
* Good Friday ambush
* Baghdad International Airport
* Husaybah
* Danny Boy
* Najaf II
* CIMIC House
* Samarra
* Fallujah II
* Mosul

2005|

* Lake Tharthar
* Abu Ghraib
* Al-Qa'im
* Hit convoy
* Haditha
* Tal Afar

2006|

* Baghdad II
* Ramadi II
* Diwaniya
* Al Rumaythah
* Amarah
* Turki

2007|

* Haifa Street
* Karbala provincial HQ
* Najaf III
* Shurta Nasir
* Basra II
* Baqubah
* Route Bismarck
* Donkey Island
* Karbala III

2008|

* Spring fighting
* Iraqi Day of Ashura
* Nineveh
* Basra III
* Al-Qaeda offensive

2009–2011|

* Palm Grove (2010)

Related events|

* Turkish incursions into northern Iraq
* 2007
* 2008
* Abu Kamal raid

War crimes

| Occupation forces|

| Killings and
massacres|

* During the 2003 invasion
* U.S. killings of journalists
* Fallujah killings
* Killing of Nadhem Abdullah (2003)
* Murder of Muhamad Husain Kadir
* Mukaradeeb wedding party massacre (2004)
* Haifa Street helicopter incident (2005)
* Tal Afar shootings (2005)
* Basra prison incident (2005)
* Haditha massacre (2005)
* Mahmudiyah rape and killings (2006)
* Ishaqi massacre (2006)
* Baghdad detainee killings (2006)
* Hamdania incident (2006)
* Iraqi bodyguard killing (2006)
* Iron Triangle Murders (2006)
* Baghdad airstrike (2007)
* Nisour Square massacre (2007)
* Iraq War Logs (2010)

|

Chemical
weapons|

* Use of white phosphorus by the United States (2004–05)

Torture
and abuse|

* Abu Ghraib prison (2003–06)
* Camp Bucca (2003–09)
* Camp Nama (2003–04)
* Balad Air Base (2003–2011)
* Death of Nagem Hatab (2003)
* Killing of Baha Mousa (2003)
* Death of Abed Hamed Mowhoush (2003)
* Killing of Manadel al-Jamadi (2003)
* Death of Fashad Mohamed (2004)

§ Other killings
and bombings|

| 2003|

* Jordanian embassy
* Canal Hotel
* Imam Ali mosque bombing
* Baghdad October 2003

|

2004|

* Erbil 2004
* Ashura massacre
* Basra 2004
* Mosul 2004
* 2004 church bombings
* Baghdad bombings
* 14 September
* 30 September
* Karbala and Najaf bombings
* Baqubah 2004
* Kufa mosque bombing

2005|

* Al Hillah 2005
* Erbil 2005
* Musayyib bombing
* Baghdad bombings
* August
* September
* Balad 2005
* Khanaqin bombings

2006|

* Karbala and Ramadi
* Al-Askari mosque 2006
* Buratha mosque bombing
* Sadr City bombings
* July
* November
* Hayy Al-Jihad massacre

2007|

* Mustansiriya University
* Baghdad bombings
* 22 January
* 3 February
* 12 February
* 18 February
* 29 March
* 18 April
* 26 July
* 1 August
* Al Hillah 2007
* Tal Afar 2007
* Iraqi Parliament
* 2007 Karbala mosque bombings
* Massacres of Yazidis
* April massacre
* Qahtaniyah bombings
* Makhmour
* Abu Sayda
* Al-Askari mosque 2007
* Al-Khilani mosque bombing
* Amirli bombing
* Kirkuk 2007
* Al Amarah bombings

2008|

* Bagdad bombings
* February
* March
* June
* Balad 2008
* Karbala 2008
* Al-Karmah
* Dujail bombing
* Balad Ruz bombing
* Attacks on Christians in Mosul

2009|

* Bagdad bombings
* March
* 6 April
* June
* August
* October
* December
* Baghdad–Miqdadiyah
* Taza bombing
* Kirkuk 2009
* Tal Afar 2009

2010|

* Nationwide attacks
* 10 May
* 25 August
* Bagdad bombings
* January
* February
* April
* August
* September
* November
* Baqubah 2010
* Baghdad church massacre

2011|

* Nationwide attacks
* January
* August
* Bagdad bombings
* January
* August
* October
* Arba'een bombings
* Tikrit assault
* Al Hillah 2011
* Samarra bombing
* Al Diwaniyah bombing
* Taji bombings
* Karbala 2011
* Basra 2011

Other war crimes|

* Raid on Camp Ashraf (2011)
* Archaeological looting
* Chlorine bombings
* Torture by the Wolf Brigade (2004–2011)

Prosecution|

* United States and the International Criminal Court
* Hague Invasion Act
* Prosecution for the 2003 invasion
* Abtan v. Blackwater
* Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
* Saleh v. Bush
* Taguba Report

§ All attacks listed in this group were either committed by insurgents, or have unknown perpetrators

Impact

| General|

* Casualties
* Iraq Body Count
* Iraq Family Health Survey
* Lancet surveys
* ORB survey
* Damage to Baghdad
* Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster
* Human rights
* Humanitarian crisis
* 2007 cholera outbreak
* Financial cost
* Refugees
* Iraqi Christians
* Mandaeans
* Violence against Iraqi academics

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Political
controversies|

* Post-invasion WMD conjecture
* Iraq scandal in Finland
* Dixie Chicks comments
* Plame affair
* Hood event
* Death of David Kelly
* Hutton Inquiry
* Kidnapping of Angelo dela Cruz
* 2004 document leak
* Al Jazeera bombing memo
* Scott Thomas Beauchamp controversy
* MoveOn.org ad controversy
* Six Days in Fallujah
* Role of Canada
* War resisters

| Investigations|

* Senate Report on WMD Intelligence
* Duelfer Report
* Chilcot Inquiry

|

Reactions|

| Pre-war|

* Pre-war international reactions
* Khuy Voyne!
* Saddam Hussein interview

|

* Views on the invasion
* U.S. public opinion
* Opposition
* Criticism
* United Nations
* Oprah's Anti-war series
* Iraqi map pendant
* Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan
* Photo Op
* A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq
* Bush shoe-throwing incident

Protests|

* Halloween 2002
* February 15, 2003
* March 20, 2003
* Bring Them Home Now Tour
* January 20, 2005
* September 24, 2005
* January 27, 2007
* March 17, 2007
* 2007 Port of Tacoma
* September 15, 2007
* March 19, 2008

Aftermath in Iraq|

* The rise of ISIL
* Insurgency (2011–13)
* War in Iraq (2013–17)
* War against ISIL (2014–present)
* U.S.-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)
* Insurgency (2017–present)

Miscellaneous

| Terminology|

* Axis of evil
* Outposts of tyranny
* "Baghdad Bob"
* "Chemical Ali"
* Coalition of the willing
* Dead checking
* Embedded journalism
* Freedom fries
* Friedman Unit
* "Mother of All Bombs"
* "Mrs. Anthrax"
* Old Europe and New Europe
* Regime change
* Shock and awe
* "Sixteen Words"
* "Smoking gun / mushroom cloud"
* Star Spangled Ice Cream
* Strategic reset
* "There are unknown unknowns"
* Triangle of Death
* "Yo, Blair"

| Critical|

* Global arrogance
* Inverted totalitarianism
* "The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time"

|

Memorials|

* Afghan–Iraqi Freedom Memorial (Salem, Oregon)
* Al-Shaheed Monument
* Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial (London)
* Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial
* Old North Memorial Garden
* Saving Iraqi Culture

Lists|

* Assassinations
* Aviation shootdowns and accidents
* Bombings
* Coalition military operations
* Documentaries
* Iraqi security forces fatality reports
* Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards
* Private contractor deaths

Timeline|

* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011

Related

* Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
* Chelsea Manning
* CIA black sites
* Efforts to impeach George W. Bush
* "Enhanced interrogation techniques"
* Torture in the United States
* Extraordinary rendition
* Green Zone
* Guantanamo Bay detention camp
* Gulf of Tonkin incident
* Resolution
* Military–industrial complex
* Neoconservatism
* Patriot Act
* Petrodollar warfare theory
* Post-9/11
* Special Relationship
* The Iraq War: A Historiography of Wikipedia Changelogs
* Unilateralism
* Unitary executive theory
* U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East
* WikiLeaks
* Ba'ath Party archives

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