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Iraq War

2003–2011 conflict in IraqBelligerentsInvasion (2003):Coalition of the willingUnited StatesUnited KingdomAustraliaPolandKurdistan RegionKDPPUKIraqi National CongressFree Iraqi ForcesInvasion (2003):Ba'athist IraqInsurgency (2003–11): Iraq United States United KingdomMNF–I (2004–09) Kurdistan RegionAwakening CouncilInsurgency (2003–11):Sunni insurgents:Al-QaedaAQI (2004–6)MSC (2006)ISI (2006–11)IAIJRTNJTJJaysh al-Mujahideen1920 Revolution BrigadesAnsar al-SunnaHamas of IraqShia insurgents:Mahdi ArmyKata'ib HezbollahAsa'ib Ahl al-HaqPromised Day BrigadesCommanders and leadersNouri al-MalikiGeorge W. BushBarack ObamaDick CheneyDonald RumsfeldRobert GatesTommy FranksTony BlairDavid PetraeusRaymond T. OdiernoSaddam Hussein Abu Musab al-Zarqawi XAbu Omar al-Baghdadi †Abu Ayyub al-Masri †Muqtada al-SadrStrengthCoalition forces (2003)309,000–584,799 United States: 192,000–466,985 personnel United Kingdom: 45,000 Australia: 2,000 Poland: 194Peshmerga: 70,000Coalition forces (2004–09)176,000 at peakUnited States Forces – Iraq (2010–11)112,000 at activationSecurity contractors 6,000–7,000 (estimate)Iraqi Security Forces578,269 Iraqi Armed Forces: 191,957Ministry of Interior: 386,312Awakening militias≈103,000 (2008)Kurdistan Region≈400,000 (Kurdish Border Guard: 30,000, Peshmerga: 75,000)Iraqi Armed Forces: 375,000Special Iraqi Republican Guard: 12,000Iraqi Republican Guard: 75,000Fedayeen Saddam: 30,000 Sunni Insurgents≈70,000 (2007)Mahdi Army≈60,000 (2007)Islamic State of Iraq≈1,000 (2008)Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order≈500–1,000 (2007)Casualties and lossesIraqi Security Forces (post-Saddam)Killed: 17,690Wounded: 40,000+Coalition forcesKilled: 4,826 (4,508 US, 179 UK, 139 other)Missing/captured (US): 17 (9 died in captivity, 8 rescued)Wounded: 32,776+ (32,292 US, 315 UK, 210+ other)Injured/diseases/other medical*: 51,139 (47,541 US, 3,598 UK)ContractorsKilled: 3,650Wounded & injured: 43,880Awakening CouncilsKilled: 1,002+Wounded: 500+ (2007), 828 (2008) Total dead: 27,163Total wounded: 117,961Iraqi combatant dead (invasion period): 7,600–45,000Insurgents (post-Saddam)Killed: 26,544+ (2003–11) (4,000 foreign fighters killed by Sep.

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