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November 7 - The United States midterm elections removed the Republican Party from control of both chambers of the United States Congress. The failings in the Iraq War were cited as one of the main causes of the Republicans' defeat, even though the Bush administration had attempted to distance itself from its earlier "stay the course" rhetoric ...
Current events; Random article; ... Pages in category "Timelines of the Iraq War" ... Timeline of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007; Timeline of the Plame affair
2003–2011: War in Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 20, 2003, The United States leads a coalition that includes the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland to invade Iraq with the stated goal being "to disarm Iraq in pursuit of peace, stability, and security both in the Gulf region and in the United States."
Iraq War (2003–2011) Iraq: United States United Kingdom Australia Poland Peshmerga: Defeat Overthrow of Ba'ath Party-led regime (and execution of Saddam Hussein in 2006) 7,600–10,800 151,000–1,033,000+ → Iraq Peshmerga MNF–I United States United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia Georgia Ukraine Netherlands Spain Romania
The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, the Iraq War.. Iraq War – a protracted armed conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011, which began with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein.
At the time, violence in the country was at its lowest since the start of the Iraq War in 2003. The United States even had plans to withdraw its troops. Four years have passed, and while massacres in Iraq have diminished in frequency, they have persisted — even as many Americans believed sectarian violence had been suppressed.
United States North Korea: 1966 1967 Ñancahuazú Guerrilla War Bolivia United States: National Liberation Army of Bolivia: 1967 1968 1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran. Part of the Kurdish separatism in Iran. Iran: Kurdish tribesmen 1967 1975 Araguaia Guerrilla War: Brazilian military government: Communist Party of Brazil: 1967 1975 Cambodian Civil War
Territorial disputes with Iran led to an inconclusive and costly eight-year war, the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988, termed Qādisiyyat-Saddām – 'Saddam's Qādisiyyah'), which devastated the economy. Iraq declared victory in 1988 but actually achieved a weary return to the status quo ante bellum. The war left Iraq with the largest military ...