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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. [19] November 19: Ammar al-Saffar, Deputy Health Minister, becomes the highest-ranking Iraqi to be kidnapped.
The Iraq War (Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, [83] [84] was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition , which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein .
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Tensions between Iran and Iraq over the disputed waterway and border escalate into a full-scale war in 1980; Saddam Hussein: Saddam Hussein: Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) Iraq MEK DRFLA Sudan Iran KDP PUK Badr Brigades: Stalemate. Both Iraq and Iran accepted UNSC Resolution 598; 105,000 375,000 ~100,000 Invasion of Kuwait (1990) Iraq Kuwait ...
Trillion-dollar war. Hundreds of thousands dead. Zero weapons of mass destruction. Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports on the numbers behind the war
5. Help Iraq Strengthen Its Economy Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) Governor Sinan al-Shabibi acknowledged that the CBI’s monetary policies have decreased Iraq’s core rate of inflation. The 12-month core inflation rate (excluding fuel and transport) was 16.5% in July, down from 31.9% at the end of 2006. 6. Help Iraq Strengthen the Rule of Law
This list includes any raid, strike, skirmish, siege, sacking, and/or battle (land, naval, and air) that occurred on the territories of what may today be referred to as Iraq; however, in which the conflict itself may have only been part of an operation of a campaign in a theater of a greater war (e.g. any and/or all border, undeclared, colonial ...