Iraq War

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The Iraq War was a major armed conflict that began in 2003 with a U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime, followed by years of insurgency, sectarian violence, and international military involvement.

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Generate an image of the Iraq War (The Iraq War was a major armed conflict that began in 2003 with a U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime, followed by years of insurgency, sectarian violence, and international military involvement.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
international conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
aftermath continued instability and violence in Iraq after 2011 ⓘ
power vacuum contributing to rise of ISIS ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War

Second Gulf War ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War
belligerent Australia ⓘ
Iraq under Saddam Hussein ⓘ
linked to: Iraq

Iraqi insurgent groups ⓘ
Islamic State of Iraq (precursor to ISIS) ⓘ
linked to: al-Qaeda in Iraq

Kurdish Peshmerga forces ⓘ
linked to: Kurds

Poland ⓘ
Shia militias in Iraq ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ
casualties hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed ⓘ
over four thousand U.S. military personnel killed ⓘ
cause U.S. allegations of links between Saddam Hussein and terrorism ⓘ
U.S. allegations of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq ⓘ
policy of regime change in Iraq by the United States ⓘ
commander David Petraeus ⓘ
George W. Bush ⓘ
Saddam Hussein ⓘ
Tommy Franks ⓘ
Tony Blair ⓘ
controversy civilian casualties and human rights abuses ⓘ
legality of the invasion under international law ⓘ
displacedPersons millions of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons ⓘ
economicImpact high financial cost to the United States ⓘ
severe damage to Iraqi infrastructure ⓘ
endDate 2011-12-18 ⓘ
justificationClaimedBy United States government ⓘ
keyEvent 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War

2007 U.S. troop surge in Iraq ⓘ
Battle of Baghdad (2003) ⓘ
First Battle of Fallujah ⓘ
Iraqi civil conflict and sectarian violence (mid-2000s) ⓘ
Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War

Second Battle of Fallujah ⓘ
Status of Forces Agreement between U.S. and Iraq (2008) ⓘ
capture of Saddam Hussein ⓘ
location Iraq ⓘ
mainTheater Iraq ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive global news coverage and embedded journalism ⓘ
opponentOf Saddam Hussein government ⓘ
linked to: Saddam Hussein
opposedBy France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
many anti-war movements worldwide ⓘ
partOf War on Terror ⓘ
politicalImpact debate over intelligence failures regarding WMD ⓘ
long-term U.S. domestic political controversy ⓘ
relatedTo Gulf War ⓘ
Syrian Civil War ⓘ
result establishment of a new Iraqi government ⓘ
occupation of Iraq by coalition forces ⓘ
overthrow of Saddam Hussein ⓘ
prolonged insurgency in Iraq ⓘ
regional destabilization in the Middle East ⓘ
rise of sectarian violence in Iraq ⓘ
startDate 2003-03-20 ⓘ
supportedBy coalition of the willing ⓘ
UNResolutionInvoked United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 ⓘ

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United States Army → engagedIn → Iraq War ⓘ
Royal Air Force → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
United States Army Rangers → notableEngagement → Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ
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British Army → engagedIn → Iraq War ⓘ
USASC → conflictInvolved → Iraq War ⓘ
Silver Star → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Polish Army → engagedIn → Iraq War ⓘ
Royal Armoured Corps → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Challenger 2 → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
subject linked to: Challenger 2 main battle tank
Challenger 2 → conflict → War in Iraq (2003–2011) ⓘ
subject linked to: Challenger 2 main battle tank
linked to: Iraq War
Iraq War → alsoKnownAs → Second Gulf War ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War
Iraq War → alsoKnownAs → 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War
Iraq War → keyEvent → 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War
Iraq War → keyEvent → Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War
1st Marine Division → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
subject linked to: Blue Diamond
1st Marine Division → notableBattle → 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
subject linked to: Blue Diamond
linked to: Iraq War
Military Cross → campaign → Iraq War ⓘ
Global War on Terrorism → includesOperation → Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ
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Polish Air Force → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
U.S. 101st Airborne Division → theater → Iraq theater of operations ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War
The Old Breed → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Gurkha units → engagedIn → Iraq War (2003–2011) ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War
Household Cavalry → engagement → Iraq War ⓘ
Iraq → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Iraq → conflict → Iraq insurgency ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War
AMRAAM → usedIn → Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ
subject linked to: AMRAAM air-to-air missile
linked to: Iraq War
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division → conflictParticipated → Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War
U.S. Army Special Operations Command → engagedIn → Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ
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Belgian Armed Forces → conflict → Iraq War ⓘ
Arundhati Roy → hasWrittenOn → Iraq War ⓘ