Iraqi insurgency (2003-2011)

An Iraqi Insurgency started after the 2003 American invasion and the removal of Saddam Husayn from power. The insurgency lasted until the end of the Iraq War which caused another Iraqi Insurgency which lasted from 2011-2013. The insurgency was diverse with different sects and religions that would normally be enemies fighting against the US forces together.[11] However this alliance later broke apart and later caused a civil war in Iraq.[12][13]

Iraqi insurgency
Part of the Iraq War
Two masked Iraqi men with weapons during the insurgency that followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Insurgents in northern Iraq, 2006
Date1 May 2003 – 18 December 2011
(8 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location
Iraq
Result

Inconclusive

Belligerents

 United States
 United Kingdom

New Iraqi government

Sons of Iraq Supported by:
Iran Iran[1][2]

 NATO

 Israel[3][4][5]
 United Nations

Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg Ba'ath loyalists

Flag of Jihad.svg Sunni insurgents

Commanders and leaders
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Tommy Franks
Donald Rumsfeld
Robert Gates
Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
David Cameron
John Howard
Kevin Rudd
Silvio Berlusconi
Walter Natynczyk
José María Aznar
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Ayad Allawi
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Nouri al-Maliki
Ali Khamenei
Mohammad Salimi
Ataollah Salehi
Iran Qasem Soleimani
Ba'athist Iraq Saddam Hussein #Skull and Crossbones.svg
Ba'athist Iraq Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Ba'athist Iraq Abid Hamid Mahmud
Ba'athist Iraq Ali Hassan al-Majid
Ba'athist Iraq Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti # Executed
Ba'athist Iraq Taha Yasin Ramadan # Executed
Ba'athist Iraq Tariq Aziz #
Ba'athist Iraq Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed
Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 
Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg Abu Ayyub al-Masri 
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi 
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'i #
Flag of Islamic Army In Iraq.svg Ishmael Jubouri

References

  1. Elaheh Rostami-Povey, Iran's Influence: A Religious-Political State and Society in Its Region, pp. 130–154, Zed Books Ltd, 2010.
  2. "Iranian Strategy in Iraq Politics and "Other Means"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. "U.S. employs Israeli tactics in Iraq". NBC News. December 13, 2003. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  4. Hersh, Seymour M. (21 June 2004). "As June 30th approaches, Israel looks to the Kurds.". The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/06/28/plan-b-2. Retrieved 12 June 2023. 
  5. Bishku (2018), p. 63.
  6. President Barack Obama Speaks With VICE News. YouTube. 16 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  7. Krepinevich, Andrew F.; Jr (2005-09-01). "How to Win in Iraq" (in en-US). Foreign Affairs (September/October 2005). ISSN 0015-7120 . https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/iraq/2005-09-01/how-win-iraq. Retrieved 2023-10-20. 
  8. Georgy, Michael (2023-03-16). "Iraqi ambush of Americans made a mockery of 'Mission Accomplished'" (in en). Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iraqi-ambush-americans-made-mockery-mission-accomplished-2023-03-16/. Retrieved 2023-10-20. 
  9. Mazzetti, Mark (2004-07-06). "U.S. Response to Insurgency Called a Failure" (in en-US). Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-06-fg-counterinsurgency6-story.html. Retrieved 2023-10-20. 
  10. Cordesman, Anthony H. (2020-01-02). "America's Failed Strategy in the Middle East: Losing Iraq and the Gulf".
  11. "A Face and a Name: Civilian Victims of Insurgent Groups in Iraq: III. Insurgent Groups in Iraq". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  12. "12/06 CBS: 85% of Americans now characterize the situation in Iraq as a Civil War" (PDF). CBS News. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  13. Iraqi Insurgency (2003-2011) Media

    Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say Iraq in civil war. 28 Sep 2006. http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/28/poll.iraq/index.html.