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Civil war in Iraq (2006–07)

First Iraqi Civil War
Part of the Iraq War (2003–11)
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Ethnic and religious groups in Iraq:
Date February 2006 – February 2007
Location Central Iraq and Baghdad
Result
Belligerents

Sunni factions:
Iraqi Ba'ath Party Loyalists

Ansar al-Sunna
Islamic Army of Iraq
Sunni tribes
Other Sunni insurgents and militia


al-Qaeda in Iraq

Shi'a factions:
Mahdi Army
Special Groups

Badr Brigades
Rogue elements among the Iraqi security forces
Soldiers of Heaven
Shia tribes

Other militias

Public stability:
Iraq Iraqi security forces
United States United States
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Other coalition forces
Private Security Contractors
Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga

Sons of Iraq
Commanders and leaders

Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri
Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed
Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'i (POW)
Fakri Hadi Gari (POW)
Ishmael Jubouri


Abu Omar al-Baghdadi 
al-Qaeda Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 
al-Qaeda Abu Ayyub al-Masri 

al-Qaeda Abu Suleiman

Muqtada al-Sadr
Abu Deraa
Qais al-Khazali (POW)
Akram al-Kabi
Arkan Hasnawi 
Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim 
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Hadi al-Amiri
Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani
Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim 

Ahmed Hassani al-Yemeni 

IraqIraqi Kurdistan Jalal Talabani
Iraq Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Iraq Nouri al-Maliki
United States Tommy Franks
Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani
Abdul Sattar Abu Risha 

Ahmad Abu Risha
Strength

Sunni Insurgents: 70,000 (2003-2007)


Foreign Mujahedeen: 1,300

Mahdi Army: 60,000(2003-2008)

Badr Organisation: 20,000
Soldiers of Heaven: 1,000
Special Groups: 7,000 (2011)
Coalition
~49,700 current
Contractors
~7,000
Iraqi Security Forces
618,000 (805,269 Army and 348,000 Police)
Awakening Council militias
103,000
N.B.: The factional situation is complex; Sunni- and Shi'ite-linked militias have also fought amongst each other, and have colluded with government forces. Some casualties also linked to the crime activities and not due to the war. See the full text for details.

Sunni factions:
Iraqi Ba'ath Party Loyalists

Ansar al-Sunna
Islamic Army of Iraq
Sunni tribes
Other Sunni insurgents and militia

al-Qaeda in Iraq

Shi'a factions:
Mahdi Army
Special Groups


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