War against Iraq
| 2003 invasion of Iraq | |||||||
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| Part of the Iraq War | |||||||
 U.S. Army M1A1 Abrams tanks and their crews pose for a photo in front of the "Hands of Victory" monument at Baghdad's Ceremony Square in November 2003. |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Coalition forces: With military support from: |
 Ansar al-Islam
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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 Masoud Barzani Babakir Zebari Jalal Talabani Kosrat Rasul AliAhmed Chalabi |
 Saddam Hussein Qusay Hussein Uday Hussein Abid Hamid Mahmud Ali Hassan al-Majid Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Ra'ad al-Hamdani Abu Abdullah Warya Salih ash-Shafi'i (Ansar-ul-Islam commander) |
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| Strength | |||||||
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380,000 troops
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Ansar al-Islam: 600–800 |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Coalition: 196+ killed |
Estimated Iraqi combatant fatalities: 30,000 (figure attributed to General Tommy Franks) 7,600–11,000 (4,895–6,370 observed and reported) (Project on Defense Alternatives study) 13,500–45,000 (extrapolated from fatality rates in units serving around Baghdad) Total: 7,600–45,000 killed |
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Estimated Iraqi civilian fatalities: 392,979 to 942,636 excess Iraqi deaths by June 2006 (Lancet Report) 48,000 to 751,000 excess Iraqi deaths by June 2011 (University Collaborative Iraq Mortality Study) |
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Coalition victory
Coalition forces:
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Poland
With military support from:
Iraqi National Congress
Peshmerga
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