User:AndrewRT/Iraq Civil War
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[edit] Personal WikiProject
[edit] Tasks
1. Compile a list of all general articles that cover post-invasion Iraq
- Civil war in Iraq - Clean up, OR;
- Iraq War
- 2003 invasion of Iraq
- Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–present
- Iraqi insurgency
- 2003 in Iraq
- 2004 in Iraq
- 2005 in Iraq
- 2006 in Iraq
- 2007 in Iraq
2. Consider structure and propose merges/renaming
- Iraq War - merge to Civil war in Iraq and 2003 invasion of Iraq ???
- New article on Government of Iraq since the invasion in 2003 ???
3. Target GA status
[edit] Categories
Category:2003 Iraq conflict Category:Iraqi insurgency
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| Iraq Civil War | ||||||||
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Iraqi Sunni insurgents and foreign fighters Al-Qaeda in Iraq Ba'ath Loyalists Islamic Army in IraqJaish Ansar al-Sunna Black Banner Organization Mohammad's Army Jaish al-Rashideen |
Iraqi Shiite militias Mahdi Army Badr Organization |
 New Iraqi Army |
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| Commanders | ||||||||
| Abu Musab al-Zarqawi† Abu Ayyub al-Masri Ishmael Jubouri |
Alleged: Muqtada al-Sadr Hadi Al-Amiri Abu Deraa |
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| Sunni militias ~60,000 |
Mahdi Army |
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| Thousands of combatants and civilians | ||||||||
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| Invasion – Post-invasion (Insurgency – Civil War) |
| The Iraq War |
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| Prior to the war |
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Iraq disarmament crisis |
| Invasion and occupation |
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2003 invasion of Iraq |
| Aftermath to present |
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Coalition Provisional Authority |
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Views on the War |
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Years: '03 • '04 • '05 • '06 • '07 |
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 A U.S. convoy bound for Al Jawala passes burning oil fields. |
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 Ba’athist IraqMulti-sided combatants after Ba'athist government fell: Ba’ath Loyalists Al-Qaeda in IraqMahdi Army Other Insurgent groups |
 United States United Kingdom South Korea Australia New Iraqi Army Iraqi KurdistanOther Coalition Forces |
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| Commanders | |||||||||
| Saddam Hussein Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Abu Ayyub al-Masri Moqtada al-Sadr Hadi Al-Amiri |
Nouri al-Maliki Massoud Barzani George W. Bush Tommy Franks George Casey David Petraeus Brian Burridge Peter Wall |
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| Iraqi 375,000+ regular forces Sunni Insurgents 60,000 [citation needed] Mahdi Army ~60,000[4][5] [citation needed] Badr Organization 4-10,000+ [citation needed] al Qaeda/others 1,300+[6] |
Coalition 315,000 invasion 147,000 current Contractors* ~100,000[7] Kurds 50,000 invasion 100,000 current New Iraqi Army 129,760 Iraqi Police 79-140,000 |
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| Casualties | |||||||||
| Iraqi military dead/wounded (Saddam-era): 30,000 killed, 90,000 injured[8][9] Insurgents dead: 7,009+ from an incomplete list of reports |
Iraqi Security Forces dead (post-Saddam era): 12,000+[10][11]
Iraqi Security Forces wounded: unknown Coalition dead (3,135 US, 132 UK, 124 other, *770 contractors): 4,140[12][13][7] Coalition Missing or Captured (US 2): 2 Coalition Wounded (45,798 U.S., 893+ UK, 7,761 contractors): 54,452 [14][12][15][16][17] |
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| **Total deaths (all Iraqis) Johns Hopkins: 392,979 - 942,636[18][19] War-related & criminal violence deaths (all Iraqis) Iraq Health Minister: War-related & criminal violence deaths (civilians) Iraq Body Count-english language media only: |
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| *Contractors (U.S. government) = "former special forces soldiers to drivers, cooks, mechanics, plumbers, translators, electricians and laundry workers and other support personnel."[13] **Total deaths include all additional deaths due to increased lawlessness, degraded infrastructure, poorer healthcare, etc. For explanations of the wide variation in casualty estimates, see: Casualties of the conflict in Iraq since 2003 |
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| Invasion – Post-invasion (Insurgency – Civil War) |
| Recent wars in the Persian Gulf |
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| Iran-Iraq War – Gulf War – Iraq War |
| Insurgents | Iraqi Security Forces | Militias and others | ||
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Shia militia
The Mahdi Army is a militia force created by the Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in June of 2003.
In the fall of 2006, Abu Deraa and his supporters formed their own militia.
The armed wing of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI). Kurdish militia
Others (Organization for the Holy Struggle Foundation in Mesopotamia, a.k.a. al-Qaeda in Iraq) |
[edit] References
- ^ "Sectarian divisions change Baghdad’s image", MSNBC, 2006-07-03. Retrieved on 2007-02-18.
- ^ Reid, Robert H.. "America confronts reality in Iraq", MSNBC, 2006-08-19.
- ^ "Annan: Life for Iraqis worse than with Saddam", MSNBC, 2006-12-04.
- ^ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/iraq/2003467318_iraqsaudi08.html
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011002581_pf.html
- ^ Pincus, Walter. "Violence in Iraq Called Increasingly Complex". Washington Post, Nov. 17, 2006.
- ^ a b "Contractor deaths in Iraq nearing 800". By David Ivanovich and Brett Clanton. Houston Chronicle. Jan. 28, 2007.
- ^ Project on Defense Alternatives Research Monograph #8 (10-20-2003).
- ^ Template:Cite web url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1366503.htm
- ^ "Iraqi police deaths 'hit 12,000'." BBC. Dec. 24, 2006.
- ^ "iCasualties: OIF Iraqi Deaths".
- ^ a b Icasualties.org "Iraq Coalition Casualties".
- ^ a b "In Iraq, contractor deaths near 650, legal fog thickens". Bernd Debusmann, Reuters, Oct. 10, 2006.
- ^ Kneisler, Patricia, et. al., http://icasualties.org/oif/default.aspx . iCasualties (Lunaville), Benicia, CA.
- ^ "Toll of British wounded in Iraq war reaches 800", Times Online, 2006-01-18.
- ^ "Civilian contractors in Iraq dying at faster rate as insurgency grows", McClatchy Washington Bureau, 2005-11-01.
- ^ "Defence Internet | Fact Sheets | Operations in Iraq: British Casualties". UK Ministry of Defense.
- ^ "Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey"PDF. By Gilbert Burnham, Riyadh Lafta, Shannon Doocy, and Les Roberts. The Lancet, October 11, 2006
- ^ "The Human Cost of the War in Iraq: A Mortality Study, 2002-2006"PDF. By Gilbert Burnham, Shannon Doocy, Elizabeth Dzeng, Riyadh Lafta, and Les Roberts. A supplement to the second Lancet study.
- ^ "Iraqi death toll estimates go as high as 150,000". Taipei Times, Nov. 11, 2006.
- ^ Iraq Body Count project. Civilian deaths due to insurgent/military action and increased criminal violence. As reported by English-language media. Compiled by various antiwar activists.
- ^ "Iraq Body Count: War dead figures", BBC, 2006-09-24.
