News Articles for "2003 Invasion Of Iraq"
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How Britain spies on friends and rivals alike
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's leaks to the Guardian newspaper have thrown back the curtain on the world of diplomatic espionage, revealing — in...
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Activist happy with No War legacy
Ten years on, one of two protesters who painted a red No War slogan on the Sydney Opera House says he has no regrets.On March 18, 2003, Briton Will Saunder...
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Search Results for "2003 Invasion Of 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 | |||||||
| Coalition forces:
With support from: |
 Iraq
With political and military support from: |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 George W. Bush Tommy Franks Tony Blair Brian Burridge[7] John Howard Aleksander Kwaśniewski Massoud Barzani Babakir Zebari Jalal Talabani Kosrat Rasul Ali Ahmad Chalabi |
Saddam Hussein Qusay Hussein † Uday Hussein † Ali Hassan al-Majid (POW) Barzan Ibrahim Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Ra'ad al-Hamdani Mizban Khuthair al-Hadi |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 265,000
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375,000 Iraqi Army 50,000 Republican Guard 44,000 paramilitary 650,000 reserves[12][13] |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 172 killed (139 U.S., 33 U.K.)[14][15] 551 wounded (U.S.)[16] + At least 24 Peshmerga[17] |
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)[18][19] 13,500–45,000 (extrapolated from fatality rates in units serving around Baghdad)[20] |
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| Estimated Iraqi civilian fatalities: 7,269 (Iraq Body Count)[21] |
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