Iraq war (disambiguation)
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The Iraq war or war in Iraq (and conflict in Iraq) is a colloquial reference to the overall series of different conflicts in Iraq, usually refering to one of the following:
- The War of Iraq (eg., the Iraq War) in the Middle East, which began with the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and ended with the defeat of Saddam Hussein's government and the old Iraqi army.
- The Iraqi insurgency, which resulted from the above "war" or else is within the scope of sectarian violence in Iraq, which began with the post-invasion period, and continues to the present.
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Other contexts
Other conflicts that may be intended include:
- The Iraqi uprising of 1920-22 against the British Mandate.
- The Anglo-Iraqi War (1941)
- The Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988)
- The Gulf War (1990–1991), also known as the Persian Gulf War or the First Gulf War precipitated by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
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Other concepts
Other concepts include:
- The Iraq War, a book about the 2003 invasion of Iraq by British historian John Keegan, released in 2004.
