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The Iraq War (Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, [83] [84] was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition , which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein .
The results were catastrophic. A year after Bush declared “mission accomplished,” Iraq was ruptured by a violent insurgency and economic chaos. The CPA’s early failures played a role in the ...
The fall of Mosul in Iraq occurred between 4 and 10 June 2014, when Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) insurgents, initially led by Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, captured Mosul from the Iraqi Army, led by Lieutenant General Mahdi Al-Gharrawi. On 4 June, the insurgents began their efforts to capture Mosul.
Although pro-war sentiments were very high after 9/11, public opinion stabilized soon after, and slightly in favor of the war. According to a Gallup poll conducted from August 2002 through early March 2003, the number of Americans who favored the war in Iraq fell to between 52 percent to 59 percent, while those who opposed it fluctuated between 35 percent and 43 percent.
The cover art for season two of Blowback. The first season of the show was a ten part series dedicated to the Iraq War (codenamed "Operation Iraqi Freedom"). [4] Throughout the show audio clips from MSNBC and CNN and readings of news reports are provided as well as satirical skits performed by H. Jon Benjamin. [5]
The Situation Room will take over the time slot previously held TVLine has confirmed that Wolf Blitzer’s long-running CNN evening program is relocating to the network’s daytime schedule.
15 June 2014 – present (10 years, 8 months, 1 week and 4 days) Iraq: 15 June 2014 – 9 December 2021 (7 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) Iraq (By DOD Directive): 31 January 2023 - 31 December 2024 (1 year and 11 months) Syria: 22 September 2014 – present (10 years, 5 months and 4 days) Libya: 13 November 2015 – 30 October 2019
The Iraq War left the entire region in shambles, creating a power vacuum that resulted in the rise of ISIS, or the Islamic State, which has established a totalitarian "caliphate" in Iraq and Syria ...