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He had climbed the mountain 10 times and spent 20 hours on the summit of Everest in 1999, then a new record. [18] He also climbed to the summit twice in two weeks and held the record climbing time from base camp to summit of 16 hours and 56 minutes. [18] In 2019, 11 people died on Everest during a record season with a huge number of climbers.
Soldiers on patrol during the American occupation of Ramadi, 16 August 2006. The occupation of Iraq (2003–2011) began on 20 March 2003, when the United States invaded with a military coalition to overthrow Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and continued until 18 December 2011, when the final batch of American troops left the country.
The mostly uncoordinated insurgency was fueled by the perception that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had become vulnerable to regime change. This perception of weakness was largely the result of the outcome of the Iran–Iraq War and the Gulf War, both of which occurred within a single decade and devastated the population and economy of Iraq. [8]
Vice President of Iraq: Died on 25 October 2020 7. Hani Abd Latif Tilfah: Director of the SSO: Captured on June 21, 2004 [1] 8. Aziz Saleh al-Numan: Member of the Regional Command: Died in custody in January 2024 9. Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi: Prime Minister of Iraq: Died in custody on 2 December 2005 10. Kamal Mustafa Abdullah: Secretary of the ...
Mahdi Army Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah: Government victory () . Re-establishment of democratic elections; U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement; Escalation of sectarian insurgency (leading to the rise of ISIL and re-escalation of war beginning in 2013)
In fact, Iraq had no offensive UAV fleet or any capability of putting UAVs on ships. [108] Iraq's UAV fleet consisted of less than a handful of outdated Czech training drones. [109] At the time, there was a vigorous dispute within the intelligence community whether the CIA's conclusions about Iraq's UAV fleet were accurate.
As of 29 January 2009 4,235 U.S. soldiers, 178 British soldiers and 139 soldiers from other nations (allied with the coalition) have died in Iraq. 31,834 U.S. soldiers had been wounded. [114] Coalition forces do not usually release death counts. As such, the exact number of insurgents killed by the Coalition or Iraqi forces is unknown.
M1A1 Abrams pose for a photo under the "Hands of Victory" in Ceremony Square, Baghdad, Iraq. This is a list of coalition military operations of the Iraq War, undertaken by Multi-National Force – Iraq. The list covers operations from 2003 until December 2011. For later operations, see American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present).