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The Iraqi civil war was an armed conflict from 2006 to 2008 between various sectarian Shia and Sunni armed groups, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Mahdi Army, in addition to the Iraqi government alongside American-led coalition forces.
The Battle of Baghdad began in February 2006 and continued until May 2008, for control of the capital city of Iraq.A combined force of Iraqi security forces and the allies including the U.S. Army fought against insurgents to retain control of the city during the sectarian civil war that engulfed the country in 2006.
Although Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) denied any involvement in statements released, in June 2006, it was reported that Iraqi commandos and troops had captured and seriously wounded Tunisian militant Yousri Fakher Mohammed Ali, who was also known as Abu Qudama al-Tunesi, after he and 15 other foreign fighters stormed an Iraqi checkpoint 25 miles north of Baghdad, according to Iraqi National Security ...
Two polls of Americans conducted in 2006 found that between 65% and 85% believed Iraq was in a civil war. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] However, a similar poll of Iraqis conducted in 2007 found that 61% did not believe that they were in a civil war.
Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011) Iraqi civil war (2006–2008), a civil war between Sunni and Shia militias including the Iraqi government and Al-Qaeda in Iraq (now known as ISIL) Islamic Army–Al-Qaeda conflict; Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013), an escalation of insurgent and sectarian violence after the U.S. withdrew; War in Iraq (2013–2017 ...
In 2006 the UN described the environment in Iraq as a "civil war-like situation". [ 199 ] On 12 March, five United States Army soldiers of the 502nd Infantry Regiment raped the 14-year-old Iraqi girl Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi, and then murdered her, her father, her mother Fakhriya Taha Muhasen, and her six-year-old sister Hadeel Qassim Hamza ...
On 3 September 2006, Iraq says it has arrested the country's second most senior figure in Al-Qaeda, "severely wounding" an organization the US military says is spreading sectarian violence that could bring civil war. The National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie summoned reporters to a hastily arranged news conference to announce that al ...
Iraq civil war; 0–9. 1991 Iraqi uprisings; 1999 Shia uprising in Iraq; ... Iraqi civil war (2006–2008) War in Iraq (2013–2017) Iraqi conflict; Iraqi insurgency ...