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[T]he United States actively supported the Iraqi war effort by supplying the Iraqis with billions of dollars of credits, by providing U.S. military intelligence and advice to the Iraqis, and by closely monitoring third country arms sales to Iraq to make sure that Iraq had the military weaponry required. The United States also provided strategic ...
The United States had begun on 5 August 2014, with the direct supply of munitions to the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces and, with Iraq's agreement, the shipment of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program weapons to the Kurds, according to Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. ambassador to Iraq and the U.N., in The Washington Post, [159] and the ...
After the Iran–Iraq War (the Tanker War phase) resulted in several military incidents in the Persian Gulf, the United States increased U.S. joint military forces operations in the Persian Gulf and adopted a policy of reflagging and escorting Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Persian Gulf to protect them from Iraqi and Iranian attacks.
In October, WikiLeaks disclosed 391,832 classified US military documents on the Iraq War. [334] [335] [336] Approximately, 58 people were killed with another 40 wounded in an attack on the Sayidat al‑Nejat church, a Chaldean Catholic church in Baghdad. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq organization. [337]
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).
Trillion-dollar war. Hundreds of thousands dead. Zero weapons of mass destruction. Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports on the numbers behind the war
Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) is the United States military's operational name for the international war against the Islamic State (IS or ISIL), [100] including both a campaign in Iraq and a campaign in Syria, with a closely related campaign in Libya.
5. Help Iraq Strengthen Its Economy Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) Governor Sinan al-Shabibi acknowledged that the CBI’s monetary policies have decreased Iraq’s core rate of inflation. The 12-month core inflation rate (excluding fuel and transport) was 16.5% in July, down from 31.9% at the end of 2006. 6. Help Iraq Strengthen the Rule of Law