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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 .
Iraqi troops ambushed her supply convoy when it took a wrong turn. The 507th Maintenance Company would lose 11 soldiers in the ambush, among them Pfc. Lori Piestewa, Johnson's good friend and the first woman to be killed in the war. [1] There had been bitter fighting around Nasiriyah, a vital crossing point of the River Euphrates. Johnson was ...
The 2003 invasion of Iraq [b] was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, [24] including 26 days of major combat operations, in which a United States-led combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded the Republic of Iraq.
Kickboxer 3 (stylized on-screen as Kickboxer III: The Art of War and released in other countries as Karate Tiger 6: Fighting Spirit) is a 1992 American martial arts film directed by Rick King. The film is the third in the Kickboxer film series with only Sasha Mitchell and Dennis Chan returning from the previous films. It was also the last film ...
Named as the “most outstanding woman in the history of martial arts” by Black Belt Magazine in 1978, she was the first woman to take a double victory in both fighting and form in the International Women’s Karate Championship, a feat she accomplished in 1976.
During the 1970s and 1980s, despite Saddam Hussein attempting to use higher education as a form of propaganda, the overall illiteracy rate dropped until the Iran-Iraq War. [32] The progression of women's education has been hampered by the Iran-Iraq War, Gulf War, and the 2003 Iraq War. Throughout these wars, there have been several ...
Distinctive unit insignia of the Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I) The Multinational Force in Iraq is a military command led by the United States fighting the Iraq War against Iraqi insurgents. "Multi-National Force — Iraq" replaced the previous force, Combined Joint Task Force 7, on May 15, 2004.
Foreign fighters [1] have fought on all four sides of the Syrian Civil War, as well both sides of the War in Iraq.In addition to Sunni foreign fighters, Shia fighters from several countries have joined pro-government militias in Syria, leftist militants have joined Kurdish forces, and other foreign fighters have joined jihadist organizations [2] and private military contractors recruit globally.