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The Iraq War(Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), sometimes called the Second Gulf War,[82][83]was a protracted armed conflict in Iraqfrom 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraqby the United States-led coalitionthat overthrew the Ba'athist governmentof Saddam Hussein.
The Hooded Man (or The Man on the Box) [1] is an image showing a prisoner at Abu Ghraib prison with wires attached to his fingers, standing on a box with a covered head. The photo has been portrayed as an iconic photograph of the Iraq War, [1] "the defining image of the scandal" [2] [3] and "symbol of the torture at Abu Ghraib". [4]
The Iraqi conflict is a series of violent events that began with the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq and deposition of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, the most recent of which is the ISIS conflict, in which the Iraqi government declared victory in 2017. [ 4 ] In the ensuing 2003-11 Iraq War, the Multi-National Force (MNF–I) led by the ...
Photos: Iraq war’s 20th anniversary — the advance from Kuwait to the occupation of Baghdad. Niamh Cavanagh. March 20, 2023 at 4:17 PM. Marines kneel and pray as the 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment ...
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.
The battle was marked with the first death of a U.S. Navy SEAL in Iraq, Marc Alan Lee, August 2, 2006. [7] The battle also marked the first use of chlorine bombs by insurgents during the war. On October 21, 2006, insurgents detonated a car-bomb with two 100-pound chlorine tanks, injuring three Iraqi policemen and a civilian in Ramadi.
Ashley Gilbertson (born 22 January 1978) is an Australian photographer. He is known for his images of the Iraq War and the effects of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on returning veterans and their families. Gilbertson is a member of VII Photo Agency. In 2004 Gilbertson won the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award from the Overseas Press Club for his ...
On July 12, 2007, a series of air-to-ground attacks were conducted by a team of two U.S. AH-64 Apache helicopters in Al-Amin al-Thaniyah, New Baghdad, during the Iraqi insurgency which followed the invasion of Iraq. On April 5, 2010, the attacks received worldwide coverage and controversy following the release of 39 minutes of classified ...