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Key Leaders/Figures in the Iraq War

emalyncordova96 — 2024-03-28 19:38:31 UTC

-Ali Hassan Al-Majid (Iraqi Minister) [1941-]

-Nouri Al-Maliki (Prime Minister of Iraq) [1950-]

-Kofi Annan (Un Secretary-General) [1938-]

-Tony Blair (Prime Minister of the UK) [1953-]

-L. Paul Bremer (Leader of the CPA) [1941-]

-George W. Bush (President of the United States) [1946-]

-Jacques Chirac (President of France) [1932-]

-Saddam Hussien (President of Iraq) [1937-2006]

-Barrack Obama (President of the United States) [1961-]

-Donald Rumsfield (US Secretary of Defense) [1932-]

-Jalal Talabani (President of Iraq) [1933-]

(Page 46, Timelines, The Iraq War)

Starting and ending dates of the conflict

emalyncordova96 — 2024-03-28 19:47:50 UTC

The Iraq War began in march of 2003 when the US invaded Iraq and threatened to destroy with MASS destruction. President George W. Bush announces that U.S. forces have begun a military operation into Iraq. “These are opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign,” the president says. That initial effort to “decapitate” Iraq’s leadership with air strikes fails, clearing the way for a ground invasion.

2003

This ended politically on October 21, 2011 when Obama made the annocementment on creating a new relationship with Iraq

Causes of Conflicts

emalyncordova96 — 2024-03-28 19:49:26 UTC

Role of religious beliefs, technology, and weaponry in the conflict

emalyncordova96 — 2024-03-28 19:49:46 UTC

Tributes that bring honor to the victims of the conflict

emalyncordova96 — 2024-03-28 19:50:18 UTC

How many casualties occurred because of this event?

michaellitinski77 — 2024-03-28 19:50:24 UTC

In the article Iraqi Civilians it states, "However, we know that between 280,771-315,190 have died from direct war related violence caused by the U.S., its allies, the Iraqi military and police, and opposition forces from the time of the invasion through March 2023."

How did the conflict end?

michaellitinski77 — 2024-03-28 19:51:13 UTC

On October 21 President Obama announces that the remaining troops will arrive home before the end of 2011 and he claims this in order for the better relation for Iraq and the United States. And soon after then announcement, December 18, 2011, the United States completely withdrew its military forces from Iraq.

How did this conflict impact people in that specific area?

michaellitinski77 — 2024-03-28 19:51:30 UTC

As war occurred, so much money was spent on delivering supplies and obtaining resources. As they had to spend all this money this effected their debt even more. Especially all the damage that had been done during the war. There was more than $100 billion committed to aiding and reconstructing Iraq. In the article it states, Several times as many Iraqi civilians may have died as an indirect result of the war, due to damage to the systems that provide food, health care and clean drinking water, and as a result, illness, infectious diseases, and malnutrition that could otherwise have been avoided or treated.