They have raised Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale other possible culprits such as a nationalist Iraqi Christian army officer , and those who have raised Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale doubt regarding Israeli involvement claimed Statement that it is highly unlikely the Israelis would have taken Action such measures to accelerate Change_event_time the Jewish evacuation Escaping given Communication that they were already struggling Resolve_problem to cope Confronting_problem with the existing level of Jewish immigration Escaping .

AWB delivered Sending 90 % of the Iraqi wheat market , before its practices were questioned Criminal_investigation in 2005 .

United Nations investigator Paul Volcker found Know that the Australian Wheat Board , and later AWB Limited , were not the only , but certainly the largest source of kickbacks to the Iraqi regime .

This early stage of the war Military_operation formally ended Process_end on 1 May 2003 when U.S. President George W. Bush declared Expressing_publicly the `` End Process_end of major combat operations Military_operation '' , after which the Coalition Provisional Authority ( CPA ) was established Creating as the first of several successive transitional governments leading up to the first Iraqi parliamentary election Change_of_leadership in January 2005 .

The coalition forces also received Receiving support Supporting from the Peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan .

According to U.S. President George W. Bush and U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair , the coalition aimed Aiming `` to disarm Removing Iraq of weapons of mass destruction , to end Process_end Saddam Hussein 's support Supporting for terrorism Terrorism , and to free Releasing the Iraqi people . ''

Massive air strikes Attack across the country and against Iraqi command-and-control Judgment_communication threw Causation the defending Defending army into chaos and prevented Preventing_or_letting an effective resistance Defending .

On 26 March , the 173rd Airborne Brigade was airdropped near the northern city of Kirkuk , where they joined Becoming_a_member forces with Kurdish rebels and fought Hostile_encounter several actions Conquering against the Iraqi Army to secure Getting the northern part of the country .

Most of the Iraqi military was quickly defeated Conquering and the coalition occupied Control Baghdad on 9 April .

Other operations occurred Coming_to_be against pockets of the Iraqi Army , including the capture Conquering and occupation Control of Kirkuk on 10 April , and the attack Attack on and capture Control of Tikrit on 15 April .

Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and the central leadership Supporting went into hiding Escaping as the coalition forces completed Process_end the occupation Control of the country .

2000 coalition and 1000 Iraqi army soldiers disrupted Damaging insurgent operations by capturing Conquering , seizing Conquering , and clearing Emptying caches that support Assistance instability in the area .

Soldiers , U.S. Marines , U.S. Navy SEALs , and Iraqi Security Forces fought Hostile_encounter insurgents for control Control of key locations in Ramadi , including the Government Centre and the General Hospital .

In August , insurgents executed Killing a tribal sheik who was encouraging his kinsmen to join Participation the Iraqi police and prevented Preventing_or_letting his body from being buried in accordance with Islamic laws .

On October 21 , 2006 , insurgents detonated Committing_crime a car-bomb with two 100-pound chlorine tanks , injuring Bodily_harm three Iraqi policemen and a civilian in Ramadi .

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari stated Statement that insurgents were `` trying to create Creating another Fallujah '' .

The US then deployed Arranging 3,500 soldiers to Kuwait in October 1996 as a deterrent to further hostile Iraqi acts toward Kuwait following the expansion Expansion of the Iraqi no-fly zones .

The US then deployed Arranging 3,500 soldiers to Kuwait in October 1996 as a deterrent to further hostile Iraqi acts toward Kuwait following the expansion Expansion of the Iraqi no-fly zones .

Once more , Iraqi threats were decisively met Come_together while ARCENT simultaneously conducted Action a major training exercise in Egypt , codenamed `` BRIGHT STAR 95 , '' involving Cause_to_be_included military forces from 6 other nations .

United States Navy and US Marine Corps combat Hostile_encounter forces ( 15th MEU ) and active and reserve Preserving Military Sealift Command forces responded Response to Iraqi threats against Jordan and Kuwait .

Hours later Iraqi commandos stormed Attack the church , inducing the suicide jihadis to detonate Attack their suicide vests .

World leaders and some Iraqi Sunni and Shi'ite imams condemned Judgment_communication the massacre .

During a failed attempt Self_motion to escape Escaping in May 2011 , Batawi and ten other senior al-Qaeda militants were killed Killing by an Iraqi SWAT team .

Al-Qaeda 's Iraqi affiliate said Statement on Friday it was behind car bombings Attack against Shias in Baghdad this week that killed Killing 64 people , saying Statement they were revenge Revenge for `` insults Judgment_communication '' and threatening Warning more attacks Attack .

The Iranians were able to capture Conquering the al-Faw Peninsula , cutting off Having_or_lacking_access Iraqi access Having_or_lacking_access to the Persian Gulf in the process ; this in turn hardened Cause_change_of_strength Iraqi attitudes to prosecute the war .

The Iranians were able to capture Conquering the al-Faw Peninsula , cutting off Having_or_lacking_access Iraqi access Having_or_lacking_access to the Persian Gulf in the process ; this in turn hardened Cause_change_of_strength Iraqi attitudes to prosecute the war .

The Faw Peninsula was later recaptured Conquering by Iraqi forces near the end of the war by the massive and illegal use of chemical weapons .

On February 9 1986 , Iran launched Motion Operation Dawn 8 , a sophisticated and carefully planned amphibious assault Attack across the Shatt al-Arab ( Arvand Rud ) river against the Iraqi troops defending Defending the strategic al-Faw Peninsula , which connects Connect Iraq to the Persian Gulf .

The Iranians defeated Conquering the Iraqi defenders , mostly Iraqi Popular Army , capturing Conquering the tip of the peninsula , including Iraq 's main air control and warning center covering Persian Gulf , as well as limiting Iraq 's access to the ocean .

The Iranians defeated Conquering the Iraqi defenders , mostly Iraqi Popular Army , capturing Conquering the tip of the peninsula , including Iraq 's main air control and warning center covering Persian Gulf , as well as limiting Iraq 's access to the ocean .

Iran managed to maintain their foothold in Al-Faw against several Iraqi counter-offensives , including Republican Guard assaults and chemical attacks Attack , for another month despite heavy casualties until a stalemate was reached Achieve .

The battle Hostile_encounter damaged Damaging the prestige of Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi government , who began Process_start extensively improving defenses Defending for the threatened major city of Basra .

Operation Opera ( ) , also known as Operation Babylon , was a surprise Israeli air strike Attack carried out Military_operation on 7 June 1981 , which destroyed Destroying an Iraqi nuclear reactor under construction 17 kilometers ( 10.5 miles ) southeast of Baghdad .

Ten Iraqi soldiers and one French civilian were killed Killing .

There were three goals of Operation Sayeed , in addition to removing AQI from the Western Euphrates River Valley ; they were to ensure Preventing_or_letting there was a secure `` climate '' and `` environment '' to conduct Action a referendum in October and national elections Choosing in December 2005 ; and the third was to secure the control of the Iraqi border to the Iraqi people .

There were three goals of Operation Sayeed , in addition to removing AQI from the Western Euphrates River Valley ; they were to ensure Preventing_or_letting there was a secure `` climate '' and `` environment '' to conduct Action a referendum in October and national elections Choosing in December 2005 ; and the third was to secure the control of the Iraqi border to the Iraqi people .

Large-scale conflicts Violence resulted Causation : the Syrian Civil War Military_operation ; the Iraqi insurgency Change_of_leadership and the following civil war Military_operation ; the Egyptian Crisis Influence , coup Change_of_leadership , and subsequent unrest Violence and insurgency Change_of_leadership ; the Libyan Civil War Military_operation ; and the Yemeni Crisis Influence and following civil war Military_operation .

There were a number of proxy forces—most notably the People 's Mujahedin of Iran siding with Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdish militias of the KDP and PUK siding with Iran .

After eight years , war-weariness , economic problems , decreased morale , repeated Iranian military failures , recent Iraqi successes , Iraqi use of weapons of mass destruction , lack of international sympathy , and increased U.S.–Iran military tension all led to Causation a ceasefire Process_end brokered by the United Nations .

After eight years , war-weariness , economic problems , decreased morale , repeated Iranian military failures , recent Iraqi successes , Iraqi use of weapons of mass destruction , lack of international sympathy , and increased U.S.–Iran military tension all led to Causation a ceasefire Process_end brokered by the United Nations .

An estimated 500,000 Iraqi and Iranian soldiers died Death , in addition to a smaller number of civilians .

The attack Attack was the largest of the war and represented an attempt to strike Attack Iraqi defenses Defending a serious blow .

Iraqi security forces were believed to be responsible for the assault Attack , with guidance and support Supporting from the Iranian regime .

Regarding Iraqi involvement , a U.S. official said Statement , `` Iraqi soldiers did n't get Removing in the way of what was happening at Ashraf , but they did n't do the shooting Attack . ''

Regarding Iraqi involvement , a U.S. official said Statement , `` Iraqi soldiers did n't get Removing in the way of what was happening at Ashraf , but they did n't do the shooting Attack . ''

Opération Chammal is the French military operation which is currently ongoing in Iraq and Syria in an attempt to contain Containing the expansion of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and to support Supporting the Iraqi Army .

Mahmud Barzanji revolts were a series of armed Bearing_arms uprisings by Kurdish Sheykh Mahmud Barzanji against the Iraqi authority in newly conquered Conquering British Mesopotamia and later the British Mandate in Iraq .

With British forces greatly exceeding Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale his in ammunition and training Education_teaching , the defeat Conquering finally subdued the region to central British Iraqi rule in 1924 .

Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces moved Motion clearing operations into the East Rashid security district of southern Baghdad 26 May 2007 , detaining Arrest three suspected insurgents and finding Know two weapons caches .

They were joined Becoming_a_member in the operation Military_operation by Iraqi troops from the 7th Brigade , 2nd Iraqi National Police Division .