Outline of the Iraq War

The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, the Iraq War.

[1][2] The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

[3][4] The invasion occurred as part of the George W. Bush administration's war on terror following the September 11 attacks.

War crimes are listed in roughly chronological order.

Scandals and controversies are sorted in roughly chronological order.

Changes in territorial control during the 2003 invasion of Iraq
United States Marines escorting Iraqi prisoners of war to a holding area in the desert, 21 March 2003. [ 7 ]
US Secretary of State Colin Powell , holding up a model vial of alleged weaponized anthrax during a February 2003 presentation at the United Nations. [ 8 ]
White and red flags, representing Iraqi and American deaths respectively, sit in the grass quadrangle of The Valley Library on the campus of Oregon State University . (May 2008)
Infamous photo of Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh being tortured at Abu Ghraib prison , standing on a box with wires attached to his hands. [ 9 ]
Parliament of Iraq holding a meeting in the Baghdad Convention Center, December 2008