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Parent topics
- Iraq [r]: Country in the Middle East, currently transitioning from rule by the US. [e]
- United States of America [r]: A country of North America, north of Mexico, south of Canada. [e]
- United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy (capital London) and island nation in north-west Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, which includes England, Scotland, Wales (on the island of Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. [e]
- Gulf War [r]: The conflict started by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the liberation of Kuwait and major damage to Iraqi forces, by a US-led UN coalition in 1991. [e]
- Iraq War [r]: Invasion of Iraq by a coalition of countries, led by the United States, in 2003, and subsequent occupation [e]
Subtopics
Coalition leadership
- George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. [e]
- Tony Blair [r]: Labour Party politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007). [e]
- Donald Rumsfeld [r]: U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush Administration (2001-2008); was the oldest secretary and earlier the youngest secretary in the Administration (1975-1977); major policymaker after the 9-11 attack; advisor, Project for the New American Century [e]
- Tommy Franks [r]: Head of United States Central Command during the start of the Afghanistan War (2001-) and Iraq War; retired as a general [e]
- David McKiernan [r]: A U.S Army General who was relieved early of command of the International Security Assistance Force, NATO's headquarters in Afghanistan; he commanded the ground forces in the Iraq War and is an armored combat specialist, as opposed to his replacement, GEN Stanley McChrystal, a special operations officer [e]
- Buford Blount [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dell Dailey [r]: Currently Counterterrorism Coordinator for the U.S. Department of State, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general whose career was spent in special operations [e]
Iraqi leadership
- Saddam Hussein [r]: (1937–2006) Deposed and executed ruler of Iraq. [e]
- Uday Hussein [r]: Saddam Hussein's elder son, who had lost authority to his brother Qusay Hussein due to erratic behavior, but still was in the privileged inner circle and prepared the Saddam Fedayeen irregulars [e]
- Kusay Hussein [r]: Add brief definition or description
Coalition units
- United States Central Command [r]: Unified Combatant Command responsible for U.S. operations in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, now under the command of General David Petraeus [e]
- Coalition Forces Land Component Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- V Corps [r]: A major tactical and operational command headquarters of the United States Army, normally forward-deployed in Heidelberg, Germany as part of United States European Command [e]
- 3rd Infantry Division (U.S.) [r]: A heavy division of the United States Army, assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps, based at Fort Stewart, Georgia; main Army attack force in Iraq War [e]
- 82nd Airborne Division [r]: One of the strategic reserve units of the United States Army, this is the only division-sized organization that is completely parachute-qualified for air assault operations. [e]
- 101st Airborne Division [r]: A division of the U.S. Army, originally created as airborne, but now air assault with permanently assigned helicopter mobility [e]
- 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment [r]: A U.S. army Heavy Brigade Combat Team, one of the few that retains the formal title of "regiment"; it retains its lineage and traditional name of "Brave Rifles," and is an active unit with a distinguished record. [e]
- I Marine Expeditionary Force [r]: A Marine Air-Ground Task Force, based at Camp Pendleton, California, built around the 1st Marine Division and the 1st Marine Air Wing, but capable of operating as a corps headquarters [e]
- V Corps [r]: A major tactical and operational command headquarters of the United States Army, normally forward-deployed in Heidelberg, Germany as part of United States European Command [e]
- Coalition Forces Land Component Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Special Operations Command [r]: A U.S. Unified Combatant Command with both functional and operational responsibilities, both to prepare special operations forces for the geographic commands, and to execute strategic special operations, typically under national orders and high security classification [e]
Iraqi units
- Iraqi Army [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Republican Guard [r]: Well-trained, equipped, and presumably politically loyal ground troops of Saddam Hussein's military [e]
- Special Republican Guard [r]: A well-armed military force that stayed in the Baghdad area, principally to protect Saddam Hussein against coups by the Army, but was part of a final defense against invasion, as in the Iraq War; was also involved in security of weapons of mass destruction [e]
- Saddam Fedayeen [r]: An Iraqi paramilitary force, fanatically loyal to Saddam Hussein and usually commanded by his son, Uday Hussein, used for internal control, and, surprisingly, against the supply lines of US forces in the Iraq War [e]
Other related topics
- Baghdad [r]: An ancient Persian city on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; the capital of modern day Iraq. [e]
- Karbala [r]: An Iraqi city in Karbala Province, holy to the Shi'a with the shrines of Imams al-Hussein and al-Abbas [e]
- Euphrates River [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Weapons of Mass Destruction [r]: Weapons whose primary effects are from nuclear explosions, chemical poisoning, or biological infection. Often includes radiological weapons that contaminate without blast and heat. [e]
- Chemical weapon [r]: A weapon that cause death or disease by means of chemical interaction with the metabolism of the victim, as opposed to causing injury through blast, thermal, or other effects not on a molecular level [e]
