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Iraq War Casualties

This page provides information about the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, including how many were killed, as well as Iraqi casualties. Estimated number of U.S. troops in…

Iraq War Casualties

This page provides information about the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, including how many were killed, as well as Iraqi casualties. Estimated number of U.S. troops in…

Hussein, Saddam

(Encyclopedia) Hussein, SaddamHussein, Saddamsädämˈ h&oomacr;sānˈ [key], 1937–2006, Iraqi political leader. A member of the Ba'ath party, he fled Iraq after participating (1959) in an…

Iran-Iraq War

(Encyclopedia) Iran-Iraq War, 1980–88, protracted military conflict between Iran and Iraq. It officially began on Sept. 22, 1980, with an Iraqi land and air invasion of western Iran, although Iraqi…

Islamic State

(Encyclopedia) Islamic State (IS), Sunni Islamic militant group committed to the establishment of an Islamic caliphate that would unite Muslims in a transnational, strict-fundamentalist Islamic state…

Irak

(Encyclopedia) Irak: see Iraq.

Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-

(Encyclopedia) Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-, nom de guerre of Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai, 1971–2019, Iraqi jihadist leader. Following the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, he helped found a Sunni…

Shatt al Arab

(Encyclopedia) Shatt al ArabShatt al Arabshät äl äˈräb [key], tidal river, 120 mi (193 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, flowing SE to the Persian Gulf, forming…

Kadhimi, Mustafa al-

(Encyclopedia) Kadhimi, Mustafa al-, 1967–, Iraqi journalist, human-rights activist, government official, and political leader, b. as Mustafa Abdul-Latif Mishatat. A Shia Muslim, he opposed President…

Sistani, Ali Husaini

(Encyclopedia) Sistani, Ali Husaini or HusayniSistani, Ali Husaini or Husayniäˈlē h&oomacr;sānˈ sĭs-stänˈē [key] or Ali Hussein al-SistaniSistani, Ali Husaini or Husaynih&oomacr;sānˈē äl– […