After the 2003 invasion of Iraq was completed and the regime of Saddam Hussein was toppled in May 2003, an Iraqi insurgency began that would last until the United States left in 2011. The 2003–2006 ph
A city street in Fallujah heavily damaged caused by the 2nd Battle of Fallujah.
Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)
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The Iraqi civil war was an armed conflict from 2006 to 2008 between various sectarian Shia and Sunni armed groups, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Mahdi Army, in addition to the Iraqi govern
2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency
…until the United States left in 2011. The 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency lasted until early 2006, when it escalated from an insurgency to a Sunni-Shia civil war, which became the most violent phase of the Iraq War. A number of factors played into the beginning of the insurgency in Iraq. Invading U.S.-led forces…
A city street in Ramadi heavily damaged by the fighting in 2006
Aftermath of a car bombing in Baghdad in December 2007