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Also Known As Second Persian Gulf War • Operation Iraqi Freedom
Date March 2003 - December 2011
Location Iraq
Participants Iraq • United Kingdom • United States

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Barack Obama
president of United States
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
president of United States
Tony Blair
Tony Blair
prime minister of United Kingdom
Muqtada al-Sadr
Muqtada al-Sadr
Iraqi Shīʿite leader
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
president of Iraq
Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri al-Maliki
prime minister of Iraq
Stanley McChrystal, 2010.
Stanley McChrystal
United States general
Gen. David Petraeus.
David Petraeus
United States commander in chief of Central Command
Dunford, Joseph
Joseph Dunford
United States general
Robert M. Gates
Robert M. Gates
American government official
Cheney, Dick
Dick Cheney
vice president of United States
Ayad Allawi
Ayad Allawi
prime minister of Iraq
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
American government official
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice
American government official
Michelle Howard
Michelle Howard
United States admiral
Tommy Franks during a press briefing at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, 2002.
Tommy Franks
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Paul Wolfowitz
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Colin Powell
Colin Powell
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Talabani, Jalal
Jalal Talabani
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