Sequence of events in the US invasion of Iraq
For events before May 1, 2003, see Timeline of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
See also: 2003 in Iraq, 2004 in Iraq, 2005 in Iraq, 2006 in Iraq, 2007 in Iraq, 2008 in Iraq, 2009 in Iraq, and 2010 in Iraq
Iraq War (Outline)
Timeline
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Invasion (2003)
Umm Qasr
Al Faw
1st Basra
Nasiriyah
Raid on Karbala
Haditha Dam
1st Najaf
Northern Delay
Viking Hammer
Samawah
1st Karbala
Al Kut
Hillah
Green Line
Karbala Gap
Debecka Pass
Kani Domlan Ridge
Baghdad
Post-invasion insurgency (2003–2006)
Al Anbar
Killing of Qusay & Uday Hussein
1st Ramadan
Latifiya
Capture of Saddam Hussein
Spring 2004
City Hall
Al Kut
1st Fallujah
Sadr City
1st Ramadi
Good Friday
Husaybah
Danny Boy
2nd Najaf
CIMIC-House
Samarra
2nd Fallujah
Mosul
Lake Tharthar
Al Qa'im
Hit
Haditha
Steel Curtain
Tal Afar
2nd Ramadi
Together Forward
Diwaniya
Civil war (2006–2008)
2nd Ramadan
Sinbad
Amarah
Turki
Diyala
Haifa Street
Karbala Raid
3rd Najaf
Imposing Law
U.K. bases
Black Eagle
Baghdad belts
Baqubah
Donkey Island
Shurta Nasir
Phantom Strike
2nd Karbala
Phantom Phoenix
Insurgency (2008–2011)
2008 Day of Ashura
Nineveh
Spring 2008
2nd Basra
2008 al-Qaeda Offensive
Augurs of Prosperity
Abu Kamal
Palm Grove
Camp Ashraf
US withdrawal violence List of bombings during the Iraq War
‡ indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths § indicates the deadliest attack in the Iraq War
This list only includes major attacks.
2003
1st Baghdad
2nd Baghdad
Najaf
3rd Baghdad
1st Nasiriyah
1st Karbala
2004
‡ 1st Erbil
‡ Ashoura
1st Basra
1st Mosul
4th Baghdad
5th Baghdad
Karbala & Najaf
1st Baqubah
Kufa
Marez
2005
Suwaira bombing
‡ 1st Al Hillah
2nd Erbil
‡ Musayyib
6th Baghdad
‡ 7th Baghdad
1st Balad
Khanaqin
2006
‡ Karbala-Ramadi
1st Samarra
8th Baghdad
9th Baghdad
‡ 10th Baghdad
2007
11th Baghdad
12th Baghdad
‡ 13th Baghdad
14th Baghdad
15th Baghdad
‡ 2nd Al Hillah
‡ 1st Tal Afar
16th Baghdad
17th Baghdad
2nd & 3rd Karbala
2nd Mosul
‡ 18th Baghdad
Makhmour
Abu Sayda
2nd Samarra
19th Baghdad
‡ Amirli
1st Kirkuk
20th Baghdad
21st Baghdad
§ Qahtaniya
Amarah
2008
22nd Baghdad
2nd Balad
23rd Baghdad
4th Karbala
24th Baghdad
Karmah
2nd Baqubah
Dujail
Balad Ruz
2009
25th Baghdad
26th Baghdad
Baghdad-Muqdadiyah
Taza
27th Baghdad
2nd Kirkuk
2nd Tal Afar
‡ 28th Baghdad
‡ 29th Baghdad
‡ 30th Baghdad
2010
31st Baghdad
32nd Baghdad
3rd Baqubah
33rd Baghdad
34th Baghdad
35th Baghdad
‡ 1st Pan-Iraq
36th Baghdad
37th Baghdad
2nd Pan-Iraq
38th Baghdad
39th Baghdad
‡ 40th Baghdad
2011
41st Baghdad
‡ 3rd Pan-Iraq
Karbala-Baghdad
42nd Baghdad
Tikrit
3rd Al Hillah
3rd Samarra
Al Diwaniyah
Taji
4th Pan-Iraq
43rd Baghdad
4th Karbala
44th Baghdad
2nd Basra
45th Baghdad
Persian Gulf Wars
Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)
Gulf War (1990–1991)
Invasion of Kuwait (1990)
Iraqi Kurdish/Shi'a uprisings (1991)
Iraq no-fly zones conflict (1991–2003)
Iraq air strikes (January 1993)
Iraq missile strikes (1993)
Iraq missile strikes (1996)
Iraq bombing (1998)
1999 Shia uprising in Iraq
Iraqi conflict (2003–present)
Iraq War (2003–2011)
Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006)
Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)
Iraqi insurgency (2008–2011)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
War in Iraq (2013–2017)
Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan
M1A1 Abrams pose for a photo under the "Hands of Victory" in Grand Festivities Square, Baghdad, Iraq.
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