Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia - Baath Party
The Arab Socialist Ba'th Party (also spelled Baath or Ba'ath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي) was founded in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Baath Party - Origins
The Ba'th party originated with two separate nationalist groups in Syria. The first of these, initially known as harakat al-ihyaa al-'ara...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Baath Party - Origins
The Ba'th party originated with two separate nationalist groups in Syria. The first of these, initially known as harakat al-ihyaa al-'ara...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Baath Party - Ba'thist Power In Syria
From 1963, the Ba'th functioned as the only legal Syrian political party, but factionalism and splintering within the party led to a succ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Baath Party - Ideological Transformation And Division, 1963 - 1966
The challenges of building a Ba'thist state led to considerable ideological discussion and internal struggle in the party. The Iraqi part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Baath Party - Ideological Transformation And Division 1963 - 1966
The challenges of building a Ba'thist state led to considerable ideological discussion and internal struggle in the party. The Iraqi part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Baath Party - Ba'thist Power In Syria
From 1963, the Ba'th functioned as the only legal Syrian political party, but factionalism and splintering within the party led to a succ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Baath Party - The Ba'th In Syria, 1954 - 1963
Syrian politics took a dramatic turn in 1954 when the military regime of Adib al-Shishakli was overthrown and a democratic system restore...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Baath Party - The Ba'th Takes Power In Syria And Iraq, 1963
In February 1963, the Iraqi Ba'th took power after bloodily overthrowing Abd al-Karim Qasim and quashing communist-led resistance. That s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraqi Communist Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraqi Communist Party - The Party Under Baathist Rule
The Ba'athist coup of 8 February 1963 was accompanied by street fighting as Communist activists and supporters resisted the coup attempt....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Baath Party - The Ba'th In Syria 1954 - 1963
Syrian politics took a dramatic turn in 1954 when the military regime of Adib al-Shishakli was overthrown and a democratic system restore...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Baath Party - Foundation Of The Arab Ba'th Party
In 1944, al-Arsuzi was deserted by most of his supporters, the bulk of whom, led by Wahib al-Ghanim, joined the Aflaq-al-Bitar group in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Baath Party - Foundation Of The Arab Ba'th Party
In 1944, al-Arsuzi was deserted by most of his supporters, the bulk of whom, led by Wahib al-Ghanim, joined the Aflaq-al-Bitar group in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baath Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Baath Party - The Ba'th Takes Power In Syria And Iraq 1963
In February 1963, the Iraqi Ba'th took power after bloodily overthrowing Abd al-Karim Qasim and quashing communist-led resistance. That s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syrian Social Nationalist Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Syrian Social Nationalist Party - The Ssnp In Syria
In Syria the SSNP grew to a position of considerable influence in the years following the country's independence in 1946, and was a major...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syrian Social Nationalist Party: Encyclopedia Ii - Syrian Social Nationalist Party - Civil War And Resistance
Proof of this new orientation came with the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war of 1975. SSNP militias fought alongside the nationalist an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iyad Allawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Iyad Allawi - Early Political Career
In 1971, he moved to London in order to continue his medical education. Some have reported this as an exile, but some of Allawi's old cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Farouk Kaddoumi: Encyclopedia Ii - Farouk Kaddoumi - History
Farouk Kaddoumi was born near Qalqilyah, later his family moved to Haifa in present-day Israel. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War they mov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syrian Air Force: Encyclopedia Ii - Syrian Air Force - History
The end of World War II led to a withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Middle East, and this included a withdrawal from Syria. In 194...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Political Parties: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties - Y
List of political parties - Yemen. More info can be found at List of political parties in Yemen Hizb al Baath al'Arabi al Ishtiraki ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005
The post-invasion period in Iraq followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition led by the United States, which overthre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alawite: Encyclopedia Ii - Alawite - Religion
Theologically, Alawites today claim to be Twelver Shiites, but traditionally they have been designated as "extremists" (Arabic غلاة g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraq - Modern Politics
Main article: Politics of Iraq Iraq was under Ba'ath Party rule from 1968 to 2003, in 1979 Saddam Hussein took leadership and became pres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq - Rationale
Prior to George W. Bush being elected president, several members of the Bush team, including Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coup D'état: Encyclopedia Ii - Coup D'état - History
Coups have long been part of political tradition. Indeed, Julius Caesar orchestrated a coup and was subsequently the victim of another co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assyrian Church Of The East: Encyclopedia Ii - Assyrian Church Of The East - Early History
Assyrian Church of the East - The consolidation of the Church. Christian communities existed in the regions of Assyria, Babylonia, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iran-iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iran-iraq War - Background
Although the Iran-Iraq war of 1980–1988 was a war over dominance of the Persian Gulf region, the roots of the war go back many centurie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1966: Encyclopedia Ii - 1966 - Events
1966 - January. January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Repu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Iraq - Return Of Sovereignty
The path to full sovereignty for Iraq was a gradual one: On November 15, 2003 an agreement was released spelling out Iraq's path to sove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraqi Insurgency: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraqi Insurgency - Composition
The Iraqi insurgency is composed of at least a dozen major guerilla organizations and perhaps as many as 40 distinct groups. These groups...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syria: Encyclopedia Ii - Syria - History
Main article: History of Syria Archaeologists have demonstrated that Syria was the center of one of the most ancient civilizations on ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraq War - War Of Iraq
United States of America United Kingdom Australia The War of Iraq (2003) was the war in the Middle East country of Iraq, which resul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fallujah: Encyclopedia Ii - Fallujah - History
The region has been inhabited for many millennia and there is evidence that it was inhabited in Babylonian times. The origin of the town'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Iraqi Insurgency
Despite the defeat of the old Iraqi army, irregular forces, both Iraqi and external, have conducted attacks against the Coalition and, mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - December 2003: Encyclopedia Ii - December 2003 - Events
See also: 2004 Canadian Federal Election 2004 Taiwan Presidential Election 2004 U.S. Presidential Election Bloody Sunday Inquiry Search f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Arab Period 634-1258
The first legal expression of Islam toward the Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians after the conquests of the 630s were the poll-tax ("jiz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Iraqi Councils And Authorities
On 11 October 2002, President Bush's senior adviser on the Middle East, Zalmay Khalilzad, released U.S. government plans to establish an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - 2005
Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Iraqi elections and aftermath. On 31 January, an election for a government to draft a permanent const...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Participating Nations
As of September 2005, there were 26 countries with military forces stationed in Iraq. These were Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - 2003
Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - End of the War. On May 1, 2003, President Bush declared the "end of major combat operations" in Iraq,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Legal Status Of The Coalition Presence
The multinational forces still exercise considerable power in the country and, with the New Iraqi Army, conduct military operations again...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Military Occupation
A military occupation was established and run by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), which later appointed and granted limited pow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Casualties
Possible estimates on the total number of people killed in the invasion and occupation of Iraq vary widely. All estimates below are as o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - 2004
Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Spring Uprisings. In the spring, the United States and the Coalition Provisional Authority decided to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Civilian Government
The establishment of a new civilian government of Iraq was complicated by religious and political divisions between the majority Shi'ite ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005 - Iraqi Insurgency
Despite the defeat of the old Iraqi army, irregular forces, both Iraqi and external, have conducted attacks against the Coalition and, mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Sassanid Period 225-634
The Persian people were now again to make their influence felt in the history of the world. Ardashir I destroyed the rule of the Arsacids...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Modern Times 1922-
In the early 20th century, Iraqi Jews generally viewed themselves as Arabs of the Jewish faith, with the distinction between Iraqis being...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq - Political And Diplomatic Aspects
On October 11, 2002, the United States Congress passed the "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002", giv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Turkish Rule 1534-1922
After various changes of fortune, Mesopotamia and Iraq came into the hands of the Ottoman Turks, when Sultan Sulaiman II in 1534 took Teb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Iraq - Iraqi National Assembly Election
On January 30, 2005, the Iraqi people chose representatives for the newly-formed 275-member Iraqi National Assembly in legislative electi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Late Biblical History And The Babylonian Exile
Three times during the 6th century BCE, the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah were exiled to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. These three se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Iraq - Legislative Branch
The Constitution includes a bicameral legislative body: the Parliament of Iraq. The lower house is the House of Deputies:. which consists...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Parthian Period
Jewish sources contain no mention of Parthian influence; the very name "Parthian" does not occur, unless indeed "Parthian" is meant by "P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Babylonia As The Center Of Judaism 219 Ce - ~1050 Ce
After the fall of Jerusalem, Babylon would become the focus of Judaism for more than a thousand years. The rabbi Abba Arika, afterward ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Iraq - Hierarchy Of Future Iraqi National Government
Politics of Iraq - Executive. President heading the Presidency Council Vice President Vice President Prime Minister Council of Min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraq - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Iraq 75 to 80 percent of Iraq's population (mainly Iraqi but some Hejazi) speaks Arabic; the other major et...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iran-iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iran-iraq War - Invasion And Repulse
The two nations severed diplomatic relations in June 1980, and sporadic border clashes increased. On September 17, Iraq declared the Shat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iran-iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iran-iraq War - Aftermath
The war was disastrous for both countries, stalling economic development and disrupting oil exports. It cost Iran an estimated 1.5 millio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Early Biblical History
In the Bible, Babylon and the country of Babylonia are not always clearly distinguished, in most cases the same word being used for both....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraq - Modern History
Main article: History of Iraq Modern Iraq became a British mandate (the British League of Nations Trust Territory of Iraq) at the end of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraq - Economy
Main article: Economy of Iraq Iraq's economy is dominated by the oil sector, which has traditionally provided about 95% of foreign exchan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraq - Geography
Main article: Geography of Iraq Large parts of Iraq consist of desert, but the area between the two major rivers Euphrates and Tigris is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iran-iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iran-iraq War - Human Wave Attacks In The Iran-iraq War
Many people claim that the Iran-Iraq conflict spawned a particularly gruesome variant of the "human wave" attack. The Iranian clergy, wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iran-iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iran-iraq War - Weapons Of Mass Destruction
With more than 100,000 Iranian victims[16] of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons during the eight-year war, Iran is, after Japan, one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iran-iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iran-iraq War - The Tanker War And U.s. Entanglement
The United States had been wary of the Tehran regime since the Iranian Revolution, not least because of the detention of its Tehran embas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iran-iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iran-iraq War - War Of The Cities
Toward the end of the war, the land conflict regressed into stalemate. Both Iraq and Iran lacked sufficient self-propelled artillery to s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Iraq - Ba'athist Rule
Before the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the Ba'ath Party officially ruled Iraq through a nine-member Revolutionary Command Council, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iran-iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iran-iraq War - Arming The Combatants
Iraq's army was primarily armed with weaponry it had purchased from the Soviet Union and its satellites in the preceding decade. During t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraq - Governorates
Main article: Governorates of Iraq Iraq is divided into 18 governorates or provinces (Arabic: muhafadhat, singular - muhafadhah, Kurdish:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq - Prelude
Since the end of the Gulf War of 1991, Iraq's relations with the UN, the US, and the UK remained poor. In the absence of a Security Counc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coup D'état: Encyclopedia Ii - Coup D'état - Types Of Coups
Samuel P. Huntington has divided coups into three types (ignoring Luttwak's non-military coups) Breakthrough coups - In which a revoluti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coup D'état: Encyclopedia Ii - Coup D'état - Recent Forms Of Coup
In recent years, the traditional military coup has declined massively in use. A new, more contemporary form of military intervention whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coup D'état: Encyclopedia Ii - Coup D'état - Post-military-coup Governments
After the coup, the military is faced with the issue of the type of government to establish. In Latin America, it was common for the post...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1966: Encyclopedia Ii - 1966 - Births
1966 - January. January 1 - Michael Imperioli, American actor January 12 - Rob Zombie, American musician, artist, and writer January 7...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq - Military Aspects
United States military operations were conducted under the codename Operation Iraqi Freedom [5]. The United Kingdom military operation wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1966: Encyclopedia Ii - 1966 - Deaths
1966 - January. January 1 - Vincent Auriol, President of France (b. 1884) January 11 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1910) Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assyrian Church Of The East: Encyclopedia Ii - Assyrian Church Of The East - Modern Times
In the 15th century, the church decreed that the title of Patriarch could pass only to relatives of then-patriarch Mar Shimun IV. This up...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alawite: Encyclopedia Ii - Alawite - History
The origin of the Alawites is disputed. According to some sources, they were originally Nusayri, a sect that broke ties with Twelver Shii...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syria: Encyclopedia Ii - Syria - Governorates
Main article: Governorates of Syria Syria has fourteen governorates, or muhafazat (singular: muhafazah). A governor, whose appointment is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syria: Encyclopedia Ii - Syria - Politics
Syria This article is part of the series: Politics of Syria Political parties in Syria President of Syria Prime Minister of Syria Electi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syria: Encyclopedia Ii - Syria - Geography
Main article: Geography of Syria Syria consists mostly of arid plateau, although the northwest part of the country bordering the Mediterr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syria: Encyclopedia Ii - Syria - Economy
Main article: Economy of Syria Syria is a middle-income, developing country with a diversified economy based on agriculture, industry, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syria: Encyclopedia Ii - Syria - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Syria Most people live in the Euphrates River valley and along the coastal plain, a fertile strip between t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq - Legitimacy And Legality
2003 Invasion of Iraq - Invasion legitimacy. Many have argued that the legitimacy of the invasion could be disputed under international...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq - Related Propaganda And Phrases
This campaign featured a variety of new terminology, much of it initially coined by the U.S. government or military; many of the phrases ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Iraqi Councils And Authorities
On 11 October 2002, President Bush's senior adviser on the Middle East, Zalmay Khalilzad, released U.S. government plans to establish an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Participating Nations
As of September 2005, there were 26 countries with military forces stationed in Iraq. These were Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Civilian Government
The establishment of a new civilian government of Iraq was complicated by religious and political divisions between the majority Shi'ite ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraq War - Terminology
Variance in the use of the 'Iraq war' term can be traced to basic differences in the operative definition for 'war' and 'occupation'; as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraq War - Proponents Of The War
Proponents of the war say that "we should fight them over there, so we don't have to fight them over here."[citation needed] Others have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraq War - War Rationales And Debates
The more exclusive definitions of the "Iraq War" term (ie. the operations delimited to major hostilities against the Saddam Hussein gover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - 2005
Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Iraqi elections and aftermath. On 31 January, an election for a government to draft a permanent consti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - 2004
Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Spring Uprisings. In the spring, the United States and the Coalition Provisional Authority decided to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq - Invasion
Prior to invasion, the United States and other coalition forces involved in the 1991 Persian Gulf War had been engaged in a low-level con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq - Media Coverage
Media coverage of this war was different in certain ways from that of the Persian Gulf War. Victoria Clarke, the Assistant Defense Secret...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Military Occupation
A military occupation was established and run by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), which later appointed and granted limited pow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - Legal Status Of The Coalition Presence
The multinational forces still exercise considerable power in the country and, with the New Iraqi Army, conduct military operations again...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - 2003
Post-invasion Iraq 2003–2005 - End of the War. On May 1, 2003, President Bush declared the "end of major combat operations" in Iraq, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraq War - The Iraqi Insurgency
With the Ba'ath party organization disintegrated, elements of the secret police and Republican Guard formed guerrilla units, since some h...   » Read the article