Reporting
Iraq, which had no free press, initially issued a statement contradicting western reporters' accounts of the invasion. Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf, head of the Information Ministry, told a press conference on April 7 that there were no U.S. troops in Baghdad, saying: "Their infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds on the gates of Baghdad. Be assured, Baghdad is safe, protected. Iraqis are heroes."
On April 8, two American air to surface missiles hit Al Jazeera's office in Baghdad and killed a reporter and wounded a cameraman. The nearby office of Arab satellite channel Abu Dhabi was also hit by air strikes. Al Jazeera accused the U.S. of attacking Arab media to hide facts. On the same day a U.S. Army tank fired into the 15th floor of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, where almost all foreign journalists resided, and killed two cameramen and wounded three. In the Abu Dhabi case the station aired the picture of Iraqi fire from beneath of the camera. In the hotel case, however, other journalists on the scene deny any fire from or around the hotel.
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Iraq War
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Timelines
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
Phases
- Invasion
- Post-invasion insurgency
- Civil war
- Insurgency 2008-2011
Battles and operations
of the Iraq War
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Invasion (2003)
- Umm Qasr
- Al Faw
- 1st Basra
- Nasiriyah
- Raid on Karbala
- 1st Najaf
- Northern Delay
- Viking Hammer
- Samawah
- 1st Karbala
- Al Kut
- Hillah
- Green Line
- Karbala Gap
- Baghdad
- Debecka Pass
- Kani Domlan Ridge
Post-invasion insurgency
- Al Anbar
- 1st Ramadan
- Red Dawn
- Spring 2004
- 1st Fallujah
- Sadr City
- 1st Ramadi
- Husaybah
- 2nd Najaf
- CIMIC-House
- Samarra
- 2nd Fallujah
- Mosul
- Lake Tharthar
- Al Qaim
- Hit
- Haditha
- Steel Curtain
- Tal Afar
- 2nd Ramadi
- Together Forward
- Diwaniya
Civil War
- 2nd Ramadan
- Sinbad
- Amarah
- Turki
- Diyala
- Haifa Street
- Karbala Raid
- 3rd Najaf
- Imposing Law
- U.K. bases
- Black Eagle
Surge (2007)
- Baghdad belts
- Baqubah
- Donkey Island
- Shurta Nasir
- Phantom Strike
- 2nd Karbala
- Phantom Phoenix
Insurgency (2008-2011)
- 2008 Day of Ashura
- Ninawa
- Spring 2008
- 2nd Basra
- 2008 Al-Qaeda Offensive
- Augurs of Prosperity
- Abu Kamal
Drawdown
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Insurgent attacks of the
Iraq War
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‡ 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
- ‡ Irbil
- ‡ Ashoura
- 1st Basra
- Mosul
- 4th Baghdad
- 5th Baghdad
- Karbala-Najaf
- 1st Baqubah
- Kufa
- FOB Marez
- 2005
- ‡ 1st Al Hillah
- ‡ 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
- ‡ 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
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