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Conflict name:	Iraq - USA, United Kingdom, Australia
Type of incompatibility:	Government
Interstate/intrastate dimension:	Interstate
Conflict status:	Terminated: 9 April, 2003
Date of first stated goals of incompatibility:	17 March, 2003
Date of first use of armed force:	20 March, 2003
Date of first battle-related death:	20 March, 2003
Date when conflict reached 25 battle-related deaths:	22 March, 2003

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	Conflict intensity	Government of Iraq	Governments of USA, United Kingdom, Australia

2003	War
Side A:Government of Iraq Side B1:Governments of USA, United Kingdom, Australia

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In 2003, USA, Great Britain and Australia launched a joint full-scale invasion of Iraq, with the aim to oust the sitting President Saddam Hussein. The invasion, launched outside of UN auspices, was motivated by the belief that Iraq continued to withhold weapons of mass destruction. The war was won by the coalition in less than one month, but despite stabilisation and reconstruction efforts, widespread violence has persisted in Iraq.

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