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This page is an Archive of the discussions from WikiProject Iraq talk page (Discussion page).
(January 2010 - December 2010) - Please Do not edit!

War on Terrorism vs Overseas Contingency Operation

Hey all. I'm asking users from this WikiProject and other WikiProjects to weigh in at the talk page for a question about the War on Terrorism page: specifically at this section. Currently, the page says the war ran from "October 7, 2001 - January 20, 2009", where it ends because the Obama administration has discontinued use of the term in favor of the "Overseas Contingency Operation". However, Overseas Contingency Operation currently redirects back to War on Terrorism. The way I see it, we need to either a) create a new Overseas Contingency Operation page that encompasses everything that has gone on since 1/20/09 with the Obama administration and the war on terror, or b) Incorporate toe OCO stuff into the existing War on Terrorism page, in which case the date would be "October 7, 2001 - present". I personally can see merit to both ideas, but I'm not the expert, so I'm seeking input from people more qualified than me to see if we can develop a consensus. I'm hoping we can War on Terrorism page: keep the discussion here so the discussion doesn't split into multiple discussions on multiple WikiProject talk pages. Thanks all! — Hunter Kahn 16:46, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

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afd notification

I have nominated the article July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike, which is within the scope of this project, for deletion. All interested editors are invited to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike. TomStar81 (Talk) 18:53, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Help request

Hi folks, you could help us at WP:TOL. We have no photo of the Mesopotamian Crow, and I have seen some on the Web and they look beautiful (by crow standards). Their plumage is really singular, and it would make a very valuable addition to several articles. They're the local birds that look like a "clean" Commons:Category:Corvus cornix, and they are almost endemic to Iraq.

So, if any of you ppl has a chance of taking a photo of one, we'd be very grateful.

(Also, if anyone has a chance to photograph an Oriental Darter in Iray, do so. Any proof of its existence is valuable in general, and it might yield a honorable mention in a scientific study..)

Thanks! Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 21:58, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Added articles on Yazidi and Assyrian militias; any other minority militias to add?

I was working on some articles about militias and "self-denfence forces" of religious minority groups in various countries, and ran across a couple interesting ones in Iraq:

I've added both of these to the template "Armed Iraqi Groups in the Iraq War and Civil War", down in the bottom right corner:

Armed Iraqi Groups in the Iraq War and the Civil war in Iraq
Insurgents Now-defunct Baathist rebels and insurgents Military of Iraq and Police Militias and others

Nationalist Salafies

Pan-Arab Nationalists

Jihadist Salafies

Baathists

  • Iraqi Army
    The Iraqi Army is a component of the Iraqi Security Forces tasked with assuming responsibility for all Iraqi land-based military operations following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
  • Iraqi Air Force
  • Iraqi Police
    The Iraqi Police are the organic civil police force of the Republic of Iraq. There are three main branches.
    • Iraqi Police Service (IPS): Responsible for the day to day patrolling of cities around most crimes.
    • National Police (NP): Paramilitary force for counterinsurgency, public disorder and counter terrorist tasks.
    • Supporting Forces: Remaining police organizations, primarily the Department of Border Enforcement (DBE).
  • Facilities Protection Service
    A paramilitary force responsible for protecting government buildings and facilities.

Shia militia

  • Mahdi Army (Jaish-i-Mahdi)(جيش المهدي)
    The Mahdi Army is a militia force created by the Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in June of 2003, disbanded in 2008.
  • Abu Deraa's Mahdi Army faction
    In the fall of 2006, Abu Deraa and his supporters formed their own militia.
  • Badr Organisation (originally Badr Brigade/Bader Corps) (منظمة بدر)
    The armed wing of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI).
  • Sheibani Network
    Smuggling network and Insurgent group, which both supplies other insurgents and attacks coalition and Iraqi forces.
  • Soldiers of Heaven
    an armed Iraqi Shi'a sect.
  • Special Groups (Iraq) Iranian backed factions of the Mahdi Army which went on to become separate organisations which continued fighting after the Mahdi Army's disbanding.
    • Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (League of the Righteous)
      The largest Special Group, led by Qais al-Khazali and later [[Akram al-Kabi].
    • Promised Day Brigades
      The Special Group which was created as successor of the Mahdi Army and continued activities against US and coalition forces
    • Kata'ib Hezbollah (Hezbollah Brigades)
      The most notorious Special Group, it became completely independent from the Mahdi Army and other Special Groups.

Sunni militias


Kurdish militias

  • Peshmerga
    - term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters. The term is now officially used for the security forces of Iraq's Kurdistan Autonomous Region.
  • Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK. A militant separatist organization whose goal is the creation of a separate Kurdish state in Turkey. Currently has bases in Iraqi Kurdistan's Qandil mountains.
  • Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan or PJAK. A militant separatist organization whose goal is overthrowing the Islamic government of Iran. Currently taking refuge in the Qandil mountains.

Minority militias

Are there any other minority militias that should also be added? I already checked on the Sabean/Mandaean sect, but they're evidently pacifists. Hope folks find these additions interesting, and that maybe we can drum up a few others. MatthewVanitas (talk) 08:06, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Clean up Category:Populated places in Iraq

Hi there, I cleaned up Category:Populated places in Iraq and moved all places to the appropriate Category:Populated places in XXX Governorate. I couldn't locate the few that remain. Could someone else have a look at that? Thnx -- Zoeperkoe (talk) 19:33, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Transport in Iraq - Category rename to meet other Asian countries

Maybe you like to vote at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_September_9#Category:Transportation_in_Iraq TruckCard (talk) 01:42, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

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De-Ba`athification Article

Hello all. I'm working with Wikipedia's Public Policy Initiative and working on an article about the US De-Ba`athification policy, which I think ought to be linked to both the Ba`ath Party article and the Iraq/Iraq War articles. I am open to help and suggestions. Amfarr21 (talk) 16:58, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

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