Operation Iraqi Freedom : strategies, approaches, results, and issues for Congress

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Label

Operation Iraqi Freedom : strategies, approaches, results, and issues for Congress

Title remainder

strategies, approaches, results, and issues for Congress

Statement of responsibility

Catherine Dale

Creator

• Dale, Catherine

Contributor

• Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service
• Federation of American Scientists

Subject

• 2003-2011
• Counterinsurgency
• Counterinsurgency -- Iraq
• Electronic books
• Internal security
• Internal security -- Iraq
• Iraq
• Iraq -- Military relations -- United States
• Iraq War, 2003-2011
• Military relations
• Nation-building
• Nation-building -- Iraq
• Postwar reconstruction
• Postwar reconstruction -- Iraq
• United States
• United States -- Military relations -- Iraq

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the U.S.-led coalition military operation in Iraq, was launched on March 20, 2003, with the immediate stated goal of removing Saddam Hussein's regime and destroying its ability to use weapons of mass destruction or to make them available to terrorists. Over time, the focus of OIF shifted from regime removal to the more open-ended mission of helping the Government of Iraq (GoI) improve security, establish a system of governance, and foster economic development. In 2009, the war in Iraq appears to be winding down, as security gains made since the height of the insurgency in 2006 and 2007 continue to be sustained, and as Iraqis increasingly seek management of their own affairs. Key policy issues the Obama Administration may choose to address, with oversight from the 111th Congress, include identifying how U.S. national interests and strategic objectives, in Iraq and the region, should guide further U.S. engagement; monitoring and evaluating the impact of the changes in the U.S. presence and role in Iraq; and laying the groundwork for a future, more traditional bilateral relationship

Member of

• CRS report for Congress ;, RL34387
• HeinOnline U.S. Congressional Documents Library

Cataloging source

AWC

Government publication

federal national government publication

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

CRS report for Congress

Series volume

RL34387