List of people associated with the 2003 invasion of Iraq
List of people associated with the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
M1A1 Abrams pose for a photo under the "Hands of Victory" in Ceremony Square, Baghdad, Iraq.
Australia
- John Howard, Prime Minister
- Andrew Wilkie — intelligence officer, resigned in protest at misuse of intelligence reports
China
- Hu Jintao, President
- Li Zhaoxing, Foreign Minister
France
- Jacques Chirac, President
- Dominique de Villepin, Foreign Minister
Germany
- Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor
- Joschka Fischer, Foreign Minister
Iraq
- Rafid Ahmed Alwan, aka "Curveball"
- Tariq Aziz
- Ahmed Chalabi - Iraqi National Congress
- Qusay Hussein
- Saddam Hussein
- Uday Hussein
- Taha Yassin Ramadan - Vice President
- Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi - Liaison to UNSCOM who insisted there were no WMDs
- Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf - Information Minister
- Abdul Razak al-Hashimi - coordinated with human shields
Russia
- Vladimir Putin, President
- Igor Ivanov, Foreign Minister
Spain
UK
Government
- Tony Blair
- Prime Minister
- Lord Goldsmith
- Attorney General, who secretly advised the cabinet that the war may be illegal
- Jeremy Greenstock
- UK ambassador to the UN during the buildup, and then UK representative in Iraq post-invasion.
- Geoff Hoon
- Clare Short
- International Development Secretary, threatened to resign then didn't
- Jack Straw
- Elizabeth Wilmshurst
- Deputy chief legal adviser to the Foreign Office, who resigned on the eve of war, protesting its illegality.
Military
- Major-General Tim Cross
- Most senior British officer involved in preparations for reconstruction
- Johnson Beharry
- Awarded a rare Victoria Cross for two separate acts of bravery. First living recipient of the award since 1969.
- Air Marshal Brian Burridge
- In charge of UK invasion, Operation Telic
Other
- Robin Cook
- Leader of the House of Commons, resigned from cabinet in protest at the war
- Katharine Gun
- Interpreter at GCHQ who was tried for breach of the Official Secrets Act 1989 for whistle-blowing on a U.S. dirty tricks campaign against UN Security Councils. The trial collapsed when the prosecution declined to offer evidence.
- David Kelly
- Weapons expert whose revelations stirred controversy over the case for war
United Nations
- Kofi Annan, Secretary-General
- Hans Blix, head of UNSCOM
- Mohamed ElBaradei - Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency
US
CPA
- L. Paul Bremer - former head of the CPA
- Jay Garner - former head of ORHA
Government
- George W. Bush, President
- Dick Cheney, Vice President
- I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby – Former Chief of Staff to the Vice President and his Assistant for Security Affairs; founding member of the Project for the New American Century; former student and close associate of Paul Wolfowitz
- Richard Perle - former Assistant Secretary of Defense
- Colin Powell - Secretary of State
- Condoleezza Rice - National Security Advisor
- Donald Rumsfeld - Defense Secretary
- George Tenet - CIA Director
- Paul Wolfowitz - Deputy Secretary of Defense
Military
- Joe D. Dowdy, U.S. Marine RCT-1 Commander
- Lynndie England
- General Tommy Franks
- Corporal Sean Huze, USMC, RCT-1, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
- PFC Jessica Lynch
- Lieutenant General David D. McKiernan, CFLCC Commander
- General David Petraeus-Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq
- Lieutenant Colonel Eddie Ray USMC Battalion Commander, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
- General Ricardo Sanchez
- Gunnery Sergeant Justin LeHew USMC, RCT-2 Task Force Tarawa, Hero of Nasiriya
- SPC Dustin Knoll
- SSG Mitch Hallum Jr., Personal Security Detail NCOIC, Task Force Fajr, 1st Brigade, 3d Infantry Division, U.S. Army
Theorists
- Bruce P. Jackson - Chairman of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and current chair of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq
- Bernard Lewis
- Michael Rubin - A specialist on Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Randy Scheunemann - President of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, which was created by the Project for the New American Century
- Harlan K. Ullman - Military theorist responsible for the shock and awe strategy
- James Woolsey - former CIA Director
Other
- Peter Arnett - journalist
- Joseph C. Wilson - Former diplomat whose criticism of the claim Saddam sought uranium from Niger led to the Plame affair
See also
Iraq War (2003–2011) | |
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| Invasion | |
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| Aftermath |
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| USA war crimes |
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