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 Operation Telic Campaign Medal for Service in Iraq. The medal is made of cupro-nickel and bears on the obverse the crowned image of the Queen. The reverse shows an ancient Assyrian Lamassu sculpture above the word Iraq. The 1.5 inches (38 mm) wide ribbon is a sand colour with three central stripes of black, white and red, the three main colours of the Iraqi flag (minus the green of the Takbīr). | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 United Kingdom |
 Iraq | ||||
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Tony Blair Brian Burridge |
Saddam Hussein | ||||
Operation Telic (Op TELIC) was the codename under which all of the United Kingdom's military operations in Iraq were conducted between the start of the invasion of Iraq on 19 March 2003 and the withdrawal of the last remaining British forces on 22 May 2011. The bulk of the mission ended on 30 April 2009[1][2] but around 150 troops, mainly from the Royal Navy, remained in Iraq until 22 May 2011 as part of the Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission.[3][4] 46,000 troops were deployed at the onset of the invasion and the total cost of war stood at £9.24 billion in 2010.[5]
- ^ "UK combat operations end in Iraq". Retrieved 25 March 2011 "BBC"
- ^ "British campaign in Iraq comes to official end". Retrieved 11 May 2011 "Daily Telegraph"
- ^ "Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission". Royal Navy Website. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011.
- ^ "Royal Navy ends Operation Telic mission in Iraq". BBC News. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Iraq war in figures". BBC News. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.