Georgian involvement in the Iraq War

Georgian involvement in the Iraq War
	Part of the Iraq War
	; Georgian soldiers from the 13th Light Infantry Battalion on a clearing mission in Al Shaheen, Iraq, in March 2007.
Date	11 August 2003 – 11 August 2008
Location	Multinational Division Central-South, Iraq
Result	Georgian withdrawal; see Iraq War for full results
Belligerents
Georgia	Ba'ath loyalists; Mahdi Army;
Commanders and leaders
Eduard Shevardnadze; Mikheil Saakashvili;	Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri; Muqtada al-Sadr; Abu Deraa;
Strength
70 (2003) 300(2004) 850 (2005) 2,300 (2008)	Unknown
Casualties and losses
10 killed	19+ wounded

Georgian soldiers from the 22nd Light Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, celebrating the Independence Day of Georgia on May 26, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Georgia joined the Iraq war as part of the United States-led coalition in August 2003. By 2008, Georgia had deployed 2,300 troops in Iraq, becoming the third largest contributor^[1]^[2] to the coalition forces in the Iraq War. In addition, the country provided a battalion of approximately 550 troops to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq. All Georgian troops were withdrawn from Iraq amid the Russia–Georgia war in August 2008. Georgia suffered five fatal casualties in Iraq.

^ Lansford, Tom (2010). "Georgia, Role in Iraq War". In Spencer C. Tucker (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts. Vol. 2. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. pp. 480–481. ISBN 9781851099481.
^ Liklikadze, Koba (September 10, 2007). "Iraq: As Third-Largest Contingent, Georgia Hopes To Show Its Worth". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

[EMEW-1] Lansford, Tom (2010). "Georgia, Role in Iraq War". In Spencer C. Tucker (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts. Vol. 2. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. pp. 480–481. ISBN 9781851099481.

[2] Liklikadze, Koba (September 10, 2007). "Iraq: As Third-Largest Contingent, Georgia Hopes To Show Its Worth". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

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