What is Iraqi insurgency (2003-2011)?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Iraqi insurgency | partof = the [[Iraq War]] | image = Iraqi insurgents with guns, 2006.jpg | image_size = | caption = Insurgents in northern Iraq, 2006 | date = 1 May 2003 – 18 December 2011<br />({{Age in months, weeks and days|2003-05-01|2011-12-18}}) | place = Iraq | result = Inconclusive * [[2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency|2003–2006 insurgency phase]] deteriorates into [[Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)|2006–2008 civil war]] * 20,000+ additional American soldiers deployed to Iraq to quell violence in [[Iraq War troop surge of 2007|troop surge of 2007]] * Coalition failure to defeat Iraqi insurgency<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krepinevich |first=Andrew F. |last2=Jr |date=2005-09-01 |title=How to Win in Iraq |language=en-US |work=Foreign Affairs |issue=September/October 2005 |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/iraq/2005-09-01/how-win-iraq |access-date=2023-10-20 |issn=0015-7120}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Georgy |first=Michael |date=2023-03-16 |title=Iraqi ambush of Americans made a mockery of 'Mission Accomplished' |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iraqi-ambush-americans-made-mockery-mission-accomplished-2023-03-16/ |access-date=2023-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Mazzetti |first=Mark |date=2004-07-06 |title=U.S. Response to Insurgency Called a Failure |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-06-fg-counterinsurgency6-story.html |access-date=2023-10-20 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cordesman |first=Anthony H. |date=2020-01-02 |title=America’s Failed Strategy in the Middle East: Losing Iraq and the Gulf |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/americas-failed-strategy-middle-east-losing-iraq-and-gulf |language=en}}</ref> * End of American military presence in Iraq with [[Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)|2007–2011 withdrawal]] * Continued [[Iraqi conflict]] | combatant1 = {{flag|United States}}<br />{{flag|Unit