| First Bulgarian Empire |
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First Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(680-792) | Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire
| Victory- Formation and Expansion of the First Bulgarian Empire
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Second Bulgarian-Khazar War
(662-670){{cn|date=February 2019}} | Bulgarian Empire | Khazar Khaganate | Victory- Death of the Great Khan Asparukh
- Destruction and Conquest of Southern Khazaria
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| Siege of Constantinople (717–718) | Bulgarian Empire | Umayyad Caliphate | Victory- The Bulgarian Army Annihilates the Arabic Army{{cn|date=February 2019}}
- Emperor Tervel is Crowned "Savior of Europe"{{cn|date=February 2019}}
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Bulgarian-Avar War
(799-800){{cn|date=February 2019}} | Bulgarian Empire | Avar Khaganate | Victory- King Krum Destroys the Entire Avar Khaganate
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Second Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(809-822) | Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire
| Victory- Emperor Tervel takes Constantinople and Puts Justinian in Power
- King Krum Obliterates the Byzantine Armies and Conquers Byzantine Land
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First Bulgarian-Serbian War
(839-842) | Bulgarian Empire | Serbian Principality | Draw- Serbia is Recognized by The Bulgarian Empire
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Second Bulgarian-Serbian War
(853-855) | Bulgarian Empire | Serbian Principality | Draw- Bulgaria and Serbia Form a Slavic Alliance
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Bulgarian-Bosnian War
(854-855) | Bulgarian Empire | Bosnian Banate | Victory- Bulgaria Takes Down and Conquers the Entire Banate of Bosnia
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First Bulgarian-Croatian War
(854-855) | Bulgarian Empire | Croatian Kingdom | Draw- Croatia Quickly Sues for Peace Before King Simeon The Great Takes the South
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First Bulgarian-Hungarian War
(862-896) | Bulgarian Empire | Hungarian Empire | Victory- King Simeon The Great's Invincible Army Slaughter the Magyar Hungarians
- Bulgaria Force the Migrating Hungarians to Settle in the Pannonian Plain
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Third Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(894-896) | Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire
| Victory- Invincible Simeon the Great Conquers a Majority of the Byzantine Empire
- The Bulgarian Empire Nearly Drive Them Out of Europe
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Fourth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(913-927) | Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire
Serbian Principality | Victory- Serbia is Conquered For the First Time by Invincible King Simeon
- The Bulgarian Empire Nearly Conquers Constantinople
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Third Bulgarian-Serbian War
(917-924) | Bulgarian Empire | Serbian Principality
Byzantine Empire | Victory- Serbia is Conquered by King Simeon and Bulgaria for the Second Time
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Second Bulgarian-Croatian War
(925-931) | Bulgarian Empire | Croatian Kingdom | Draw- The Bulgarian Army Takes Croatian Land to the East
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Second Bulgarian-Hungarian War
(932-980) | Bulgarian Empire | Hungarian Empire | Draw- The Bulgarian Empire Drive Out the Hungarians to the North
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Bulgarian-Kievan Rus War
(967-997) | Bulgarian Empire | Kievan Rus Empire
Byzantine Empire | Draw- Kievan Rus Conquers Areas of Northern Bulgaria
- Byzantine victory over the Rus', formal annexation of Bulgaria.
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Fifth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(968-1018) | Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire | Defeat- Dissolution of the First Bulgarian Empire
- Kingdom of Duklja Becomes Last Remaining Region Left Unconquered
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Third Bulgarian-Croatian War
(997-1000) | Bulgarian Empire | Croatian Kingdom | Victory- Croatian Civil War is Ended, Bulgarian Empire Conquers Southern Croatia
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| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Second Bulgarian Empire |
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Seventh Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1185-1201) | Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire | Victory- Reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire
- Bulgarian Empire Resurfaces as Strongest Power In Eastern Europe
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Third Bulgarian-Hungarian War
(1202-1203) | Bulgarian Empire | Hungarian Empire | Victory- King Kaloyan demolishes the Hungarian Army
- Bulgarian Empire Conquers Southern Portion of Hungarian Empire
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Fourth Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1202-1203) | Bulgarian Empire | Serbian Principality | Victory- The Bulgarian Empire Under King Kaloyan Pushes Serbia to The West
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First Bulgarian–Latin War
(1204-1208) | Bulgarian Empire | Latin Empire | Victory- Weakening of the Latin Empire and Enlargement of the Bulgarian Empire
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First Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1222-1223){{cn|date=February 2019}} | Bulgarian Empire | Mongol Empire | Victory- King Ivan Asen II's Powerful Bulgarian Army Crush the Mongols
- Genghis Khan Suffers His First and Only Defeat Ever
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Battle of Klokotnitsa
(1230) | Bulgarian Empire | Thessalonican Empire | Victory- Empire of Thessalonico is Conquered by Bulgaria
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Second Bulgarian–Latin War
(1234-1235){{check|date=March 2017|reason=The 4th Crusade was 1202–04 and Kaloyan captured Baldwin in 1205}} | Bulgarian Empire | Latin Empire | Victory- King Kaloyan the Crusader Slayer Annihilates the 4th Crusade
- Locks King Baldwin I in a Tower in Tsarevets Castle
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Second Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1222-1223) | Bulgarian Empire | Golden Horde Empire | Victory- The Bulgarian Army Pushes Back Nogai Khan and His Powerful Army
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Second Bulgarian-Nicean War
(1254-1257) | Bulgarian Empire | Nicean Empire | Victory- The North of the Nicean Empire is Demolished and Conquered by the Bulgarian Empire
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Bulgarian-Venetian War
(1257-1260) | Bulgarian Empire | Venice Kingdom | Victory- The Bulgarian Navy Holds Off the Powerful Venice Naval Attack
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Third Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1271-1279) | Bulgarian Empire | Golden Horde Empire | Victory- Northern Bulgaria Becomes a Vassal to Golden Horde
- Peasant Ivalyo Snatches The Throne and Crushes The Mongols North
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Bulgarian Civil War
(1277–1280) | Bulgarian Empire
Tsar Constantine
Allies:
Byzantine Empire
Golden Horde | Bulgarian Empire
Tsar Ivaylo
Allies:
Bulgarian Rebels
Serbian Rebels | Inconclusive- Peasant Ivaylo Snatches the Thrown and Kills The Bulgarian Tsar
- Ivaylo was murdered, George Terter I became Emperor of Bulgaria
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Eighth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1279-1280) | Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire | Victory- Ivaylo The Peasant King, Takes Down The Byzantine Army in the Balkan Mountains
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Second Bulgarian-Trebizond War
(1270-1271) | Bulgarian Empire | Trebizond Empire | Victory- The Bulgarian Navy Defeats the Powerful Trebizond Navy
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Fifth Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1290-1291) | Bulgarian Empire | Serbian Kingdom | Victory- The Bulgarian Empire Defeats The Serbs and Kill their Emperor
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Fourth Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1299-1300) | Bulgarian Empire | Golden Horde Empire | Draw- Northern Bulgaria Once Again Becomes a Vassal to Golden Horde
- King Theodore Svetoslav Banishes the Mongols to the East
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Ninth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1304-1305) | Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire | Victory- Bulgarian Empire Conquers Most of Thrace
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Sixth Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1330-1331) | Bulgarian Empire | Serbian Kingdom | Draw- Both Kingdom's Form a Slavic Alliance
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Tenth Bulgarian-Byzantine War
(1332-1333) | Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire | Victory- Final War Between the Two Empires
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Fifth Bulgarian-Mongol War
(1332-1341) | Bulgarian Empire | Golden Horde Empire | Victory- The Mongols are Banished Northeast Forever
- The Bulgarian Empire Begins Conquer Mongol Lands to North
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Byzantine Civil War
(1341–1347) | Byzantine Empire
King Palaiologos
Allies:
Bulgarian Empire
Serbian Empire | Byzantine Empire
King Kantakouzenos
Allies:
Bulgarian Empire
Ottoman Empire | Victory- King Kantakouzenos Defeats Regents, Becomes Emperor
- Bulgarian Empire Conquers Northern Thrace From Ottoman Empire
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First Bulgarian–Ottoman War
(1344-1362) | Bulgarian Empire | Ottoman Empire | Victory- Bulgaria holds off the Ottoman army until the Bulgarian Betrayal of Brothers
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Fourth Bulgarian-Hungarian War
(1365-1369) | Bulgarian Empire | Hungarian Empire | Victory- The Bulgarian Army Takes Back the Castle of Vidin
- Final War Between the Two Empires, Hungarians is Pushed North
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Bulgarian-Wallachian War
(1384-1386) | Bulgarian Empire | Wallachian Principality | Victory- The Bulgarian Army Ravages and Conquers Land to the North
- Wallachian King Dan I is Killed in Battle
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Bulgarian-Genoan War
(1379-1387) | Bulgarian Empire | Genoan Kingdom | Victory- Bulgarian Navy Crushes the Large Genoan Fleet
- Peace Treaty is Signed
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Second Bulgarian–Ottoman War
(1371-1396) | Bulgarian Empire | Ottoman Empire | Defeat- Fall of the Bulgarian Empire
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| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Bulgarian Principality |
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Bulgarian Declaration of Independence
(1876-1878) | Bulgarian Rebels
Allies:
Russian Empire | {{flag|Ottoman Empire|size=25px}} | Victory- War in connection with the Russo Turkish War
- Treaty of San Stefano
- Independence and Formation of the Principality of Bulgaria
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Montenegrin-Ottoman War
(1876-1878) | Bulgarian Principality
Allies:
Montenegrin Principality
Serbian Principality | {{flag|Ottoman Empire|size=25px}} | Victory- War in Connection with the Russo Turkish War
- Independence of Montenegro
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Serbian-Ottoman War
(1876-1878) | Bulgarian Principality
Allies:
Serbian Principality
Montenegrin Principality | {{flag|Ottoman Empire|size=25px}} | Victory- War in Connection with the Russo Turkish War
- Independence of Serbia
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Romanian-Ottoman War
(1877-1878) | Bulgarian Principality
Allies:
Romanian Principality
Russian Empire | {{flag|Ottoman Empire|size=25px}} | Victory- War in Connection with the Russo Turkish War
- Independence of Romania
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Russian-Turkish War
(1877-1878) | Bulgarian Principality
Allies:
Russian Empire
Serbian Principality
Romanian Principality
Montenegrin Principality | {{flag|Ottoman Empire|size=25px}} | Victory- Treaty of San Stefano
- Treaty of Berlin
- The Ottoman Empire is Heavily Defeated and Nearly Pushed Out of Europe
- Independence of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro
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Bulgarian-Serbian War
(1885) | Bulgarian Principality | Serbian Kingdom | Victory- Serbia Hits Main Ally, Bulgaria, From Behind, Trusts Between the Two Slavic Nations Crumble
- Prince Alexander of Battenburg Leads Bulgaria to a Crushing Victory
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Macedonian Struggle War
(1893-1908) | Bulgarian Principality | Greek Kingdom
Serbian Kingdom
Romanian Kingdom
{{flag|Ottoman Empire|size=25px}} | Draw- Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Romania and the Ottoman Empire Fight a Four Way War
- War Ends Inconclusively After Young Turk Revolution
- Bulgaria Gains Full Independence in 1908
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| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Bulgarian Kingdom |
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First Balkan War
(1912-1913) | Balkan League
Bulgarian Kingdom
Allies:
Greek Kingdom
Serbian Kingdom
Montenegrin Kingdom | {{flag|Ottoman Empire|size=25px}}
Allies:
Austria Hungarian Empire
Albanian Legion | Balkan League Victory- The Ottoman Empire is nearly pushed out of Europe
- Bulgaria free Macedonia, Northern Greece, Albania and South Serbia
- Treaty of London
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Second Balkan War
(1913) | Bulgarian Kingdom | Greek Kingdom
Serbian Kingdom
Romanian Kingdom
Montenegrin Kingdom
{{flag|Ottoman Empire|size=25px}} | Armistice- Dissatisfied with gains from the First Balkan War, Bulgaria attacks former allies Serbia and Greece
- Attacks repulsed by Greece and Serbia, whose armies enter Bulgaria
- Romanian intervention forces Bulgaria to ask for armistice
- Bulgarian territorial cessations in Treaty of Bucharest and Treaty of Constantinople
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| Bulgaria In World War I |
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World War I (see Bulgaria during World War I)
(1914–1918) | Bulgarian Kingdom
Central Powers:
German Empire
{{flag|Ottoman Empire|size=25px}}
Austria Hungarian Empire | Allied Powers:
{{flag|United States|1912|size=26px}}
{{flagcountry|British Empire|size=25px}}
Italian Kingdom
Russian Empire
French Republic
Occupied by Central Powers:
Greek Kingdom
Serbian Kingdom
Romanian Kingdom | Allied Victory- Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine results in Bulgarian territorial cessations
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| Post World War I Conflicts |
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| Incident at Petrich (1925) | Bulgarian Kingdom | Greek Kingdom | Victory- Due to a border incident, Greek dictator Theodoros Pangalos sends troops into Bulgaria
- League of Nations brokers a ceasefire and a Greek withdrawal
- Greece fined for violating Bulgarian territory
- Bulgaria pays damages for shooting Greek soldiers[1]
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| Bulgaria In World War II |
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World War II (see Military history of Bulgaria during World War II)
(1941–1945) | Bulgarian Kingdom
Allied Powers:
Soviet Union
{{flag|United States|1912|size=26px}}
Greek Kingdom
{{flagcountry|United Kingdom|size=25px}}
French Republic
Yugoslavian Kingdom | Bulgarian Kingdom
Axis Powers:
{{flagicon|Nazi Germany|size=26px}} Nazi Germany
Italian Kingdom
Japanese Empire
Romanian Kingdom | Allied Victory- Bulgarian monarchy abolished and replaced with Communist government
- Southern Dobruja awarded to Bulgaria postwar
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| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Republic of Bulgaria |
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Iraq War
(2003-2011) | {{flag|Bulgaria|size=25px}}
Allies:
{{flag|Iraq|size=25px}}
{{Flagdeco|NATO|size=25px}} NATO
{{flag|United States|1912|size=26px}} | {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg|size=25px}} Baath Loyalists
{{flagicon image|Flag of The Islamic State of Iraq.jpg|size=25px}} Islamic State of Iraq
{{flagicon image|Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg|size=25px}} Al-Qaeda
{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|size=25px}} Islamic Army of Iraq
{{flagicon|Iraq|1991|size=25px}} Ba'athist Iraq | Collation Victory- Part of the Iraqi Insurgency and War on Terror
- Invasion and occupation of Iraq
- Defeat of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein
- Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war[2]
- Subsequent depletion of Iraqi insurgency,[3] improvements in public security[4]
- Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government.
- U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
- Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq
- War on ISIL
- Iraqi Civil War
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Libyan Civil War
(2011) | {{flag|Bulgaria|size=25px}}
{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}Allies:
{{Flagdeco|NATO|size=25px}} NATO
{{flag|United States|1912|size=26px}} | {{Flagdeco|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|1977|size=25px}} Libya | Victory- The NTC assumed interim control of Libya.
- Civil war in Libya
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War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
(2001-) | {{flag|Bulgaria|size=25px}}
{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}Allies:
{{Flagdeco|NATO|size=25px}} NATO
{{flag|Russia|size=25px}}
{{flag|Afghanistan|size=25px}}
{{flag|United States|1912|size=26px}} | {{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban|size=25px}} Taliban
{{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|size=25px}} ISIS
{{flagicon image|Flag of al-Qaeda.svg|size=22px}} Al-Qaeda
{{flagicon image|Flag of Hezbi Islami Gulbuddin.svg|size=25px}} Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin
| Ongoing- Airstrikes on ISIS and Al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Afghanistan
- Terrorism in Europe (2014–present)
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1. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jlKheq6g3r8C&pg=PA203&dq=%22War+of+the+Stray+Dog%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXj8WsuLHVAhVD0YMKHQ6LA3UQ6AEIRzAF#v=onepage&q=%22War%20of%20the%20Stray%20Dog%22&f=false|title=The History of Greece|last=Thomopoulos|first=Elaine|date=2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=|isbn=9780313375118|location=|pages=110|language=en}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Sectarian divisions change Baghdad’s image|publisher=MSNBC|date=3 July 2006|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13684759/|accessdate=18 February 2007}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40257752 |title=U.S. says Iraq pullout won't cause dramatic violence |date=18 November 2010 |publisher=MSNBC |accessdate=26 November 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501142902/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40257752 |archivedate=May 1, 2011 }}
4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11816974|title=UK 'to continue deporting failed Iraqi asylum seekers'|publisher=BBC|accessdate=26 November 2010|date=22 November 2010}}