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
5 killed (2 non-combat deaths) 19+ wounded	unknown

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 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 All Georgian troops were withdrawn from Iraq amid the Russia–Georgia war in August 2008.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.