A member of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) backs his team members with a 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifle during a raid in Baghdad during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The ICDC is checking rooms for a suspected Ba'ath Party member of Saddam Hussein's regime

Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.