A semi truck from the Alpha Company Engineers, Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Division carries a bulldozer to a main road on East Baghdad, Iraq on January 10, 2006. The 101st Division is currently deployed in Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S. Army photo by SPECIALIST Teddy Wade) (Released)

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.