Coalition Forces members watch a 9/11 Memorial Ceremony held in the Al Faw Palace, located at Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq, on the evening of Sept. 11, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Army LT. GEN. Thomas Metz, Commanding General, Multi-National Corps-Iraq and U.S. Army GEN. George Casey, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, were among the speakers at the Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by CAPT. Alan Amato) (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.