Iraqi contractors make sure the bricks they are going to lay down for a foundation are level for the set up new office trailers on 17 February 2006 in Mosul,Iraq in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.CREDIT U.S. ARMY PHOTO: SPC Clydell Kinchen(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.