The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, is being recorded on video, during a meeting with family members of the U.S Army, 172nd Stryker Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on Aug 26, 2006. The U.S. Army personnel with the 172nd are currently deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(DoD PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Myles D. Cullen, U.S. Air Force) (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.