The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (third from left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, and the Honorable Lewis Paul Bremer, III (left) Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (for Iraq), eat a meal with U.S. Army Soldiers while visiting the Dining Facility on Camp Ironhorse, Tikrit, Salah ad Din Province, Iraq, on Sept. 5, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (US Army photo by STAFF SGT. Klaus Baesu) (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.