Iraqi Freedom
Second Gulf War
Iraqi Freedom is the name of the 2003 U.S.-led military invasion of Iraq, officially Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The name frames the war as a liberation rather than conquest: He served two tours during Iraqi Freedom.
The term appears in military records, veterans' benefits, and memorial contexts.
It remained the official name until 2010, when combat operations were declared over.
- BaghdadIraqi seat of government
- HusseinArabic name meaning good-looking
- axis of evilNamed hostile state grouping
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- shock and aweSwift dominance through firepower
Saddam · coalition · coalition forces · desert · troops · boots on the ground · surge · Fallujah · shock · awe · WMD · weapons of mass destruction · mission accomplished · soldiers · Humvee · sandstorm · checkpoint · insurgency
Iraqi FreedomDesert Storm
1991 Iraq conflict codename
jihad · intifada · Gulf War · Desert Shield · liberation war
Iraqi Freedomanti-war movement
Organized opposition to warfare
Iraqi FreedomAmerican imperialism
Superpower extending dominance globally
Iraq, Iraqi, Iraqis, free, freed, freedom, freedoms, freeing, freely