Two Iraqi friends pose for a photo in Baghdad, Iraq on the evening of April 10, 2006. PHOTO taken as a part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. 1ST Class David D. Isakson) (Released)
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Camp Liberty
State: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN INFANTRY DIVISION
Scene Camera Operator: SFC David D. Isakson, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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.
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