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| | 2003 invasion of Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The 2003 invasion of Iraq, also called simply the Iraq War or Operation: Iraqi Freedom, was a war that began March 20, 2003, fought between a group of troops consisting primarily of American and British, but also Polish, Australian and several other nations' forces, and Iraq. |
 | | Prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Zarqawi had settled in Kurdish northern Iraq (an area not controlled by Saddam Hussein's government) where he joined, and May have led, the Terrorist organization Ansar al-Islam, which was an enemy of the Ba'athist government. |
 | | Support for the invasion and occupation of Iraq included 49 nations, a group that was frequently referred to as the "coalition of the willing". |
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