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The ''Iraq War''', also known as '''Operation Iraqi Freedom''', the ''War in Iraw''' and the '''Iraqi War''' was the largest of several active fronts in the [[War on Terrorism]]. Other fronts included [[Afghanistan]], [[Philippines]], and the [[Horn of Africa]]. Operation Iraqi Freedom began on 3 March 2003 with the removal of the [[Ba'athist]] regime of [[Saddam Hussein]] by a "Coalition of the Willing" led by the [[United States]] and allies including the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/11/20/prague.bush.nato/ "Bush: Join 'coalition of willing'"] (November 20, 2002).  Cable News Network website/International edition/Europe.</ref>  An interim government, Constitutional Assembly, and later an elected Parliament and Executive assumed authority, however sectarian insurgent violence led by [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]'s [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ]]<ref>This terrorist group is commonly referred to as al-Qaeda in Iraq.</ref> has hindered stability and reconstruction efforts by US contractors and the new government.  [[Iraq]]'s new Constitution strictly limits the emergency powers of the Executive in dealing with civil strife—a post-Saddam democratic reform. "10 Years After the Invasion 40 per cent of Iraqi have a job and a quarter of families live below the World Bank’s poverty line; Some in the younger generation of Iraqis who survived the years of violence see the decade of the US occupation as a requiem for their dream; education system is one of the things worst damaged by the war in Iraq, health and infrastructure are also on that list."<ref>[http://rt.com/news/iraq-us-war-cost-482/]</ref>

The '''Iraq War''', also known as '''Operation Iraqi Freedom''', the ''War in Iraw''' and the '''Iraqi War''' was the largest of several active fronts in the [[War on Terrorism]]. Other fronts included [[Afghanistan]], [[Philippines]], and the [[Horn of Africa]]. Operation Iraqi Freedom began on 3 March 2003 with the removal of the [[Ba'athist]] regime of [[Saddam Hussein]] by a "Coalition of the Willing" led by the [[United States]] and allies including the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/11/20/prague.bush.nato/ "Bush: Join 'coalition of willing'"] (November 20, 2002).  Cable News Network website/International edition/Europe.</ref>  An interim government, Constitutional Assembly, and later an elected Parliament and Executive assumed authority, however sectarian insurgent violence led by [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]'s [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ]]<ref>This terrorist group is commonly referred to as al-Qaeda in Iraq.</ref> has hindered stability and reconstruction efforts by US contractors and the new government.  [[Iraq]]'s new Constitution strictly limits the emergency powers of the Executive in dealing with civil strife—a post-Saddam democratic reform. "10 Years After the Invasion 40 per cent of Iraqi have a job and a quarter of families live below the World Bank’s poverty line; Some in the younger generation of Iraqis who survived the years of violence see the decade of the US occupation as a requiem for their dream; education system is one of the things worst damaged by the war in Iraq, health and infrastructure are also on that list."<ref>[http://rt.com/news/iraq-us-war-cost-482/]</ref>

President [[Barack Obama]] declared an official end to Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 31, 2010 <ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/31/excerpts-president-barack-obamas-address-nation-end-combat-operations-ir President Barack Obama's Address to the Nation on the End of Combat Operations in Iraq]</ref> and ceased funding the War on Terror in 2009.<ref>[http://forums.officer.com/t116934/ Obama: War on Terror is over], Officer.com</ref>

President [[Barack Obama]] declared an official end to Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 31, 2010 <ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/31/excerpts-president-barack-obamas-address-nation-end-combat-operations-ir President Barack Obama's Address to the Nation on the End of Combat Operations in Iraq]</ref> and ceased funding the War on Terror in 2009.<ref>[http://forums.officer.com/t116934/ Obama: War on Terror is over], Officer.com</ref>