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[[Image:Baghdad danger.gif|right|375px|thumb|Baghdad Death Map by Zeyad Kasim]]
[[Image:Baghdad danger.gif|right|375px|thumb|Baghdad Death Map by Zeyad Kasim]]
'''The Iraq War''' (also known as Operation Iraq Freedom by Pro-war americans, is controversial war that has put the US and UK on the bad-sides of many countries, aswel as a large amount of their own populations. The Iraq War began on 3 March 2003 with the removal of the [[Ba'athist]] regime of [[Saddam Hussein]] by a "coalition of the willing" (which was comprised of the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]]) <ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/11/20/prague.bush.nato/ Bush: Join 'coalition of willing'], retrieved March 21, 2007</ref>. An interim government, Constitutional Assembly, and later an elected (by the occupying forces) Parliament and Executive have assumed authority, however native Iraqis have spent alot of resources and un-organised manpower trying to drive the British and American Soldiers out of Iraq - despite claims by the american and british governments that Iraqis are happier with the current occupying forces and military police. Iraq's new Constitution put in place by the Americans and British strictly limits the power of the government - a post Saddam democratic reform.
'''Operation Iraqi Freedom''' is largest of several active fronts in the ongoing [[War on Terrorism]]. Other fronts include [[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'], retrieved March 21, 2007</ref>. An interim government, Constitutional Assembly, and later an elected Parliament and Executive have assumed authority, however sectarian insurgent violence 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.
==Background to regime change==
==Background to regime change==