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'''Operation Iraqi Freedom''' is largest of several active fronts in the ongoing [[War on Terrorism]]. 

'''The Iraq War''' or the second gulf war, as it is sometime known, is an ongoing war and occupation led by the United States in 2003.  

Other fronts include [[Afghanistan]], [[Philippines]], [[Horn of Africa]], and [[Somalia]]. Operation Iraqi Freedom began on 3 March 2003 with the removal of the [[Ba'athist]] regime of [[Saddam Hussein]] by a coaltiion 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 for the new democratic power.  Iraq's new Constitution strictly limits the emergency powers of the Executive in dealing with civil strife--a post Saddam democratic reform.

The war 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>.  The Bush and Blair governments' rationale for the war was a "imminent threat"<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021007-8.html</ref> of Weapons of Mass Destruction, though these assertions were later debunked. An interim government, Constitutional Assembly, and later an elected Parliament and Executive have assumed authority, however sectarian insurgent violence and civil war 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==