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The Iraq War which is also known as the Occupation of Iraq, the Second Gulf War, and most commonly as Operation Iraq Freedom is an ongoing conflict which began with the US-led invasion on March 20, 2003.
The main rational for the Iraq War was the belief that Iraq possessed and was actively developing weapons of mass destruction. However, after the invasion there was no evidence found to support these claims. Claims were also made that there was a connection between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda, and again no direct evidence of an operative or collaborative relationship was ever found.
The invasion did lead to the defeat and flight of Saddam Hussein and many of his upper echelon. Many of these individuals were later captured and prosecuted by the Iraqi goverment for crimes against the Iraqi people.. The US-led coalition has worked to help the Iraqis establish a new democratic goverment with limited success.
Many of the coalition countries have begun to withdrawing forces as public opinon has been favoring such withdraws and as Iraqi forces begin to assume security responsibilities. The causes and consequences of the Iraq War remain controversial.