Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate IraqÕs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.

NAV2003032906 - USS Theodore Roosevelt, Mediterranean Sea, March 27 (UPI) -- Airman Recruit Jose Martinez (right) assembles a GBU-12 laser guided bomb aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The Roosevelt is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate IraqÕs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. dg/U.S. Navy photo/ Eric A. Clement UPI