He had plans in place before the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom to employ the Fedayeen paramilitary forces and to conduct an insurgency.

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It was again deployed to the Middle East during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

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During the first few days of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a friend of her husband's - another command sergeant major - was killed.

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After leading Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province, Gen Allen succeeded Mr Petraeus as top leader of US and Nato troops in Afghanistan in July 2011.

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Though I cannot discuss details in an open setting, as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I can tell you that before Operation Iraqi Freedom we had very little human intelligence in Iraq, and, therefore, the INC provided one of the best--and only--avenues for acquiring intelligence on Saddam Hussein's regime.12 I believe the Department of Defense would conclude it was useful.

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Glick was an embedded reporter with the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Acinetobacter was the second most prevalent infection for soldiers in Vietnam, but the military did not expect to see it as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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The dock-landing ship, the USS Portland, recently returned from a three-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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