In 2003 the invasion of Iraq was the start of the war. Combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq's army. The invasion phase consisted of the capture of the Iraq capital Baghdad by United States forces. The United States supplied the majority of the invading forces, but also received support from Kurdish irregulars in Iraqi Kurdistan. According to U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the coalition mission was "to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people. According to Blair, the trigger was Iraq's failure to take a "final opportunity" to disarm itself of alleged nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that U.S. and British officials called an immediate and intolerable threat to world peace. The invasion of Iraq was strongly opposed by some traditional U.S. allies. A month before the invasion, there were worldwide protests against the Iraq war. On 1 May an end of major combat operations was declared, ending the invasion period and beginning the military occupation period.
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