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To: Walts Ice Pick
You misremember. It was Operation Infinite Justice, which was objected to on the basis that only God ( Allah ) could dispense such. I assumed the real objection was that it was a counterpoint to Islamic Jihad. It was changed to Operation Enduring Freedom, which I thought was a ploy to retain the a hint of the same meaning in the consecutive initial letters, EF vs. IJ .
14 posted on 03/20/2011 10:24:54 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: dr_lew
You misremember.

No, I remember it correctly. From Wikipedia:

"The 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. army General Tommy Franks, began under the codename "Operation Iraqi Liberation", later renamed "Operation Iraqi Freedom", the UK codename Operation Telic, and the Australian codename Operation Falconer."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War

16 posted on 03/20/2011 10:34:41 PM PDT by Walts Ice Pick
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To: dr_lew
... It was Operation Infinite Justice, which was objected to on the basis that only God ( Allah ) could dispense such.

Correct.

Operation Enduring Freedom

19 posted on 03/20/2011 10:47:12 PM PDT by dread78645 (Evolution. A doomed theory since 1859.)
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