Claim: Iraq was invaded in May 2003.
Evidence: After an invasion by the United States and its allies in 2003 , Saddam Hussein 's Ba'ath Party was removed from power and multi-party parliamentary elections were held in 2005.
The 2003 invasion of Iraq lasted from 20 March to 1 May 2003 and signalled the start of the Iraq War , which was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States -LRB- prior to 19 March , the mission in Iraq was called Operation Enduring Freedom , a carryover from the War in Afghanistan -RRB-.