Operation Iraqi Liberation

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Was Operation Iraqi Freedom originally called Operation Iraqi Liberation? If so, why was the name changed?

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Jay Leno: “In more serious news, the war continues in Iraq. They’re calling it ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom.’ They were going to call it ‘Operation Iraqi Liberation,’ then they realized, uh-oh, that spells ‘OIL.’”

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I haven’t seen anything yet on the actual genesis of the operation’s name.