Like MotherLand said we were fighting the Iraqi Army not insurgents.
Plus i have something to say, why do they still call the war in Iraq a war, is this just the media exagerating everything?

There are American soldiers killing and being killed by enemy combatants. Whether or not it is technically a 'war' (it's actually technically defined as a limited conflict, correct?), it fits my personal definition.
With over 4,000 of America's finest citizens being dead and almost 30,000 wounded (going from Wiki's current statistics), I'd hardly call it an overblown media thing.