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March 20, 2023 marked 20 years since the U.S., along with its coalition partners, launched a military invasion into Iraq, as VOA explains. » Subscribe to VOA...
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Join DJ as he recounts his intense deployment in Iraq, including a historic firefight and his team's mission to take down an AQ cell. Hear stories of bravery...
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Jun 29, 2020 · In Once Upon a Time in Iraq, this tragedy is told through the eyes of people who experienced it firsthand — from a young cadet in the Iraqi army who recounts surviving an ISIS massacre that...
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In a televised statement, George W Bush says coalition forces are in the “early stages of a military operation to disarm Iraq” from its purported WMDs and remove Saddam from power. The first assaults on Baghdad begin shortly after the expiry of the 48-hour deadline for Saddam and his sons to leave Iraq.
Coalition forces at the Iraqi-Kuwait border begin their offensive from the Gulf to take Basra and the surrounding oilfields. Wearing a military uniform, Saddam appears on Iraqi state television to condemn "the criminal junior Bush" and call on Iraqis to defend their country.
Military operations move into southern Iraq, coming up against Iraqi resistance in the Battle of Nasiriyah, which lasted till April 2. Air raids across the country kept the defending Iraqi army in chaos and prevented effective resistance.
US forces roll into the Iraqi capital and Baghdad is occupied. Saddam’s statue in the main square is pulled down in an iconic moment broadcast live around the world. Operations continue against smaller factions of the Iraqi army.
George W Bush declares an end to the invasion, marking the beginning of the military occupation. On May 25, 2003, the new, US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) launched an extensive de-Baathification process aimed at eliminating the former ruling Baath party's influence in Iraq. Despite being a secular leader, Saddam’s dictatorship was view...
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Apr 5, 2023 · What happened to the millions of refugees and displaced Iraqis after the US-led war? The horrors of war, its long legacy, and its lost lives and heritage haunt Iraq two decades after the US...
May 15, 2023 · With this spring marking the 20-year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a new FRONTLINE documentary chronicles one of the Iraq war’s defining episodes — through the eyes of...
Mar 3, 2023 · Why the US and UK went to war in Iraq and its legacy. The BBC's Security correspondent Gordon Corera speaks to those at the heart of the decision-making. Episodes ( 12 Available )
