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Mar 20, 2023 · On March 19, 2003, a US-led coalition began bombing Iraq, and one day later a ground invasion began. In the coalition were US, UK, Australian, and Polish soldiers.
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Mar 20, 2023 · By the time IS rampaged through Iraq in the summer of 2014, the US and the UK had ended their occupation. Jihadist ideology existed long before the invasion, and had inspired the 9/11 attacks.
Mar 20, 2023 · By 2007 Iraq was on fire, and after numerous deliberations, the third major erroneous decision was reached, to double down on a military strategy with a “surge” of U.S. troops.
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...
Mar 20, 2023 · Credits. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the United States-led invasion of Iraq. Code-named “ Operation Iraqi Freedom ” by the George W. Bush administration, the goal was to eliminate weapons of mass destruction, topple Saddam Hussein, and remake Iraq into a democracy.
Mar 8, 2023 · August 19, 2003. A suicide bomber driving an explosives-filled cement mixer destroys the U.N. headquarters in Iraq, killing in the process Sérgio Vieira de Mello, U.N. special representative to...
