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Dec 15, 2011 · As the U.S. military formally ends operations in Iraq, four top expert voices in the debate on the war differ over whether it merited the cost in blood, treasure, and U.S. credibility.
Mar 20, 2013 · U.S. Marines from Task Force Tarawa carry a wounded Marine during a gun battle on March 23, 2003, in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. The Marines suffered a number of deaths and casualties ...
- No Time to Breathe
- Democracy in Iraq
- Economy
- More Freedom/Protests
Certainly before the invasion, Iraqis were being jailed, tortured and killed by Saddam's regime. And many Iraqis were dying because of the UN sanctions, Hadad said. But "from the invasion, from the insurgencies, from the sectarian civil war, from fighting ISIS, there were so many lives lost," he said. Hadad noted that with all that strife, Iraq has...
"Democracy, free elections, federalism and market economy — all these things are complete radical changes to Iraq post regime change — most certainly a significant development from back in 2003," said Al-Khatteeb. "Ithink there is a long way ahead of us in terms of establishing an accepted level of democracy. But again, this is part of the gradual ...
A young 20-year-old Iraqi in 2003 may have thought that following the fall of Saddam, this could be a good opportunity for Iraq. "And to be sure, people have become fabulously wealthy," Istrabadi said. "But generally, the people who have become that wealthy have been extremely well connected to the political classes. So it's kind of robber baron ca...
In theory, Iraqis have been granted more freedoms since the downfall of Saddam. "You constitutionally have a right to speak. There is a plethora of media in Iraq," Istrabadi said. In 2019, protests erupted against then-prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's government with demonstrators demanding an overhaul of a political system they see as profoundly ...
Mar 20, 2023 · Exactly 20 years ago, on March 20, 2003, the United States launched a ground invasion of Iraq, promising to end the rule of President Saddam Hussein and destroy alleged weapons of mass destruction ...
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- Arwa Ibrahim
Mar 20, 2023 · Most Iraqis, of all sects, who have not benefited from the bonanza of theft, face constant power cuts, bad water, and inadequate medical care, in hospitals that were once considered to be as good ...
Mar 29, 2023 · The quick victory over Saddam led to a near decade of civil war and occupation, no discovery of WMD, and the deaths of more than 4,400 American troops, and, by some estimates, 300,000 Iraqis. Now ...
Mar 18, 2023 · The United States invaded Iraq as part of its “war on terror” announced by President George W. Bush after the Al Qaeda attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. ... are not good. The electricity is still bad ...
