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Mar 15, 2023 · Left: A U.S. soldier is seen during a handover ceremony of Taji military base from US-led coalition troops to Iraqi security forces, in the base north of Baghdad, Iraq August 23, 2020. Photo by ...
Mar 15, 2023 · Published 9:06 PM PDT, March 14, 2023. WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Iraq — in blinding explosions of shock and awe — American forces remain in the country in what has become a small but consistent presence to ensure an ongoing relationship with a key military and diplomatic partner in the Middle East. The roughly ...
Mar 20, 2023 · 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. Two decades later, U.S. troops are still on Iraqi soil and that nation is ...
- Patrice Taddonio
- The War Behind Closed Doors (2003) Filmmaker Michael Kirk investigated the people, the clashes and ultimately the “grand strategy” behind the George W. Bush administration’s determination to go to war in Iraq.
- Truth, War & Consequences (2003) Filmmakers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria traced the roots of the U.S.- led invasion of Iraq back to the days immediately following 9/11, when then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered the creation of a special intelligence operation to quietly begin looking for evidence that would justify a war to remove Saddam Hussein from power.
- The Soldier’s Heart (2005) Filmmaker Raney Aronson-Rath, now FRONTLINE’s editor-in-chief and executive producer, told the stories of U.S. soldiers who came home haunted by their experiences in the Iraq War and asked whether the U.S. government was doing enough to help.
- The Torture Question (2005) An investigation of what happened at Abu Ghraib in Iraq — and of policies, practices and patterns that brought the torture question to the highest levels of the American government.
Mar 20, 2023 · US President George W Bush during a visit to the Pentagon on March 25, 2003, to discuss his request to Congress for nearly $75bn to fund the war in Iraq [File: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] The case for war
Mar 20, 2023 · Stephen Crowley/The New York Times. WASHINGTON — A month before President George W. Bush first sent American troops into Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was warned that the war might ...
On 20 March 2020, CJTF-OIR confirmed that certain troops would be withdrawing from Iraq due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On that same day, United States Central Command ordered a 14-day "stop movement" preventing any U.S. troops from entering or leaving Iraq and Afghanistan because of the pandemic.
