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Twenty years on, reflection and regret on 2002 Iraq war vote

The October 2002 votes in the House and Senate to authorize war with Iraq were grave moment in American history that would have reverberations for decades

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Congress revisits approval for Iraq invasion, recalling change of heart on Vietnam

In terms of domestic politics, the Iraq War followed the trajectory of the Vietnam War, which also relied on a resolution supporting the use of military force that Congress passed and later repealed.

WEKU

Mohamed ElBaradei: 'The Iraq war was about regime change, not WMDs'

Mohamed ElBaradei was director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1997 until 2009. In an interview with FRANCE 24, he reflected on the US-led invasion of Iraq 20 years ago this week, which he opposed. "If I now look in hindsight, it was not really about weapons…

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How the Iraq war started

“Our mission is clear,” declared president George W. Bush following the ground invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003: “to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction [WMDs], to end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people”.

The Week

Trudy Rubin: Memories of the Iraq War, my interpreter's tragic end, and the horrors caused by hubris

Twenty years ago, when I first hired him in Baghdad, my Iraqi interpreter and driver Salam was thrilled that the Americans had toppled Saddam Hussein. I worked with Salam over the next several years, on my many reporting trips to Iraq, and I can't stop thinking about his personal tragedy…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Corruption, deep disparity mark Iraq's oil legacy post-2003

Basra province boasts most of Iraq’s oil reserves and is symbolic of the deep disparities that have endured since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that remade the country's political order

The Independent UK

Sen. Rand Paul: 'Dr. Fauci Is Disingenuous. He Is Conflicted.'

The Kentucky Republican also expressed disappointment that Congress has not repealed the war on terror authorization of military force.

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2 decades after start of Iraq conflict, Congress poised to repeal war authorization

WASHINGTON — Matthew Hoh was a 28-year-old Marine captain assigned to the Pentagon in late 2002, just as then-President George W. Bush was laying the groundwork for war in Iraq. Like many of his generation, Hoh was steeled in his patriotism by the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, and he…

Los Angeles Times

Middle East round-up: Remembering the Iraq War and its legacy

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

After the Iraq War, Saddam’s legendary palaces are open to all

After the Iraq war, the closely guarded, lavish estates belonging to the former strongman were opened to the public.

Al Jazeera

From Bush to Blix: what happened to the key figures in the Iraq war?

The ex-president is a painter, his VP an avid fly fisher, while Tony Blair has built a property empire. They appear unrepentant

The Guardian - US

Iraq WMD failures shadow US intelligence 20 years later

Two decades ago, U.S. spy agencies wrongly believed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction

The Independent UK

Senate votes to keep 2001 authorization for war on terror

The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to continue congressional authorization for the use of military force in the global fight against terror, turning back an effort by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to repeal the 2001 measure

The Independent UK

History may yet be kind to Blair over the Iraq war

Letters: Yes, mistakes were made, but the invasion is what an ethical foreign policy looks like, argues Nick Martin-Clark. Plus letters from Dave Headey, Dr Jonathan Punt, Paul Tyler and Gregory Stock

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20 Years After Iraq, U.S. Leaders Still Don't Fully Consider International Risks

Are we stumbling into disaster? Again?

Al Jazeera

The US-led war in Iraq and Saddam’s Arab legacy

Many Arabs saw Saddam as a strongman who stood up to the West, but most Iraqis despised his brutal authoritarianism.

The Independent UK

Kurds remain biggest winners from US-led invasion of Iraq

Complexes of McMansions, fast food restaurants, real estate offices and half-constructed high-rises line wide, U.S.-style highways in Irbil, the seat of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq

The Independent UK

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Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan.

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McCarthy says Iraq military authorizations will first go to House committee

Ahead of expected Senate passage of a measure that would repeal two decades-old Iraq-related military authorizations, Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he sees a strong chance the Republican-controlled House will pass a similar bill.

Roll Call

McCarthy says Iraq AUMFs will first go to House committee - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy indicates support for Iraq authorizations to use military force, but says House action will start in committee.

The Conversation

Iraq war 20 years on: how the role of empire and imperialism in the Middle East has been misconstrued

Before the US-led coalition’s occupation of Iraq starting in March 2003, there was at least one subject upon which certain advocates and opponents of the war agreed: that the invasion was imperialistic. Both sides weaponised the historical role western imperialism played in the Middle East in an equally pragmatic and…

The Independent UK

‘We called it liberation, but the Iraq invasion was an occupation’: A tale of regret from Baghdad

One Iraqi-American citizen pushed for the US-led toppling of Saddam Hussein. Twenty years later, he speaks to Borzou Daragahi about his thoughts now

Daily Mirror

Pilot recalls moment he rescued 23 Iraqis set for beheading from torture chamber

Alan Mack, who also hunted for Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, describes the stroke of luck that led him and his team to rescue 23 innocent people from a torture house in Iraq

Daily Mirror

Woman who saw 6 brothers slaughtered in Iraq demands justice for ISIS genocide victims

The catastrophic decision to invade and occupy Iraq in 2003 led to the world’s most feared terrorist group, ISIS, emerging out of al-Qaeda and committing genocide against Nobel laureate Nadia and her people, the Yazidis

Al Jazeera

World premiere play spotlights US Assyrian diaspora community

Martin Yousif Zebari unveils his first play, a look at family dynamics in the aftermath of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.

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