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The real lesson of the Iraq invasion? Beware spies and allies who would drag you to war

The errors, exaggerations and lies that led to the invasion offer essential lessons for our own time, in conflict and beyond, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

Inside Abu Ghraib prison where US tortured Iraqi detainees in horrendous war crimes

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: On March 20, 2004, the US and UK Coalition invaded Iraq on the false belief that dictator Saddam Hussein was manufacturing weapons of mass destruction and planned to use them on his own people

Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2023

We Iraqis had survived Saddam Hussein. It was the US invasion that destroyed our lives

We have a saying that captures the devastation of our country: ‘Saddam has gone, but 1,000 more Saddams have replaced him’, says Balsam Mustafa, a research fellow at the University of Warwick

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

Abuses and intelligence failures hang over UK 20 years after Iraq war

Moral reputation of UK intelligence and military has been tarnished for a generation

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

Timeline of events: 20 years since U.S.-led invasion of Iraq

It’s been 20 years since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began March 20, 2003

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

20 years after U.S. invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope

Today's Iraq is a world away from the terror that followed the U.S. invasion to depose Saddam Hussein 20 years ago this week

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

Senate advances a bill to repeal Iraq war authorizations

A bill to repeal authorization of the use of force in Iraq has cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate. A final vote in the chamber could come near 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

WEKU · Mar 16, 2023

Iraq war, 20 years on: how the world failed Iraq and created a less peaceful, democratic and prosperous state

Two decades ago, Australia joined the US-led “coalition of the willing” that staged a major military intervention in Iraq.

The Conversation · Mar 16, 2023

It's been 20 years since the US invaded Iraq – long enough for my undergraduate students to see it as a relic of the past

The United States invaded Iraq 20 years ago in March 2003, claiming it had to disarm the Iraqi government of weapons of mass destruction and end the dictatorial rule of President Saddam Hussein.

The Conversation · Mar 15, 2023

Why US troops remain in Iraq 20 years after 'shock and awe'

Twenty years ago the U.S. invaded Iraq amid blinding explosions of shock and awe

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023