Where does Iraq stand now — 20 years after the U.S. invasion?
Mar 20, 2023 · Twenty years ago today, the U.S. bypassed the United Nations and began its invasion of Iraq - a sovereign nation. The pretext for that war was that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass...
Iraq Timeline: Since the 2003 War - United States Institute of Peace
May 29, 2020 · Iraq suffered through a civil war, political turmoil, widespread corruption, sectarian tensions and an extremist insurgency that seized a third of the country. Iraq has evolved through four rocky phases. View a text-only version of the timeline.
Iraq 20 years after the invasion: How life is better and worse
Mar 19, 2023 · When the U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003, the stated goal was to seek out and destroy Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.
How Iraq has changed, and how the war changed people, 20 years after …
Mar 22, 2023 · America's war, "Operation Iraqi Freedom," which was based on faulty intelligence and aimed at ridding Iraq of "weapons of mass destruction" that never existed, had come to an end.
20 years later: What does Iraq think of the United States?
4 days ago · In 2003, the United States stormed into Saddam Hussein’s Iraq at the head of an international coalition that quickly toppled Hussein and took control. By mid-December 2003, after a short period ...
'We are still displaced,' 20 years after the Iraq war - Al Jazeera
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...
Why U.S. forces remain in Iraq 20 years after ‘shock and awe’ - PBS
Mar 15, 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...
Shock and Awe: Life in Iraq Twenty Years after the US-led Invasion
Jun 16, 2023 · After so many decades of sanctions, war, and occupation, Iraq today can be considered fragile yet relatively stable, residing in a “post-conflict” state, notwithstanding localized outbreaks of violence.
Iraq 20 Years After the Invasion: Humanitarian, Displacement
Mar 20, 2023 · Today, 20 years after the initial invasion, the large-scale conflict has ended, yet Iraq remains at perennial risk of crisis. In this interview, Giorgi Gigauri reflects on the 20th anniversary; the current humanitarian, displacement, and climate landscape; and how the United Nations’ migration agency, International Organization for Migration ...
Iraq’s Unfinished War: Security in the Post-Saddam Era
Feb 10, 2025 · This article delves into the successes and failures that characterized US and allied efforts to stabilize Iraq post-2003. It seeks to answer critical questions regarding the utilization and challenges of local Iraqi police and militia forces in counterinsurgency campaigns.