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May 20, 2024 · Iran-Iraq War (1980–88), prolonged military conflict between Iran and Iraq. Estimates of total casualties range from one million to twice that number. Fighting was ended by a 1988 cease-fire, though the resumption of normal diplomatic relations and the withdrawal of troops did not take place until 1990.
The Iraq War was an armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States -led coalition that toppled the government of Saddam Hussein . The conflict continued for much of the next ten years as an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government. [55]
Mar 19, 2023 · 3 takeaways 20 years after the invasion of Iraq. U.S. Marine Maj. Bull Gurfein pulls down a poster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on March 21, 2003, a day after the start of the U.S. invasion ...
Nov 24, 2009 · March | 19. On March 19, 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq’s ...
Mar 20, 2023 · 20 Mar 2023. Twenty years ago, the US and the UK announced that Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq, was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction and supporting "terrorist groups". On March 19 ...
Mar 9, 2023 · Twenty years ago, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was meant to topple a dictator and usher in a thriving democracy. Instead, Iraqis faced years of upheaval and...
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Mar 21, 2023 · q&a. Mar 21, 2023. A statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein remains in front of a destroyed communication center in Baghdad, Iraq, March 28, 2003. Photo by Reuters Photographer/Reuters. This week marks the 20th anniversary of the war in Iraq, a conflict with a complicated legacy and repercussions still being felt domestically and around the ...
