BBCNEWS Newsday June 4, 2024 00:21:00
And other allies, invaded iraq in order to oust the dictator saddam hussein. it was part of the us�*s war on terror, begun by president george w bush in the wake of the terrorist attacks of september 11th, 2001. the first raids were on the capital baghdad — it took the us just over a month to overwhelm iraqi forces, and for saddam's baathist government to collapse. but the effects of the war have been hugely controversial. our international editorjeremy bowen gives his assessment of war�*s legacy on iraq. iraq went through a catastrophe. hundreds of thousands of people were killed, no—...