US Launches Iraq War: Chaos Follows False Claims
American and coalition forces launched a bombing campaign against Baghdad just as President George W. Bush declared the start of military operations to disarm Iraq and defend the world from grave danger. This invasion immediately toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, yet the subsequent failure to locate the alleged weapons of mass destruction fundamentally eroded public trust in U.S. intelligence and reshaped global security policy for decades.
March 19, 2003
23 years ago
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