War, insurgency, IS and instability: Iraq since the 2003 US invasion

Twenty years ago US-led forces invaded Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein. The Iraqi military was crushed and Saddam was chased from power in a span of weeks, but the consequences of the US action have reverberated domestically and in geopolitics to this day.

A TV graphic showing the final US Senate vote result in October 2002.

Date:	Mar. 19, 2023 4:00 AM ET
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