notes and finshed blog discussion:
iraq war-2003-2011
- called operation iraqi freedom by the US military
- conflict that occurred in iraq from march 20, 2003 to december 18, 2011
main cause
- the US and the UK claimed that iraq had weapons of mass destruction
- they did not find any
- after the Iraqi invasion, it was concluded that iraq had ended its WMD program
- the invasion of iraq led to an occupation and the eventual capture of president Hussein
- Hussein was later tried in the iraqi court of law and was hanged
other causes
- come accused Saddam Hussein of harboring and supporting al-Qaeda but no evidence of a meaningful connection was ever
- iraqi govenment human rights abuse
issues in iraq after invasion
- violence against coalation forces
- civil war and sectarian violence
- the emergence of Al-Qaeda in Iraq
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