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Twenty years later: A look back at year-long deployment to Iraq
In March 2003, the United States launched a full-scale invasion of Iraq, with a goal of toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime, ...
Israel bombed an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 − it pushed program underground and spurred Saddam Hussein’s desire for nukes
Israel, with the assistance of U.S. military hardware, bombs an adversary’s nuclear facility to set back the perceived ...
Hauntingly familiar? Why comparing the US strikes on Iran to Iraq in 2003 is off target
This is not the start of another Iraq, it’s the continuation of a presidency defined by impulsive power, unchecked force and ...
Israel-Iran war recalls the 2003 US invasion of Iraq – a war my undergraduate students see as a relic of the past
(THE CONVERSATION) After 12 days of trading deadly airstrikes, Israel and Iran confirmed on June 24, 2025, that a ceasefire is in effect, one day after President Donald Trump proclaimed the countries ...