Bonus: The Bloody U.S. Legacy in Iraq

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🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This week marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of the War in Iraq. But the U.S. government’s involvement in the country tracks back decades prior. Jeremy Scahill retraces the U.S. government's long history of meddling, destabilizing, and bombing Iraq — and how major players have faced no accountability for their crimes.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeremy Scayhill coming to you from the Intercept, and this is a special bonus episode
0:22.6	of Intercepted.
0:24.2	Legacy of Blood, the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
0:30.0	There are reports that there is no evidence of a direct link between a Baghdad and some
0:42.2	of these terrorist organizations.
0:44.0	There are known knowns.
0:46.0	There are things we know we know.
0:48.3	We also know there are known unknowns.
0:50.3	That is to say we know there are some things we do not know.
0:54.1	But there are also unknown unknowns.
0:56.5	The ones we don't know we don't know.
0:59.5	This week marks the 20th anniversary of the 2003 U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.
1:06.6	And it's important that we examine what happened, how it happened, the lies, the crimes,
1:11.8	the mass killings, the destruction, all of it.
1:14.8	And George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and the Neocons all should hold a special place in
1:20.0	the hall of shame for mass killers for what they did to Iraq.
1:24.8	But they did it with the support of many in Congress, including some of the most prominent
1:29.4	and elite Democrats, including the current president of the United States.
1:35.8	But I also believe that we need to understand how we got to where we are today in Iraq, because
1:41.8	this is a classic case study in U.S. imperial crimes.
1:46.3	And that means stepping back and examining a much broader history.
1:50.7	It's a 60 year history that is filled with constant interventions and bombings and sanctions
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