The Bombardment of Baghdad

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

When the US and its allies began their invasion of Iraq in 2003 the population of Baghdad faced three weeks of bombing and fear. Hear what life was like for one ordinary family in the capital.

This programme is a rebroadcast

(Photo: Baghdad, March 20 2003, AFP/Getty Images)

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0:24.9	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds. Choosing what to
0:32.1	watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:36.5	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:41.5	telly we share what we've been watching.
0:43.7	Cladie Aide!
0:45.7	Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:48.2	Lovely.
0:49.0	Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:51.2	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:54.7	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds hello this is the
1:00.6	witness history podcast from the BBC World Service.
1:05.0	We started broadcasting our first-hand accounts from the past back in 2009,
1:10.0	and all this week, 10 years on, we're bringing you some of our favourite programs from the early days.
1:15.6	In 2003, the US and its allies invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein from power, for Iraqis bombardment and struggle would become the norm.
1:25.2	Robin Lustig heard from one ordinary Iraqi, Lubna Naji, about her experiences of the war.
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