The Invasion of Iraq

The History Hour

BBC

History, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

A compilation of stories marking the 20th anniversary of the American led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

Caroline Hawley, who was the Baghdad correspondent for the BBC at the time, speaks to Max Pearson about reporting on Iraq.

Contributors:

Lubna Naji - schoolgirl in Baghdad when the war broke out. Yasir Dhannoon - became a refugee when he fled Iraq. General Vincent Brooks - first revealed the playing cards to help US troops identify the most-wanted members of Saddam Hussein's government. Muwafaq al Rubaie - was asked to help to identify Saddam Hussein after he was captured. Banwal Baba Dawud - brother to Ammo Baba.

(Photo: US Marines help Iraqis take down a Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad. Credit: RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP via Getty Images)

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1:06.2	the past brought to life by those who were there and this week looking back 20
1:10.6	years to the invasion of Iraq from the human impact on a schoolgirl in
1:15.2	Baghdad when the bombing started in March 2003 to one man's story of fleeing the
1:20.1	chaos that followed the initial invasion. I remembered very clearly seeing white flags that started rising on other neighbors.
1:28.8	My father was like, this means that they surrender and they don't want to be hurt during this process.
1:34.0	Plus, the months long hunt for Saddam Hussein,
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