Iraq/20 years on
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March 19th marks 20 years since then-U.S. President George W. Bush announced the beginning of ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ via a televised address from the White House, with a U.S.-led coalition launching air strikes attempting to target Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi ministers in Baghdad.
Ground troops subsequently followed the next day.
The military operation proceeded without United Nations support, unlike the first Gulf War or the invasion of Afghanistan.
Aljazeera English looks at Iraq’s past two decades of change and upheaval and the key challenges and opportunities confronting future generations in Iraq.
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