10 years ago today: Saddam Hussein statue toppled in Baghdad
It was 10 years ago today that a statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled--and broadcast on TVs across the globe--in Firdos Square in the center of Baghdad, April 9, 2003. Full story
Sunnis, Shiites blame US for Iraq’s unrest
Ten years after the US launched a “shock and awe” campaign toppling Saddam Hussein, the cost of the Iraq War is now estimated to be about $2 trillion -- but the region is far from stable. NBC’s Richard Engel reports.
A decade after ‘shock and awe’ in Iraq
In the ten years since guided bombs brought “shock and awe” to Baghdad, almost 4,500 troops and 130,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed and Saddam Hussein has been captured and executed in a mission that has cost nearly $2 trillion. NBC’s Richard Engel reports.
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Iraq weapons threat hype built on weak foundation
In Part 2 of Hubris: Selling the Iraq War, Rachel Maddow explored how questionable evidence from dubious sources was culled to frighten the American people with the argument that Saddam Hussein's weapons program was a threat to the United States.
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Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein addresses the court of the Iraqi High Tribunal inside the heavily fortified Green Zone on Feb. 14, 2006.
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein addresses the court of the Iraqi High Tribunal inside the heavily fortified Green Zone on Feb. 14, 2006.
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JAY DESHMUKH(FI
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JAY DESHMUKH -- File picture dated 09 April 2003 shows Iraqis watching a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein covered for a short time with a US flag and then being brought down in Baghdad's al-Fardous square. Even as defeat stared him in the face, Saddam Hussein stood
An Iraqi man walks past a billboard depicting the fall of a statue of dictator Saddam Hussein in Baghdad
An Iraqi man walks past a billboard depicting the fall of a statue of dictator Saddam Hussein in Baghdad April 9, 2013. A decade after the U.S.-led invasion, Iraq is still struggling with political instability and violence that in recent weeks has killed at least 10 candidates who had planned to run
An Iraqi soldier stands next to a billboard depicting the fall of a statue of dictator Saddam Hussein in Baghdad
An Iraqi soldier stands next to a billboard depicting the fall of a statue of dictator Saddam Hussein in Baghdad April 9, 2013. A decade after the U.S.-led invasion, Iraq is still struggling with political instability and violence that in recent weeks has killed at least 10 candidates who had planne
