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 (Part 2)
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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Visitors try on metal masks, used as torture devices by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. The monument, also known as the al-Shaheed Monument, was built during Saddam Hussein's reign and is dedicated to Iraqi
