Iraq war: what legacy 20 years on

20 years ago, after months of diplomatic wrangling at the UN, a US-led coalition invaded Iraq. The opening salvoes were described as ‘shock and awe’, and the invading countries claimed to want to remove Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction, change the regime, and spread democracy to the Middle East. So what happened?

Guests:
Abdulrazzaq Al-Saiedi
Technical expert on Iraq at Physicians for Human Rights

Oula Kadhum
Postdoctoral Fellow in Lund University and Fellow in International Migration at LSE

Richard Toye
Professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter

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