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Archive - March 20th 2023, 20 Years Since the Beginning of Iraq War 

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On March 19th 2003, President George W. Bush announced the invasion of Iraq, with the aim of finding and destroying Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), which his administration claimed to have evidence Iraq was holding. The U.S. force quickly dismantled the Iraqi army and took control over the country’s political and security instances. On the run, Iraqi President Sadam Hussein is arrested the same year, then tried and condemned to death for crimes against humanity, before being hanged in 2005. The U.S. authorities eventually recognised there was no evidence of WMD on Iraqi soil, and officially... 

Alex Majoli 2003

USA. New York City. February 15, 2003. Police try to control... 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ. Zamaqi. February 26, 2003. A man detonated a bomb he was... 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ. Northern Iraq. Autonomous Region in Northern Iraq controlled... 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ. Autonomous Region in Northern Iraq controlled by Kurdish... 

Abbas 2003

FRANCE. Youth (most of them students) demonstrate outside the... 

Susan Meiselas 2003

USA. New York City. March 27, 2003. Anti-war demonstrators stage... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

IRAQ. Basra. 03/28/03. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

IRAQ. Basra. 03/28/03. 

Alex Majoli 2003

SYRIA. Damascus. Anti-war protest. Close to 100,000 people took... 

Alex Majoli 2003

SYRIA. Damascus, March 28 2003. Anti-war protest. Close to 100,000... 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ. Iraqi Kurdistan, Near the town of Kifri. PUK (Patriotic... 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ. Iraqi Kurdistan, Near the town of Kifri. PUK (Patriotic... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

IRAQ. Basra. 04/03/2003.

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

IRAQ. Basra. March 30 2003. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

IRAQ. Basra. 04/04/03. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

IRAQ. Basra. 04/04/03. After intense fighting the Allied forces,... 

Alex Majoli 2003

IRAQ. Rumaila. US troops survey burning oil fields in south-west... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

IRAQ. Safwan. 03/26/03. 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ. Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. 04/09/03. Men, women and boys cheering... 
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Alex Majoli 2003

IRAQ. American soldiers on the battlefield enduring a sandstorm.... 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ. Kirkuk. 4/10/03. Kurdish oil rich city in the North of... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ. Kirkuk. 4/10/03. Kurdish oil rich city in the North of... 
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Paolo Pellegrin 2003

Iraq. Basra. 04.07.03. Fall of Basra. After more than two weeks... 

Alex Majoli 2003

IRAQ.Baghdad. People burning and troughing stones at Saddam Poster.... 

Alex Majoli 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. A US Marine in front of a burning poster of Saddam... 

Alex Majoli 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. People burning and throwing stones at a poster... 

Alex Majoli 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. People looting. April 10 2003. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

IRAQ. Basra. 04.07.03. After more than two weeks of fighting... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

Iraq.Baghdad.04/03. A destroyed Saddam portrait. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 04/19/03. US marines camp inside one of Saddam's... 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ,Tikrit, 04/12/2003.Saddam Hussein's hometown.After sporadic... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ, Baghdad. 04/18/2003. First big Friday prayers in the Shia... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ,Tikrit, 04/12/2003.Saddam Hussein's hometown.After sporadic... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. Armed US Marine in front of a mosque. 2003. 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. Two US combat helicopters at sunset over the skyline... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. Shi'ites perform their midday prayers in the open,... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. At the shrine of al-QASEMIYA, Shia women, wearing... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. Communication tower bombed by the US. A statue... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. A bronze head of President Saddam HUSSEIN... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Karbala. 2003. Penitents, wearing white tunics dribbling... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. Shia militants demonstrate against the occupation... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. A US soldier shows off the Twin Towers of the... 

Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Karbala. Inside the shrine of Imam HUSSEIN, Shia men beat... 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. July, 2003. US troops based in front of Uday Hussein's... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. July, 2003. US troops during a night patrol raid... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. July, 2003. US troops patrolling and raiding the... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. July, 2003. US troops patrolling and raiding the... 
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Abbas 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. A wounded personnel is evacuated by US forces... 

Abbas 2003

Baghdad. An armed US officer stands guard at the monument celebrating... 

Constantine Manos 2004

USA. Los Angeles, California. 2004. Two Vietnam veterans place... 

Constantine Manos 2004

USA. Los Angeles, California. People placing flowers and messages... 

Paul Fusco 2004

USA. Bronx, New York. February 6, 2004. Funeral service for Sgt.... 

Paul Fusco 2004

USA. Bronx, New York. February 6, 2004. Funeral service for Sgt.... 

Gilles Peress 2003

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. Under the watch of an American soldier,... 

Thomas Dworzak 2004

IRAQ. Baquba. December 24, 2004. Camp "Warhorse." 1st Infantry... 

Thomas Dworzak 2005

IRAQ. Out camp Sykes, Village of Avgani, Between Mosul and the... 

Thomas Dworzak 2005

IRAQ. Out camp Sykes, Between Mosul and the Syrian Border, Town... 

Thomas Dworzak 2005

IRAQ. Out camp Sykes, Between Mosul and the Syrian Border, Town... 

Thomas Dworzak 2005

IRAQ. Out camp Sykes, Between Mosul and the Syrian Border, Town... 

Thomas Dworzak 2005

IRAQ. Out of camp Patriot and Merez, Mosul. 2005. Task Force... 
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