All news on the topic: 2003 invasion of Iraq

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Chelsea Manning's tragic battle in prison and Obama's decision to free her
Louis Theroux interviews Iraq War whistleblower Chelsea Manning in a bid to understand what drove her to risk everything to make the documents public as well as the enormous impact it has had on her life since
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Susan Sarandon slammed for airing 'anti-semitic' views on Israel-Hamas war
Susan Sarandon has come under fire for saying Jews in America "are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country," at a pro-Palestinian rally in New York
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Pro-Palestine march through London mapped as protest goes ahead
More than 500,000 people are expected to gather in London today for a protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza - and confirmed they will stay away from the Cenotaph
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George Galloway plotting bid to oust Sadiq Khan as London Mayor next May
The 2012 Celebrity Big Brother contestant is considering running in the City Hall contest, where Labour's Mr Khan is seeking an unprecedented third term in power
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Unusual reason the United States tried to change the name of French fries
With the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003 came another change in America - a move to rename one of the country's favourite sides all because of France's position on the US-led invasion
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Tony Blair leads tributes as former Labour MP Ann Clwyd dies aged 86
Keir Starmer said: "A long standing Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Ann was a leading figure in the Labour Party, dedicating her life to our movement."
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Fears Covid inquiry could turn into whitewash amid withholding of information
Government is going to court to challenge a demand it hands over documents and evidence that will shine a light on its handling of the pandemic
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Pilot recalls moment he rescued 23 Iraqis set for beheading from torture chamber
Alan Mack, who also hunted for Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, describes the stroke of luck that led him and his team to rescue 23 innocent people from a torture house in Iraq
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Woman who saw 6 brothers slaughtered wants justice for ISIS genocide victims
The catastrophic decision to invade and occupy Iraq in 2003 led to the world’s most feared terrorist group, ISIS, emerging out of al-Qaeda and committing genocide against Nobel laureate Nadia and her people, the Yazidis
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Iraq veteran recalls seeing 'disembodied foot in a flip flop' during invasion
Sergeant Major John Thompson, 43, a single dad-of-three from Devon, was with the Royal Marines' Delta unit when they touched down on the sands of Iraq, with him later earning medals for his gallantry while in the country
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Mum of soldier, 19, killed in Iraq war bomb says Tony Blair 'murdered my son'
Speaking to the Mirror to mark the 20th anniversary of the invasion in Iraq, Rose Gentle has said the memories of her son, Fusilier Gordon Campbell Gentle, will never die but that Sir Tony Blair is to blame for his death
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'Tony Blair still thinks the Iraq War had to happen, but it delivered terror'
On the anniversary of the Iraq invasion there's much Tony Blair can and will be blamed for, says Fleet Street Fox. But if he'd said no, could he have stopped it?
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'I was there in Iraq 20 years ago - the invasion left behind violence and chaos'
The Mirror's Chris Hughes covered the invasion of Iraq, launched under claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, which were later proved to be false
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9 Mirror front pages that captured strength of opposition to bloody Iraq war
As the world marks the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq today, we look back at The Mirror's coverage from the time which showed the strength of opposition to the war
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Iraq veteran says friends call him at 3am 'with pistol in hand' over war horrors
Twenty years on from the US and UK's invasion of Iraq and many veterans are still living with PTSD from the horrific things they experienced
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Soldier recalls horror of squad shooting dead child 20 years on from Iraq war
Dana Krull fought in Iraq with the 101st Airborne division for seven months but 20 years later he still dreams about his time in the army every night and the PTSD has never really left him
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Iraq War vet Dan Jarvis pays tribute to fallen comrades for 20th anniversary
The Labour MP said it was "absolutely legitimate" to think it was wrong to invade Iraq - and a special debate in the Commons this week is solely to commemorate the service of "those very brave men and women who stepped forward in good faith and to serve"
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'My son's last words were "don't worry mum, I'll be back" - but he never was'
Ben Hyde was among six Redcap military policemen killed at a police station near Basra. At the time it was the British forces’ biggest single loss of life since the Falklands