My own family is now scattered around the world, from Canada to Australia, as a result of the brutal invasion. From an oppressive occupation to sectarian governance, the Iraq war has continued to ruin the lives of millions. The years that followed could hardly be forgotten, either. For weeks, nights turned to day, as Iraqis would pray to make it to the morning alive. Images of Baghdad’s night sky lit up by flames, as bombs were indiscriminately dropped more regularly than a ticking clock on the City of Peace, are forever etched in our memories. It has left hundreds of thousands of Iraqis dead, with millions of others displaced and their lives ruined. This war has, as an Iraqi, plagued my thoughts daily since March 2003. What we did learn from the war is the abhorrent hypocrisy of labels in conflicts when viewed through a Western lens. ![]() Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the start of what then-United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan described more appropriately as an “ illegal” war on Iraq by the US and its allies. ![]() ![]() It was disgracefully dubbed “Operation Iraqi Freedom” by the invading United States military forces, but for millions of Iraqis around the world, it was anything but.
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