Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Remembering The Fall Of Baghdad 10 Years Ago



On 10-Year Anniversary Of Baghdad's Fall, Iraqis Remain Torn -- Jane Arraf, Christian Science Monitor

Many Iraqis are glad Saddam Hussein is gone, but still grieve about what followed.

Ferdos square, where Saddam Hussein's statue stood until toppled by jubilant Iraqis on this day in 2003, was largely deserted today. Elsewhere in the capital, Baghdad residents struggled to get to work on streets choked with traffic and blocked by concrete walls and security checkpoints.

Iraqis have largely shrugged off the 10-year anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, even as they struggle still with the fallout of the US invasion: heightened security measures, ongoing violence, and a country much more divided than it was a decade ago.

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More News On The Ten Year Anniversary On The Fall Of Baghdad 10 Years Ago

Baghdad residents view 10-year anniversary of city’s fall with grief, relief -- Washington Post/AP
Iraq quietly marks decade since fall of Baghdad -- Global Post/AFP
Iraq marks decade since fall of Baghdad -- Al Jazeera
10 years ago today: Saddam Hussein statue toppled in Baghdad
-- MSNBC
Ten Years Since 'Fall Of Baghdad' -- Radio Free Europe
Iraqis Debate Impact of War -- Voice of America
The long shadow of the Iraq war -- Deutsche Welle
Ten Years After Baghdad's Fall, a Look Back at the Iraq War -- Justin Scuiletti, PBS Newshour

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