It is easier to overthrow a tyrant than to govern a leaderless country
After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the world had one less dictator, but it was more insecure. In Venezuela, the regime hasn’t even changed
Delta Force, the elite US military unit that captured Maduro
The group also participated in the pursuit of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, and Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega
Thousands still missing from 20 years of Iraq’s turmoil
As it tries to turn the page on the country’s troubled past, the government has not established a commission to look into the disappeared
Operation Iraqi Freedom: 20 years since the war that undermined U.S. credibility
Two decades after George Bush ordered the invasion, Washington’s prestige in the Middle East is damaged, populism is on the rise and military spending divides Congress
20 years after U.S. invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope
Iraq’s capital is full of life, its residents enjoying a rare peaceful interlude in a painful modern history
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