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Mission accomplished? The 2003 boast that haunts today's Iran conflict
On 9 April 2003 a statue of the leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was pulled down in the centre of Baghdad. The metal plaque at the base of the statue was torn off and the statue's marble plinth attacke
bbc.com•March 13, 2026
Bowen: Trump has called for an Iran uprising but the lessons from Iraq in 1991 loom large
I know what can happen when an American president calls for an uprising and then doesn't get involved when it starts. That's because I've seen it before. In 1991, on 15 February to be precise, the fi
bbc.com•March 11, 2026