On the 18th anniversary, Iraq’s state of war
Hamourtziadou, Lily (2021) On the 18th anniversary, Iraq’s state of war. Iraq Body Count.
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Abstract
Security since 2003
On May 1st, 2003, six weeks after the start of the invasion, US President Bush gave a speech announcing the end of major combat operations in the Iraq War. Above him hung a banner stating ‘Mission Accomplished’. The war was officially over. Over 7,500 civilian lives had been lost in the six weeks of bombings and overwhelming firepower, but the greatest losses were yet to come. The vast majority of casualties occurred after Bush’s speech and came as a result of coalition airstrikes and raids, but also of car bombs, suicide bombings, shootings and executions.
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| Subjects: | CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-03 - politics > CAH15-03-01 - politics CAH19 - language and area studies > CAH19-04 - languages and area studies > CAH19-04-07 - African and modern Middle Eastern studies |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences > Criminology and Sociology | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Lily Hamourtziadou | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 29 Mar 2021 09:11 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Oct 2023 10:44 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11456 |
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