Twenty years after the U.S.-led war in Iraq. We look back on the crisis and the chaos that it caused. 

In March 2003, the U.S. launched a deadly war on Iraq that began with a massive military assault on Baghdad. The attack was followed by a full-scale invasion of the country with strong support from the United Kingdom.

The war tore the country apart. It resulted in a massive death toll with estimates in the hundreds of thousands, creating conditions for the emergence of Daesh, also known as ISIL. 

Joining the discussion: 

• Raed Jarrar is Director of Advocacy at Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN).
• Abdel Bari Atwan is Editor-in-Chief of Rai-al-Youm. 
• Brian Becker is Executive Director of the ANSWER coalition. 
• Edmund Ghareeb is an academic and Middle East expert. 

It's been 20 years since the US-led invasion of Iraq triggered years of instability in the country.

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WATCH: Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi gained fame in 2008 for hurling his shoes at then-President George W. Bush in a news conference to show his anger at the chaos that followed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Almost 15 years on, he is still furious https://t.co/3DA0gP909f pic.twitter.com/omtzqQB3gj

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 20, 2023