{"id":101647,"date":"2026-08-03T02:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=101647"},"modified":"2026-08-02T10:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:45:18","slug":"invasion-of-iraq-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/08\/03\/invasion-of-iraq-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasion of Iraq, 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JGXtMqPsROE?si=QJmq5H2IdQjAks8J\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 6 Mar 2026<\/p>\n<p>In March 2003, a US-led coalition invades Iraq. US President George W. Bush claims he must disarm Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein of weapons of mass destruction and depose a brutal regime supporting global terror. But after a lightning capture of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities in the south, the war is far from over.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nBarry, Ben. <em>Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq<\/em>, Osprey Publishing, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Beck, Sara &#038; Malcolm Downing (eds). <em>The Battle for Iraq: BBC News Correspondents on the War against Saddam and a New World Agenda<\/em>, BBC Worldwide Limited, 2003<\/p>\n<p>Brookes, Rod; Lewis Justin; Mosdell, Nick &#038; Terry Threadgold. <em>Shoot First and Ask Question Later: Media Coverage of the 2003 Iraq War<\/em>, Peter Lang, 2006<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Telegraph. &#8220;A day of joy for Iraq, a day of reckoning for tyrants&#8221;, <em>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>, Telegraph View, (10 April 2003)<\/p>\n<p>DeFronzo, James, <em>The Iraq War: Origins and Consequences<\/em>, University of Connecticut, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Gordon, Michael R &#038; Bernard E. Trainor. <em>Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq<\/em>, Pantheon Books, 2006<\/p>\n<p>Kukis, Mark. <em>Voices from Iraq: A People&#8217;s History, 2003-2009<\/em>, Columbia University Press, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Mosely, T. Michael. <em>Operation IRAQI FREEDOM \u2013 By the Numbers<\/em>, CENTAF-PSAB, 2003<\/p>\n<p>Newton, Mark. <em>Strategic News Management in the Iraq War: How were US and UK media organisations utilised by Coalition forces to instigate information and psychological operations against domestic audiences?<\/em>, Aberystwyth University, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Newsinger, John. <em>Taking Baghdad: some US Marine memoirs of the invasion of Iraq<\/em>, Race &#038; Class, 52(4), 2011<\/p>\n<p>Ricks, Thomas E. <em>Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq<\/em>, The Penguin Press, 2006<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Joint Forces Command. <em>US. Joint Forces Command, Report, Iraqi Perspectives Project: A View of Operation Iraqi Freedom from Saddam&#8217;s Senior Leadership<\/em>, Department of Defense, 2007<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMotion Design: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"https:\/\/above-zero.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Mark Newton<br \/>\nAdditional Footage Research: Chris Stuart <a href=\"https:\/\/thearchiveproject.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/thearchiveproject.com<\/a><br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images, picture alliance, and Reuters<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<br \/>\nMusic Library: Epidemic Sound<\/p>\n<p>All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. 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