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Iraq
![President George W. Bush addresses military personnel and coalition forces at U.S. Camp Arifjan, 35 miles south of Kuwait City, on January 12, 2008.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0320-bush-iraq-400x300.jpg)
For 20 Years, Team Bush Has Escaped Prosecution for Their War Crimes in Iraq
One year after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes.
![Iraqi Writers Reflect on US Invasion 20 Years Later](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/BUSH-NYT-Orders-Start-of-War-400x300.jpg)
Iraqi Writers Reflect on US Invasion 20 Years Later
Sinan Antoon and Feurat Alani look back at how the unprovoked U.S. invasion devastated Iraq.
![Children stand on a boat lying on the dried-up bed of Iraq's receding southern marshes of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province, on July 24, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0320-iraq-drought-400x300.jpg)
20 Years After US Invasion, Iraq Faces Cascading Climate and Water Crises
A defender of Iraq’s southern marshlands was recently kidnapped amid extreme drought and fierce competition for water.
![U.S. soldiers patrol Baghdad street as a young Iraqi girl looks on](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1176351550-400x300.jpg)
20 Years After Illegal US Invasion of Iraq, Its Architects Are Still Cashing In
Corporations and universities helped launder the reputation of war criminals who are still profiting from the invasion.
![President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex on February 16, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0316-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Announces Support for Senate’s Iraq War Authorization Repeal
The AUMFs have long been used as justification for further military action even after the U.S.’s supposed withdrawal.
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Purdue Students and Faculty Say No to War Criminals on Campus
Activists at Purdue will protest George W. Bush’s role in the war on Iraq during his December 6 campus visit.
![Anti-War Protestors Rally Against War in Iraq and Iran](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-1191715463-400x300.jpg)
Chomsky: 20 Years After Iraq War Vote, US Continues to Flout International Law
October 16 marks the 20th anniversary of the vote to authorize the war on Iraq, which killed more than 800,000 people.
![Demonstrators calling for the closure of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility gather in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1239693560-400x300.jpg)
The War on Terror’s Detention and Torture Practices Have Not Gone Away
The failure to end secret and arbitrary detention affords impunity for states and state-backed actors to deny justice.
![Former President George W. Bush speaks during a campaign rally in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 15, 2016.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0519-george-w-bush-400x300.jpg)
Bush Accidentally Condemns “Brutal Invasion of Iraq” When Talking About Ukraine
After his gaffe, Bush joked about his invasion of Iraq, which resulted in more than 1 million Iraqi deaths.
![A line of buses placed by Ukrainian Azov Battalion defenders to impede the advance of Russian / pro-Russian forces as they fight deeper into the city is seen on March 23, 2022, in Mariupol, Ukraine.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/04/2022_0411-mariupol-ukraine-400x300.jpg)
Putin’s Brutal Ukraine Invasion Bears Some Similarities to Bush’s Attack on Iraq
As we rightly condemn Putin's grave atrocities, we must also remember U.S. war crimes and vow to oppose future ones.