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Senate votes to repeal Iraq War approval many see as mistake

Senators voted 66-30 to repeal the 2002 measure that gave President Bush the green light to invade Iraq and the 1991 authorization that sanctioned the U.S.-led Gulf War.

Chicago Sun-Times

Why the debate over repealing Iraq War approval matters

Congress is now considering doing something it hasn’t done since the Vietnam War — repealing authorizations for the use of military force

The Independent UK

Senate Poised to Vote on Repeal of Iraq War Powers

The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday to repeal the 2002 measure that greenlighted the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, which would end more than 20 years of authorization for US presidents to use force in that country and return those war powers to Congress. The Iraq War ended years…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Senate poised to vote on repeal of Iraq war powers

The Senate is preparing to vote to repeal the 2002 measure that greenlighted that March 2003 invasion of Iraq

The Independent UK

‘They trained us to be killers. What happens when we get home?’: US veterans and families on the Iraq war

Those who were there or lost loved ones reflect on their experiences and the meaning of the invasion, 20 years later

The Guardian - US

Twenty years on, reflection and regret on 2002 Iraq war vote

The October 2002 votes in the House and Senate to authorize war with Iraq were grave moment in American history that would have reverberations for decades

The Independent UK

Congress revisits approval for Iraq invasion, recalling change of heart on Vietnam

In terms of domestic politics, the Iraq War followed the trajectory of the Vietnam War, which also relied on a resolution supporting the use of military force that Congress passed and later repealed.

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Mohamed ElBaradei: 'The Iraq war was about regime change, not WMDs'

Mohamed ElBaradei was director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1997 until 2009. In an interview with FRANCE 24, he reflected on the US-led invasion of Iraq 20 years ago this week, which he opposed. "If I now look in hindsight, it was not really about weapons…

France 24

How the Iraq war started

“Our mission is clear,” declared president George W. Bush following the ground invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003: “to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction [WMDs], to end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people”.

The Week

Trudy Rubin: Memories of the Iraq War, my interpreter's tragic end, and the horrors caused by hubris

Twenty years ago, when I first hired him in Baghdad, my Iraqi interpreter and driver Salam was thrilled that the Americans had toppled Saddam Hussein. I worked with Salam over the next several years, on my many reporting trips to Iraq, and I can't stop thinking about his personal tragedy…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Corruption, deep disparity mark Iraq's oil legacy post-2003

Basra province boasts most of Iraq’s oil reserves and is symbolic of the deep disparities that have endured since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that remade the country's political order

The Independent UK

Sen. Rand Paul: 'Dr. Fauci Is Disingenuous. He Is Conflicted.'

The Kentucky Republican also expressed disappointment that Congress has not repealed the war on terror authorization of military force.

Reason

2 decades after start of Iraq conflict, Congress poised to repeal war authorization

WASHINGTON — Matthew Hoh was a 28-year-old Marine captain assigned to the Pentagon in late 2002, just as then-President George W. Bush was laying the groundwork for war in Iraq. Like many of his generation, Hoh was steeled in his patriotism by the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, and he…

Los Angeles Times

Middle East round-up: Remembering the Iraq War and its legacy

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

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After the Iraq War, Saddam’s legendary palaces are open to all

After the Iraq war, the closely guarded, lavish estates belonging to the former strongman were opened to the public.

The Guardian - US

From Bush to Blix: what happened to the key figures in the Iraq war?

The ex-president is a painter, his VP an avid fly fisher, while Tony Blair has built a property empire. They appear unrepentant

The Independent UK

Iraq WMD failures shadow US intelligence 20 years later

Two decades ago, U.S. spy agencies wrongly believed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction

The Independent UK

Senate votes to keep 2001 authorization for war on terror

The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to continue congressional authorization for the use of military force in the global fight against terror, turning back an effort by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to repeal the 2001 measure

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The Guardian - UK

History may yet be kind to Blair over the Iraq war

Letters: Yes, mistakes were made, but the invasion is what an ethical foreign policy looks like, argues Nick Martin-Clark. Plus letters from Dave Headey, Dr Jonathan Punt, Paul Tyler and Gregory Stock

Reason

20 Years After Iraq, U.S. Leaders Still Don't Fully Consider International Risks

Are we stumbling into disaster? Again?

Al Jazeera

The US-led war in Iraq and Saddam’s Arab legacy

Many Arabs saw Saddam as a strongman who stood up to the West, but most Iraqis despised his brutal authoritarianism.

The Independent UK

Kurds remain biggest winners from US-led invasion of Iraq

Complexes of McMansions, fast food restaurants, real estate offices and half-constructed high-rises line wide, U.S.-style highways in Irbil, the seat of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq

The Independent UK

AP News Digest 3:30 am

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Tribune News Service

McCarthy says Iraq military authorizations will first go to House committee

Ahead of expected Senate passage of a measure that would repeal two decades-old Iraq-related military authorizations, Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he sees a strong chance the Republican-controlled House will pass a similar bill.

Roll Call

McCarthy says Iraq AUMFs will first go to House committee - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy indicates support for Iraq authorizations to use military force, but says House action will start in committee.

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