Factbox-Iraq War: quotes from the conflict and its aftermath


  • World
  • Wednesday, 15 Mar 2023

Iraqi protesters gather to mark the third anniversary of the anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq October 1, 2022. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Here are some notable quotes from before, during and after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 that toppled Saddam Hussein.

* Jan. 29, 2002 - "States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world." - U.S. President George W. Bush referring to Iraq, Iran and North Korea in his State of the Union Address.

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