Iraqis recount their struggles after Saddam Hussein's fall

Iraqi former footballer Ahmed Nasser, who lost his leg during a bomb attack in Baghdad in 2007, plays basketball with Iraq's Paralympic team in a training session in Baghdad, Iraq February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

ERBIL (Reuters) - The United States promised its 2003 invasion would herald a new era of democracy for Iraq but, 20 years on, Iraqis across the country's sectarian, ethnic and political divides say they have yet to see the dividends.

Here are some personal accounts from the past two decades: