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Mar 19 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
A compilation of stories marking the 20th anniversary of the American led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

⁦@carolinehawley⁩ who was the Baghdad correspondent for the BBC at the time, speaks to ⁦@maxpearsonbbc⁩ about reporting on Iraq.

🎧🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
Contributors:
Lubna Naji - schoolgirl in Baghdad when the war broke out.
Yasir Dhannoon - became a refugee when he fled Iraq.
General Vincent Brooks - first revealed the playing cards to help US troops identify the most-wanted members of Saddam Hussein's government.
Muwafaq al Rubaie - was asked to help to identify Saddam Hussein after he was captured.
Banwal Baba Dawud - brother to Ammo Baba.
cc @JohnSimpsonNews @BBCRosAtkins @lilo11

#Iraq20YearsOn
Listening to #LubnaNaji speaking to @robinlustig in this episode, it was a tough time for her, she was a schoolgirl in 2003. She speaks of her fears, of thinking she would die.

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Presenters ⁦@SophieEastaugh⁩ and ⁦@LukeJones⁩

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Last year, nearly 40,000 migrants crossed into Canada at an unofficial border at the end of a remote rural road in upstate New York - a record number - to seek asylum.

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