Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM The Iraq War, 20 years on Twenty years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the effects of war and occupation still reverberate through the region. ADVERTISEMENT Exactly 20 years ago, on March 20, 2003, the United States launched a ground invasion of Iraq, promising to end the rule of President Saddam Hussein and destroy alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the oil-rich country. ADVERTISEMENT Air operations had begun the night before, as US President George W Bush announced in a televised address: “At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.” ADVERTISEMENT However, US forces, mainly backed by troops from the United Kingdom, never found weapons of mass destruction. ADVERTISEMENT And alt