About 30 years of war (on-off)

In 1980 Iraq attacked Iran ----- war lasted 8 years
In 1990 Iraq attacked Kuwait----- a few months later in 1991 a US-led coalition attacked Iraq (from 1991 and for the next 12 years the deprivation suffered by Iraqi people intensified amid a proggramme of international sanctions.Ordinary people could not afford to buy food, such as milk and hospitals going without basic medicines.People were forced to line up for monthly rations of everything from soap to flour)
In 2003 Iraq was invaded by the Allied forces


In 2003 early december, Saddam being dragged out of a hole in the ground