19 March 2003
United States, Britain, Australia and Poland invade Iraq without United Nations sanction.
At 5:30 UTC US bombers started bombing a farm suspected of being visited by Saddam Hussein.
Soon Baghdad was in the main target. US president G.W.Bush gave the following speech when people of Baghdad ran to save their lives amidst the bombings.
The operation was called Operation Iraqi freedom.
To know more: Watch
HBO miniseries, "Generation Kill",
the Academy award winning movie "The Hurt Locker" and
an award winning documentary to explore the faults in US post-war plans..."No end in sight"
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The Bombings
