
Why We Need to Remember the Iraq War—As Well as the Global Resistance to It
Source: The Nation
The Middle East is still suffering from the consequences of the US invasion 15 years ago.
Fifteen years ago, on February 15, 2003, the world said “No to War”: Some 10 million to 15 million people, in hundreds of cities and dozens of countries all over the world, embraced the same slogan, made the same demand, in scores of different languages. A war against Iraq was looming, with Washington and London standing virtually alone in their false claims that Baghdad had amassed stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.