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Witness History, Witness History, The Bombardment of Baghdad

Witness History

Witness History

The Bombardment of Baghdad


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February 8, 2019

9 minutes

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When the US and its allies began their invasion of Iraq in 2003 the population of Baghdad faced three weeks of bombing and fear. Hear what life was like for one ordinary family in the capital.

This programme is a rebroadcast

(Photo: Baghdad, March 20 2003, AFP/Getty Images)

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