The US invasion of Iraq, as experienced by 6 Iraqis

In a guest piece for Informed Comment, journalist Mark Kukis shares the memories of six Iraqis he interviewed between 2006 and 2009.

I used to talk a lot with my colleagues in the days before the war about what would happen if the Americans invaded. Most of us wanted a change from Saddam Hussein, even if it meant having foreign troops destroy the republic. It’s not easy, you know, to swallow the idea of a foreign army coming to your country. Not even for us under Saddam Hussein who wanted to see him go. But a lot of us felt that change needed to come, no matter how. What we did not know was whether that change would be for better or for worse.

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