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The war in Iraq has cost up to a million lives. (Photo: Jan Oberg)

Iraq and the EU: five years on

It has been five years since the United States began its military operation dubbed 'Iraqi Freedom'. The war resulted in a deep rift in transatlantic relations, caused a split within the European Union and made Iraqis the single largest group seeking refuge in Europe.

On 20 March 2003, thousands of troops from four countries - the US (250,000), the United Kingdom (45,000), Australia (2,000) and Poland (194) - invaded Iraq. The invasion led to a quick defeat of the Iraqi regime, with its ...

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The war in Iraq has cost up to a million lives. (Photo: Jan Oberg)

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