The Latest Breaking News from Iraq War

The US Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the 2002 Iraq war Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq. Senators voted 66-30 to repeal the 2002 AUMF and the 1991 authorization, and the legislation now goes to the House of Representatives for a vote, after which it will…

Senators voted 66-30 to repeal the 2002 measure that gave President Bush the green light to invade Iraq and the 1991 authorization that sanctioned the U.S.-led Gulf War.

The Senate is preparing to vote to repeal the 2002 measure that greenlighted that March 2003 invasion of Iraq

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he opposes repeal of the 2002 and 1991 authorizations of force against Iraq, arguing that that authority “bears directly on the threats we face today in Iraq and Syria from Iran-backed terrorists.”

The final vote to end two Iraq war authorisations clears a key procedural hurdle, as the Senate decides to limit debate.

Those who were there or lost loved ones reflect on their experiences and the meaning of the invasion, 20 years later

In terms of domestic politics, the Iraq War followed the trajectory of the Vietnam War, which also relied on a resolution supporting the use of military force that Congress passed and later repealed.

Twenty years after the US invasion of Iraq, veterans question its purpose and struggle with the lingering effects.

“Our mission is clear,” declared president George W. Bush following the ground invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003: “to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction [WMDs], to end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people”.