Youssef Bassil

The 2003 Iraq War: Operations, Causes, and Consequences: a Lost Era of Forgiveness, Love, and Peace (Pope John Paul Ii) Youssef Bassil

The Iraq war is the Third Gulf War that was initiated with the military invasion of Iraq on March 2003 by the United States of American and its allies to put an end to the Baath Party of Saddam Hussein, the fifth President of Iraq and a prominent leader of the Baath party in the Iraqi region. The chief cause of this war was the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) that George W. Bush declared in response to the attacks of September 11. The events of this war were both brutal and severe on both parties as it resulted in the defeat of the Iraqi army and the depose and execution of Saddam Hussein, in addition to thousands of causalities and billions of dollars expenses. This book discusses the overt as well as the covert reasons behind the Iraqi war, in addition to its different objectives. It also discusses the course of the war and its aftermath including the consequences of the war on the political, economic, social, and humanitarian levels