Pentagon chief makes unannounced trip to Iraq as 20-year anniversary of invasion nears
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 7, 2023
BAGHDAD, March 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced trip to Iraq on Tuesday in a visit aimed at showing that Washington was committed to keeping its military presence there nearly 20 years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
The 2003 invasion killed tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians and led to instability . . .