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Twenty years ago, life in Iraq changed forever.
US and British forces rolled in - unleashing a wave of destruction and toppling President Saddam Hussein.
The war would kill and maim many hundreds of thousands of people.
How has it reshaped the country and impacted the region?
And does it still affect wider world affairs today?

Presenter: Sami Zeidan

Guests:

Ahmed Rushdi, President of House of Iraqi Expertise Foundation, adviser to ex Iraqi Parliament speaker.

Lara Marlowe - Irish Times Paris and foreign correspondent, reported from Iraq extensively.

DC, Bilal Wahab - Iraqi political analyst, Wagner Fellow, Washington Institute.