It is 20 years since US and British forces invaded Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
The then US Secretary of State Colin Powell declared the time for diplomacy over, British International Secretary Robin Cook dinner resigned, and the second UN decision authorising power was withdrawn.
George W Bush, who was then president of the US, issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Saddam to depart Iraq or face conflict.
What adopted nonetheless reverberates immediately, from lots of of hundreds of deaths and lacking weapons of mass destruction, to elections, the rising affect of Iran, the rise of ISIS, and the influence on US and British politics and international coverage.
Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark City stories.
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