The US entered Iraq March 20,2003, for the second time. While the person above is correct in terms of the US influencing happenings in the nation over the decades, we did NOT physically cross the border with US troops into the sovereign nation of Iraq until late January 1991
2007-08-15 01:17:20
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answered by thequeenreigns 7
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The US Invaded Iraq 7 times in the lase 100 years.
It would be 1941
In World War I the US invaded Iraq in their war against the Ottoman Empire; Britain declared then that it intended to return to Iraq some control of its own affairs.
In Apr., 1941, US backed Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, leader of an anti-British and pro-Axis military group, seized power and ousted Emir Abd al-Ilah, the pro-British regent for the child king, Faisal II (who had succeeded his father, Ghazi, ruler from Faisal I's death in 1933 to his own death in 1939). The British reinforced their garrisons by landing troops at Basra, and in May, al-Gaylani, with some German and Italian support, opened hostilities. He was utterly defeated by June, and Emir Abd al-Ilah was recalled. On Jan. 16, 1943, Iraq declared war on the Axis countries. Anti-British sentiment was reasserted after the war, and in 1948 a British-sponsored modification of the treaty of 1930 was defeated by the Iraqi parliament because of animosity arising over the Palestine problem.
June 1979: US funding and covert troup supports Saddam Hussein, as leader of a coup that seized power in Iraq 10 years earlier, officially becomes the nation’s leader. He launches war on neighboring Iran the next year with US Support.
Dec. 20, 1983: Then-President Ronald Reagan dispatches a former defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, as a special envoy to Baghdad, where he is photographed shaking hands with Saddam. The U.S. sees Iraq as a possible buffer against Iran’s radical Islamic fundamentalism.
2007-08-15 08:15:58
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answered by Anonymous
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dont remember the date but it was Spring
I remember watching
while eating barbecued (pork )ribs
with my teenage son now a US soldier.
Hooah!
2007-08-15 08:29:06
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answered by FOA 6
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