Long Reads: Dina Khoury on the US Destruction of Iraq (Part 1)

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🗓️ 30 July 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Dina Khoury joins Long Reads for a two-part conversation about Iraq since the US occupation. Dina is a historian of the Middle East, and her books include Iraq in Wartime.

Listen to part two here: https://shows.acast.com/jacobin-radio/episodes/long-reads-us-destruction-of-iraq-part-2

Read her piece for Catalyst, "Iraq After US Occupation," here: https://catalyst-journal.com/2021/09/iraq-after-us-occupation

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0:00.0	This episode of Long Reads is brought to you by Haymarket Books.
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0:38.6	Hello, you're very welcome to Long Reads, a Jacobin podcast where we look in
0:42.2	depth at political topics and thinkers.
0:44.6	My name's Daniel Finn.
0:46.2	On the Features Editor, here at Jacobin, and I'll be presenting the show.
0:51.1	In March 2003, George W. Bush recorded the following message for the people of Iraq,
0:56.7	as the US military launched a full-scale invasion.
1:00.0	At this moment, the regime of Saddam Hussein is being removed from power
1:04.9	and a long year of fear and cruelty is ending.
1:08.4	American and coalition forces are now operating inside Baghdad
1:12.8	and we will not stop until Saddam's corrupt gang is gone.
1:18.2	The goals of our coalition are clear and limited.
1:22.3	We will end a brutal regime whose aggression and weapons of mass destruction
1:27.2	make it a unique threat to the world.
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