On this day in 2003, British Prime Minister Tony Blair made a televised address announcing the beginning of British military operations in Iraq. The stated aim: To remove Saddam Hussein from power and disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction, or WMD. Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, the advisability, legality, and legacy of the war are debated as fiercely as ever.

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