Remembering The Fall Of Baghdad 10 Years Ago

On 10-Year Anniversary Of Baghdad's Fall, Iraqis Remain Torn -- Jane Arraf, Christian Science Monitor

Many Iraqis are glad Saddam Hussein is gone, but still grieve about what followed.

Ferdos square, where Saddam Hussein's statue stood until toppled by jubilant Iraqis on this day in 2003, was largely deserted today. Elsewhere in the capital, Baghdad residents struggled to get to work on streets choked with traffic and blocked by concrete walls and security checkpoints.

Iraqis have largely shrugged off the 10-year anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, even as they struggle still with the fallout of the US invasion: heightened security measures, ongoing violence, and a country much more divided than it was a decade ago.

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