Iraq 2003 facts
While investigating facts about Iraq 2003, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The Mask of Warka, the oldest discovered accurate depiction of a human face (3100 BC), disappeared from the National Museum of Iraq after the 2003 US invasion. A US military mission to recover lost artifacts found the mask, undamaged, buried in a farmer's backyard.
In 2003, an F-16 patroling in Iraq was called in to assist British special force troops ambushed by Iraqis. Because it was night-time, the pilot can't drop his bombs without hitting the British. So he dived and pulled his jet up, forming a sonic boom that hit the Iraqis, causing them to flee.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 50 of the best facts about Iraq 2003 I managed to collect.
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The 2003 invasion of Iraq was initially called "Operation Iraqi Liberation", but was quickly changed to "Operation Iraqi Freedom" due to the acronym spelling out "OIL".
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In 2003, Republican Bob Ney changed French Fries to Freedom Fries in the Congressional cafeterias because of France's opposition to the proposed invasion of Iraq. The French reacted to this news by saying they focus on serious issues, adding that fries are in fact a Belgian invention.
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An Iraqi informant single-handedly provided enough testimony about WMD's between 1999-2001 to help justify the war in Iraq (2003-2011). An investigation in 2005 found he was crazy, out of control, a congenital liar, and an alcoholic. He later admitted he made it all up to be granted asylum.
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In 2003, a cargo plane in Iraq was struck by a missile in mid-air, lost complete control of the aircraft, but managed to become the first aircraft in history to land successfully using only varying engine power to steer... only to land in a minefield.
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During the Iraq war in 2003, the U.S. Military planned to attach chickens atop Hum-Vees in order to detect chemical weapons. The project was named, Operation Kuwaiti Field Chicken (KFC). However, the project failed when 41 of the 43 chickens died within a week of their arrival.
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The US shipped about $40 billion in cash to Iraq on planes between 2003 and 2008 and most of it went missing and is still unaccounted for today.
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A fully loaded C-130 Hercules can carry $2.4b in cash. In 2003, twenty-one shipments of American cash totaling 363 tonnes were flown into Iraq. $6.6b of that money is totally unaccounted for and could be the largest cash theft in American history.
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During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, US forces built a military base on ancient ruins of the city of Babylon, causing substantial, irreparable damage, which included levelling areas for helipads
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The Military Kicked Geraldo Rivera Out Of Iraq in 2003 Because He Literally Broacasted The Location and Sensitive Details About Future Movements of The Airborne Unit He Was Accompanying Live on TV
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Details from the plot of 1996 Nicolas Cage thriller The Rock was used by an intelligence agent to fabricate evidence for false WMD intelligence and aided in the case for the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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David Kelly, a weapons expert, was found dead in July 2003, a month after claiming that what appeared to be Iraq's mobile weapons laboratories, were facilities for the production of hydrogen gas to fill balloons. He was questioned by the parliamentary committee two days prior to his death. - source
A 2003 comparison of twin psychological studies by the Lancet and Rand corporations discovered that the average child in South Los Angeles exhibits greater levels of post-traumatic stress disorder than children of a similar age in war-torn Baghdad, Iraq. - source
In 2003, Metallica music and popular American children's songs (e.g., the theme songs to Sesame Street and Barney) were used by U.S. interrogators to break the will of their captives in Iraq. Amnesty International claimed this may constitute torture and be in violation of the Geneva Convention.
The American Red Cross rejected a $1 million dollar donation from the Dixie Chicks in 2003 due to their opposition to the Iraq War - source
US military operations during the 2003 Iraq invasion were originally conducted under the codename Operation Iraqi Liberation. They later changed it to Operation Iraqi Freedom because of the acronym.
Just prior to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, a 'mobile weapons factory' was photographed during an inspection, which was used as evidence of WMD's. It was later found that it contained helium to fill children's balloons.
About "Baghdad Bob", Information Minister for Iraq during the 2003 invasion. When asked where he got his info, he replied "authentic sources—many authentic sources"
In 2003, when the French opposed going to war with Iraq, the U.S. House of Representatives served "Freedom fries" as opposed to French fries.
The largest anti-war protest in human history occurred in 2003 where 36,000,000 people protested the second Iraq War.
Since 2003, police officers have killed more Americans than the war in Afghanistan and Iraq
