Why Iraq can't escape the US and Iran | Mapped Out

For over a century, foreign powers have meddled in Iraqi affairs. The British even installed a king that had never set foot in the country before.
In 2003, the US invaded Iraq and toppled its dictator Saddam Hussein. The last US troops only recently left Iraq, and the Iranian regime is ready to fill the void with Iranian-backed militias undermining the Iraqi state.
And, in the current US-Israeli war with Iran, Iraq has once again become a battleground, caught between the US and Iran, and under attack from all sides.
How did Iraq end up here? And will it ever be able to decide its own fate?

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00:00 How Iraq is trying to control its own fate
00:42 The young people who fought corruption
02:58 Why the US toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
03:36 Britain's role in creating modern day Iraq
05:27 How the US invaded Iraq
08:47 Iran's continued undermining of Iraqi sovereignty
10:47 How the 2003 invasion strengthened Iran
13:27 Is there a way out for Iraq?

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