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Daily Mirror
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Ryan Fahey

Inside Abu Ghraib prison where US tortured Iraqi detainees in horrendous war crimes

A bone-chilling image of a hooded man standing atop a box as though crucified became synonymous with some of the worst war crimes ever committed by US soldiers at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison.

The invasion of Iraq began 20 years ago on March 20, 2004, as American and British fighter jets set the skies over the country alight and razed entire neighbourhoods as ground forces marched on Baghdad to topple dictator Saddam Hussein.

The coalition, lead by the US and the UK, propped up the war by arguing the cruel despot was manufacturing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) - a claim later found to be false and potentially fabricated.

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