According to the leading British polling agency Opinion Research Business, more than 1 million Iraqis have died as a direct or indirect result of the US invasion.

Source: https://themedialine.org/top-stories/20-years-after-us-invasion-iraqis-reflect-on-missed-opportunities-to-rebuild/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-years-after-us-invasion-iraqis-reflect-on-missed-opportunities-to-rebuild

But the troops eventually left because Iraqis “didn’t really see the need for an American presence that they felt was a perpetuation of the British presence and colonialism.”

Source: https://alextimes.com/2023/03/the-most-difficult-portfolio-former-ambassador-discusses-turkeys-earthquakes-strategic-importance/

Home Office figures show that Afghans are now the largest group of small boat migrants, having overtaken Albanians in the autumn, while the number of Iranians, Iraqis and Syrians is also high.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/small-boats-law-asylum-sunak-braverman-b2295129.html

Iraqis marvel at ancient Iraq in ‘Assassin’s Creed’

Source: https://kuwaittimes.com/biden-to-build-more-mexico-wall-as-migrants-set-up-camp-on-border/

Iraqis who grew up during the carnage of Saddam's reign or the US occupation have been recently reclaiming the palaces as their own playgrounds.

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/11438301/saddam-hussein-abandoned-palaces-empire-war/

I remember groups of Palestinians, Iranians, Iraqis, and African Americans spending their time here.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/pune-the-place-touche-the-sizzler-legacy-history-8366890/

Not only were the weapons experts discounted, but the Iraq experts – whose concerns for Iraq’s history and culture were ignored, along with their warnings that Iraqis were unlikely to strew flowers in the path of the US, or any other, invader.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iraq-war-anniversary-20-years-lessons-b2303207.html

On a summer evening, Iraqis smoke shisha and go bowling at a sprawling riverside complex in Baghdad, one of the many new investments reviving the capital after decades of turmoil.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/09/fertile-ground-baghdad-sees-timid-revival-investment-drive

There are also Pakistanis who speak Urdu, Eritreans whose first language is Tigrinya, Iraqis and Syrians who communicate in Kurdish, and Nigerians with a strong command of English.

Source: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/perth-kinross/4146133/perth-hotel-asylum-seekers/

Twenty years later, Mohammed, who was hit by two bullets but survived the mass killing in which his brother perished, and countless other Iraqis are still waiting for answers.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1742070/two-decades-after-saddams-fall-iraqis-still-haunted-by-disappearances