Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-look-back-at-a-decade-of-conflict-in-iraq Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story From the crumpled remains of deposed leader Saddam Hussein’s statue, to ink-stained fingertips of happy Iraqis signifying a first free election, to the rise of an insurgency against coalition troops that introduced the scourge of improvised explosive devices. The timeline since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq tells a tale of events that enveloped both countries and still does to this day.