The Anglo-American invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 was catastrophic for Iraqi society, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, eliciting sectarian animosities, and leaving the environment toxic and irradiated. However, twenty years later, Iraqi suffering is barely present in American memory of the conflict. Nor has there been a serious debate about the U.S. right to intervene in the affairs of other nations. In commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the invasion, this event explores the Iraqi experience of the conflict. Panelists will discuss the legality of the invasion and occupation, the forms of hard and soft power exercised by the U.S. in Iraq, and the material consequences for the Iraqi people.

Thursday, March 23, 4pm EDT

Free and open to all. A public Q&A will follow. Closed captions and Spanish interpretation available. This event will be recorded and made available on the Feinberg Series website.

Dave Inder Comar

Dave Inder Comar is executive director of Just Atonement Inc. From 2013-2017, he litigated a first-of-its-kind lawsuit on behalf of Iraqi civilian victims of the Iraq War that sought reparations from high-ranking members of the Bush administration. Read more.

Salman Khairalla

Salman Khairalla is an Iraqi environmental and human rights activist and the cofounder and CEO of Humat Dijlah. Read more.

Kali Rubaii

Kali Rubaii is an anthropologist at Purdue University, a cofounder of Archive Iraq, and an expert on militarism and counterinsurgency in Iraq. Read more.

 

Nazli Tarzi

Nazli Tarzi is a political analyst and widely published writer focused on state-society relations, security, extremism, civil disobedience, everyday life, and water (in)security in Iraq and the Middle East. She is a cofounder of Archive Iraq. Read more.

Ross Caputi

Ross Caputi is an American veteran and historian of the Anglo-American invasion and occupation of Iraq. He is the main author of The Sacking of Fallujah: A People’s History (2019) and a cofounder and director of archives at Archive Iraq. Read more.