“Rebuilding Iraq” – Thurs. PM News from TNT Shybaby 11-9-23

TNT Shybaby: Rebuilding the Iraqi Economy 20 Years After US Invasion Twenty years after the start of the military operation that led to the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, Iraq is still trying to reclaim its status as a major regional economic player. PATRICK MARLOW Nov 07, 2023 Research from Brown University’s Watson Institute estimates the cost of the Iraq war at approximately $2.9 trillion. Although it is harder to estimate the cost to the Iraqi economy—the approximately 300,000 dead civilians and combatants and 3 million internally displaced refugees was a trauma that is difficult to recover from—it is easy to…