Iraqi government formed in 2003 was fully controlled by US – Iraq’s former defense minister

RT | May 26, 2016 The Iraqi government, formed in 2003 after Saddam Hussein’s regime had been overthrown by the US invasion, was fully controlled by “inspectors” from the United States and its allies, a former Iraqi Defense Minister, Hazem Shaalan, told RT. “I was not independent in my ministry,” Shaalan said. “Inside the ministry, […]