Xinhua Headlines: 20 years after brutal U.S. invasion, traumatic memories still haunt Iraqi victims

Xinhua Headlines: 20 years after brutal U.S. invasion, traumatic memories still haunt Iraqi victims

(230320) -- BAGHDAD, March 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Abdullah Mahmoud Ibrahim looks at photos of his house destroyed by a U.S. missile in 2005, in Dhuluiyah, Iraq, March 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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