The end of war, Part 1: The Iraq War

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Wars often end without clear winners and losers, with conflict lasting generations. In the first episode in our five-part series, Jeb Sharp looks at why the Iraq War didn’t end with the US capture of Baghdad. This story originally aired in 2008.

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