Human rights in post-invasion Iraq have been a subject of concern and controversy since the 2003 U.S. invasion. Issues have been raised regarding the conduct of insurgents, U.S.-led coalition forces,
Shops in Zakho after the 2011 Dohuk riots
The UN headquarters building in Baghdad after the Canal Hotel bombing, on 22 August 2003
An Iraqi vehicle burns in Baghdad after being hit by a mortar that was fired by insurgents, 8 August 2006
The Islamic State of Iraq captured and subsequently murdered three U.S. soldiers in May 2007
Mahmudiyah rape and murders
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The Mahmudiyah rape and murders were a series of war crimes committed by four U.S. Army soldiers during the U.S. occupation of Iraq, involving the gang-rape and murder of 14-year-old Iraqi girl Abeer
Human rights in post-invasion Iraq
…accusations that U.S. Marines deliberately shot civilians, including unarmed women and children," according to an anonymous Pentagon official. See: Mahmudiyah killings On March 12, an Iraqi girl was raped and murdered along with her family in the Mahmudiyah killings. The incident led to the prosecution of the offenders…
Abeer Qassim Hamza at the age of seven
Steven Dale Green after his arrest in 2006
Spielman before his arrest