Tariq Aziz was an Iraqi politician and journalist who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1991. He was a close advisor of Preside
Tariq Aziz in 2000
The Ba'athist after the coup in Iraq, 1963
Ronald Reagan hosts Aziz at the White House, 1984
Aziz with Vladimir Putin at Moscow, 2000
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, including 26 days of major combat operations. The invasion was conduc
Tariq Aziz
…Saddam rarely left Iraq, so Aziz would often be Iraq's highest-level representative at international and diplomatic summits. In the year prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Aziz said that the United States did not want "regime change" in Iraq but rather "region change". He said that the Bush administration's reasons for…
U.S. Marines with Iraqi PO Ws March 21, 2003
US soldiers watch Iraqi paramilitary headquarter's burn Samawah, Iraq April 2003