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The problematic (and mercurial) relationship between Iraq and the United States reached its boiling point when the latter invaded the former in 2003, under the pretense of bringing democracy to the country. During the invasion and under U.S. occupation, Iraq suffered numerous cases of abuse, murder (including the Nissour square massacre by the Blackwater mercenaries) and torture, as well as extensive damage to its infrastructure, leaving many traumatised citizens filled with more dread than hope.
While it maintained a functional (but corrupt) government after the capture and execution of tyrant
Saddam Hussein, Iraq quickly found itself at the mercy of multiple terrorist factions, including Al Qaeda and ISIS. ISIS (aka Daesh), murdered, raped, and stole from the country until they lost the war in December 2017. Among the factions that battled the insurgency to regain control of the country was the Nineveh SWAT team, who were comprised of natives of Mosul (the sons of Mos