philip augar, banking writer, thank| is a lot greater. 0k, sir philip . ars ago today, us forces, with the uk and other allies, invaded iraq in order to oust the dictator saddam hussein. it was part of the us called its �*war on terror�*, begun by president george w bush in the wake of the 9—11 terrorist attack in 2001. our international editorjeremy bowen has been taking a look back at the consequences of the conflict — and sent this report from mosul (tx vt) from mosul. a lot of the old city of mosul hasn't been built yet, it was destroyed in 2017 during the war to eradicate the jihadists of the caliphate of islamic state, it was really nasty, house—to—house fighting. and it went on for months. i was here at the time, and a lot of civilians, as well as fighters, were killed. the rise and fall of islamic state, also known as isis, was part of an unfolding catastrophe that engulfed iran and was felt right across the middle east. now, a lot of it goes back to march 2003. —— iraq. that is when the americans in the british and their allies invaded iraq. the a