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5 live at 20: Iraq War is announced
A summary of the build-up to the Iraq war in March 2003: Tony Blair announces weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq, 5 live’s Chief Political Correspondent John Pienaar on the mood in the House of Commons, Peter Allen in Baghdad when Iraq and US-Allied forces go to war, Dotun Adebayo announces the death of Saddam Hussein.
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