Following the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003,

Baghdad fell to US-led forces in April 2003, only a few weeks after the invasion began. Saddam Hussein did not escape the country; he was captured later that year, and the search did not find the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction cited as a reason for the invasion. The Taliban gained strength in Afghanistan, not Iraq. The correct choice is “the capital city of Baghdad fell quickly.”

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