Scarred by war, young Iraqis describe the twenty years after "shock and awe"

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Twenty years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country remains mired in corruption, political instability and violence.

 

According to OPEC, the Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries, Iraq has the world’s fourth largest reserves after Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Iran. But the country's citizens see little benefit, with power cuts commonplace in many parts of the country.

Billions of dollars worth of revenue is either syphoned off through corruption or fail to reach the national coffers.

 

Militias continue to dominate parts of the country and the creation of lasting and stable governments is proving elusive.

High youth unemployment leaves millions of people with little prospect for the future.