Iraq

Lessons from the Iraq war
By Usman Ali - 17 December 11:34

The end of the Iraq war comes at a time when apathy is turning into discontent for students in Brita

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A picture of Saddam Hussein is set on fire by US Marines
“It’s the occupation, stupid”: what went wrong in Iraq
By James Rodgers - 19 March 9:49

Ten years on, James Rodgers reflects on the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Neither neo-conservatism nor neo-isolationism is the right way forward.
A decade on, Iraq should inform our foreign policy, not paralyse it
By Douglas Alexander - 18 March 10:03

There is little that Britain can do now to right the wrongs that took place but we can learn lessons.

Anti-war demonstrators pass by the cenotaph on Whitehall on 15 February 2003.
The Iraq war protest march: how hope was lost
By Ian Taylor - 21 February 10:32

Contrary to what subsequent reports would have you believe, the march wasn't a complete failure.

A picture of Saddam Hussein is set on fire by US Marines on 7 April, 2003
Iraq’s “freedom” is still steeped in blood
By Caroline Hawley - 21 February 10:24

Caroline Hawley was the BBC’s Baghdad correspondent as Saddam’s regime began to crumble. She recalls the horror of postwar Iraq — and says although the slaughter hasn’t stopped, the west is no longer watching.

A protestor hurls stones at a poster of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad
Iraq: Why Blair was right
By John Lloyd - 21 February 10:21

The responsibility to protect remains a powerful moral imperative.

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The Iraq war and the left: ten years on
By Jason Cowley - 15 February 14:46

Alongside pro-war cheerleaders like Christopher Hitchens, were those who expressed honest doubt and ambiguity, such as Ian McEwan.

Smoke covers the presidential palace compound in Baghdad.
Leader: The Iraq war, the Arab spring and the limits of intervention
By New Statesman - 15 February 12:45

In the ten years since the Iraq war, the Arab spring has shown that regime change need not be synonymous with western military intervention.

The scene of attack on US army Humvees in the al-Waziriyah quarter of Baghdad
The hawks were wrong: Iraq is worse off now
By Mehdi Hasan - 14 February 10:14

Saddam is gone – but at what cost?

Mo Mowlam talks to a disabled protester at the Stop the War march
Ten years ago we marched against the Iraq war and I learned a lesson in betrayal
By Laurie Penny - 14 February 6:53

In the end, it was in our name.

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