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The woman who nearly stopped the war
Five years ago, Katharine Gun, a translator at GCHQ, learned something so outrageous that she sacrificed her career to tell the truth. Martin Bright on a brave deed that should not be forgotten
The war that changed us
It began with a blinding flash and promises of speedy victory. Five years on the mission far from accomplished. Neal Ascherson opens this Iraq Special
After they go
The US invasion unleashed chaos in a fragile region; the withdrawal of troops could prove equally destabilising.
Follow the money
George W Bush undertook to bring prosperity to the Iraqi people. Yet while oil revenue is soaring, precious little seems to be reaching the streets of Baghdad.
“Teaching the British reduces the killing”
"I never tell people about my work. A lot of people have been killed for working with the British or Americans."
Iraq uncovered
Photographer Ashley Gilbertson arrived in Iraq on the eve of the US invasion in March 2003. In his new book, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, he records the raw reality of a country reduced to chaos by war. Also, American writer Dahr Jamail delivers an eyewitness account of the battle for Fallujah, and Brian Cathcart reports on the war the British media has forgotten
Yesterday's news
The British press has lost interest in Iraq. This is not a media conspiracy, but reflects the public's lack of appetite for the dismal truth
What I saw in Fallujah
Dahr Jamail set out to report the truth about the US invasion of Iraq and its terrible impact on daily life. Determined to remain independent of the army, he embedded himself instead with the Iraqi people
Stitch-up
Britain's US ambassador leaves after four years dogged by Iraq. David Manning talks exclusively to John Kampfner about a president, a premier and the deceptions on the eve of war
Lines in the sand
An ever growing beach memorial to America's war dead has come to symbolise the catastrophe of the Iraq war
It's another goal for Iraq
Amid the carnage, a little-reported, high-quality mental health service has been established
Mountains of the mind
Observations on Northern Iraq
Iraq Flexes Arab Muscle
In 1976 Christopher Hitchens saw Saddam as an up-and-coming secular socialist who would transform Iraq into a progressive model for the rest of the Middle East
Spinners and spooks
Chris Ames on the Iraq dossier and his dogged pursuit
Revealed: the Iraq deceit
Evidence that Blair exaggerated Iraq's nuclear plans may prove the most damaging.
Iraq and the apocalypse
Why did a gifted prime minister embark on a course which people far stupider had consistently warned him could not work? David Hare on a tragic paradox
Lancet was right - shock
Observations on the Iraq death toll
Cricket's revolution
The Ashes and globalisation
Ziauddin Sardar
Move over viagra
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Does God hate women?
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Medals of dishonour
James Macintyre
Cameron the bully?
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The new dope lords
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