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The woman who nearly stopped the war

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

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The war that changed us

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

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After they go

After they go

The US invasion unleashed chaos in a fragile region; the withdrawal of troops could prove equally destabilising.

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Follow the money

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.

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“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."

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Iraq uncovered

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

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Yesterday's news

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

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What I saw in Fallujah

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

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Stitch-up

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

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More in Iraq

Britain on the way out

Observations on Iraq

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Lines in the sand

An ever growing beach memorial to America's war dead has come to symbolise the catastrophe of the Iraq war

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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

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End the Iraq obscenity

Michael Ancram says Brown should pull troops out now

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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

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Lancet was right - shock

Observations on the Iraq death toll

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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