How to kill a country
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was no turning point. It was a slow-burning tale of how Britain and the US…
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Letter of the week: A true public servant
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General Richard Dannatt’s last fight: the legacy of the Iraq War
The outspoken soldier on Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and an impossible job.
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The long shadow of the Iraq War: how one town honoured Britain’s fallen soldiers – Audio Long Reads
How do you mourn those killed in an “unjust” war? For years, the English town of Wootton Bassett showed the…
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Iraq made Donald Trump inevitable
The populist backlash was a reaction to elite-driven failures in the Middle East.
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The long shadow of the Iraq War
How do you mourn soldiers killed in an “unjust” war? For years the town of Wootton Bassett showed us how.
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The Iraq War exposed the liberal delusion of remaking the world
The fall of Saddam Hussein was not the end that had been promised – it was the image of the…
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I came to Iraq as an idealistic volunteer and was nearly killed in my first week
Working in Kirkuk, I fell in love with the country and its people. But the West’s intervention brought devastation and…
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