What the CIA’s “Queen of Torture” did next
Alfreda Bikowsky led the CIA unit that tortured suspected terrorists and caught Bin Laden. Now, she is a life coach
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John Healey: Labour needs the “broadest group” in government
The Defence Secretary on Iran and leadership ambitions
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Trump’s assault on Iran is a war without honour
The invasion of Iraq came robed in political poetry. This is the grand strategy of a businessman.
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How Iraq was lost
Steve Coll’s account of America’s relationship with Saddam Hussein reveals a series of devastating blunders.
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Subscriber of the week: Susan Houghton
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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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Once Upon a Time in Iraq’s James Bluemel: “The invasion caused mass chaos”
The director of the acclaimed series on Britain’s blindness to the consequences of war.
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In its pursuit of Russian regime change, the West is doomed to repeat the errors of the Iraq War
A new generation of liberal hawks views Ukraine as the pivotal battlefield in a global struggle for democracy.
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After Iraq: the great unravelling
The breakdown of the West’s rules-based order began with the invasion of 2003.
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The A-Z of the Iraq War
From Blairites to dodgy dossiers, an anatomy of the ill-fated invasion that brought down Saddam Hussein.
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The road to war in Iraq
Could a resolute cabinet and a more sceptical press have stopped Tony Blair?
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Andrew Murray’s Diary: Back to my old Commons beat, recalling the bellowing-booth and lessons from the Iraq War
I am reprising my role as the Morning Star’s parliamentary reporter – and hoping there are no problems with my…
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The West is betraying Armenia
A humanitarian catastrophe will result unless the US and EU change course.
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