TIME | Latest Baghdad Bombing Underscores Iraq's Ongoing Nightmare TIME As rescue workers continue to search for bodies in the rubble, the attack raises memories of the darkest days of the sectarian civil war that ravaged Iraq in the years following the 2003 military invasion that toppled dictatorship of Saddam Hussein ... A corrupt deal for fake security wands left Iraq vulnerable to Baghdad bomb blast Iraq Chilcot inquiry: Bitterness in Baghdad Is Tony Blair responsible for all Iraq's bloodshed? The truth is more complicated, and less comforting |
New York Times | Britain's Role in Iraq War: What to Expect From Chilcot Report New York Times LONDON — The Iraq Inquiry Committee will release a voluminous report on Wednesday about Britain's role in the Iraq war. The report, the product of seven years of work, is likely to be the definitive assessment of a conflict that is widely seen in ... Chilcot? Chaff? Dodgy dossier? Here's an Iraq War glossary Blair told Bush 'backing you over Iraq could be my epitaph' Tony Blair had decided to invade Iraq before UN resolution |
UNPO | Iraq's minorities 'on verge of disappearance' - rights groups Reuters LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Many of Iraq's minorities are on the verge of disappearance after 13 years of war, campaigners warned on Monday. "The impact on minorities has been catastrophic. Saddam was terrible; the situation since is worse. UNPO and Partners Launch New Report Documenting State of Iraq's Minorities: “On the Verge of Disappearance” |
Iraq Fast Facts KITV Honolulu 1924 - The new Constitutional Assembly of Iraq meets to consider the Anglo-Iraq treaty. The treaty would compel Iraq to honor all agreements made by Great Britain previously, including oil concessions. In order to compel Iraq to accept the treaty ... |
ITV News | In the aftermath of one of the worst Iraq terror attacks the legacy Britain left here is difficult to see ITV News In a city which has endured more than a decade of slaughter, a new dreadful low. One of the worst attacks Baghdad has ever seen. The death toll spiralling towards 200, this the Islamic State's perverse response to defeat in Fallujah - a lorry bomb that ... |
The Guardian | Basra after the British: division and despair in Iraq's oil boomtown The Guardian The trauma is all too apparent in Basra, the largest city in southern Iraq – whose six-year period under British control, following Saddam's overthrow, will come under renewed scrutiny this week with the expected release of the Chilcot report. The ... |
RT | WikiLeaks rolls out archive of over 1200 'Clinton Iraq War' emails RT On Monday, WikiLeaks tweeted a link to a search aggregate of 1,258 emails that Clinton wrote or received discussing US engagement in Iraq while she headed the State Department. The Iraq War email bundle is part of a trove of Clinton's correspondence ... WikiLeaks Releases Over 1000 Clinton Iraq War Emails |
CNN | After night of burning and bombing, mourning in Baghdad CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) They came in groups, or individually, to the still-smoldering wreckage that was, just a few days ago, a busy stretch of road in the Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada. As they approached the charred skeletons that line the street ... |
The Sun | Iraq lawyer accused of smearing Brit troops wins bid to have tribunal kept secret The Sun The lawyer is being investigated after a probe by watchdogs into millions his firm has made suing over alleged war crimes in Iraq. A public inquiry into allegations of torture found claims were lies but it took five years and cost taxpayers £31million ... Phil Shiner 'witch-hunt' Iraq lawyer to have secret hearing |
Daily Mail | ISIS leave Iraq city of Ramadi in ruins as new aerial footage is revealed Daily Mail The head of the ICRC, Peter Maurer, also features in the video as he begs leaders in both Syria and Iraq to show vision and courage to end the conflicts in the two countries. His message was timed to coincide with the end of the holy month of Ramadan, ... ICRC president: As Ramadan ends, renewed effort needed in Syria and Iraq |