Lily Hamourtziadou

Lily Hamourtziadou is Senior Researcher for Iraq Body Count (IBC) and a Senior Lecturer in Security Studies at the Dept of Criminology at Birmingham City University.

Tunnel warfare: the Islamic State’s subterranean war

ISIS fighters dug huge networks of tunnels under cities and across borders, as part of their ‘irregular warfare’ against regular armed forces

By Lily Hamourtziadou

/ 14 Feb 2022

Tunnel warfare: the Islamic State’s subterranean war

Why Tony Blair is just the right person to get Britain’s top honour

Blair is responsible for countless war crimes and deaths – just the sort of thing the UK honours system was set up to reward

By Bülent Gökay and Lily Hamourtziadou

/ 7 Jan 2022

Why Tony Blair is just the right person to get Britain’s top honour

The deadly legacy of 20 years of US 'War on Terror' in Iraq

The occupation of Iraq drained the country’s resources and left a legacy of economic crisis, energy shortages, increased sectarianism and violence

By Bülent Gökay and Lily Hamourtziadou

/ 10 Sep 2021

The deadly legacy of 20 years of US 'War on Terror' in Iraq

From invasion to failed state: Iraq’s democratic disillusionment

Western-style democracy has failed Iraq, bringing a dystopian economy, an ineffectual government and more pain for its long-suffering people

By Lily Hamourtziadou

/ 23 Jul 2021

From invasion to failed state: Iraq’s democratic disillusionment

Killed in the line of duty: the catastrophic deaths of 14,000 Iraqi officers

How and why are so many police officers being killed in Iraq?

By Lily Hamourtziadou

/ 26 May 2021

Killed in the line of duty: the catastrophic deaths of 14,000 Iraqi officers

Casualties of ‘war on terror’ in Iraq: life, security and liberty

Mapping the conflict and its casualties can change our understanding of this war and any war.

By Lily Hamourtziadou

/ 19 Mar 2020

Casualties of ‘war on terror’ in Iraq: life, security and liberty

Iraq’s security 2003-2019: death and neoliberal destruction par excellence

Between 2003 and 2020 the only constants have been the following: communal violence, terrorism, poverty, weapons proliferation, crime, political instability, social breakdown, riots, disorder and economic failure.

By Bülent Gökay and Lily Hamourtziadou

/ 7 Jan 2020

Iraq’s security 2003-2019: death and neoliberal destruction par excellence

Will Chilcot mention the real reasons for the Iraq War and the hundreds of thousands who have died since March 2003?

As all sides are protecting their interests, who counts the lost lives alongside their own economic and political benefits?

By Bülent Gökay and Lily Hamourtziadou

/ 5 Jul 2016

Body counting and precision bombing in failed states

The words ‘precision-guided missiles’ are used to make us think that British warplanes can go there and help the good guys, the so-called moderate rebels, without much, if any, collateral damage.

By Bülent Gökay and Lily Hamourtziadou

/ 5 Dec 2015