The release of Norman Kember and two Canadian fellow-members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams group (James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden) from kidnappers in Baghdad after 119 days in captivity
There has been a subtle but significant change in the coverage of Iraq by the establishment press in the United States and Britain over the past year: the description of
An energetic charm offensive launched by the George W Bush administration in November-December 2005, involving a series of speeches by the president himself and supporting declarations from vice-president Dick Cheney,
The Bush administration's fervent attempts in recent weeks to promote good news from Iraq have proved increasingly difficult in the wake of the attack on the al-Askari mosque
The western media's coverage of the middle east in the past week has been dominated by Iraq and Iran. A week of violence in Iraq has followed the
Iraq's slow burn of the last six weeks has been occurring behind the backs of most of the western media. The bombing on 22 February of one of
Iran's apparent resumption of uranium enrichment at its Natanz nuclear facility, reported on 13 February, does not in itself breach any formal treaty, even if it breaks the
The last week has witnessed the latest effort of the George W Bush administration to review and rebrand its "war on terror". Two new publications offer the clearest
Introduction
In the early part of 2004 you commissioned us to undertake an independent analysis of the progress of your campaign. We reported back to you on 15 July 2004
The deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan has attracted little attention in the western media but much more concern among security analysts. This is particularly true among the British armed forces,
The latest trends in the two principal theatres of George W Bush's "war on terror" offer a stark indication of the counterproductive nature of his administration&
The insurgency in Iraq was the main focus of attention for United States political and military leaders seeking to prosecute the war on terror during 2005. But as the year
