The decision by the United States-led coalition to transfer formal authority to a new client regime in Baghdad on 28 June two days ahead of the pre-announced schedule and in
Introduction
You have asked SWISH to undertake an independent analysis of the progress of your campaign, as of mid–July 2004. The report is for your consideration as the SPC,
The situation in Iraq is complex and dynamic. The many different developments now underway in the country are hard to track, let alone analyse. But three clear trends can be
The combination of two events this week the precipitous transfer of power in Baghdad, two days ahead of the planned 30 June date, and the Nato summit in Istanbul presented
Iraqs political transition to selfgoverning status on 30 June is taking place amidst a relentless military insurgency. A number of fascinating and littlenoticed trends are underway in
The passing of the United Nations Security Council resolution on Iraq on 8 June 2004 has fuelled optimism that the transition to an Iraqi government on 30 June 2004 may
Both George Bush and Tony Blair have welcomed agreement on the text of a new United Nations Security Council resolution on Iraq as the beginning of the end of their
The Khobar attack and hostage crisis in Saudi Arabia on 29-30 May, in which twenty-two people died, is as important as any comparable events in the kingdom over the past
American and British efforts to gain legitimacy and support for their political project in Iraq are entering a new phase, with a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council
The predicament facing United States forces in Iraq is currently made even more severe by two apparently separate developments – the apparently systemic abuse of Iraqi prisoners, and Israel’s forceful
The graphic images of abused, humiliated and tortured detainees in Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad have been widely seen across the Middle East in their original uncensored form. These images
It took several days for the impact of the Abu Ghraib prison photographs to have their, as yet limited, effect within the United States one that includes President Bushs
