A roadside bomb that killed two soldiers in Baghdad on 11 February is the latest evidence that attacks against United States and other coalition troops continue without respite. But two
For a very short period in mid-January, some in the United States military were optimistic that the insurgency in Iraq was in retreat. The feeling was shattered by the truck-bombing
Around the time of Saddam Husseins detention in December 2003, there were positive signals from the Coalition Provisional Authority suggesting that the insurgency was beginning to diminish. It was
On Sunday 18 January, barely a day before Paul Bremer was due to meet Kofi Annan to seek greater United Nations involvement in the transition to Iraqi self-rule, a pick-up
The Loya Jirga discussions in Kabul last week, and the tentative agreement to withdraw from Kabul and its immediate vicinity some of the heavy weaponry in the hands of warlords,
The turn of the year has seen a sustained period of alerts affecting airlines flying into the United States, as well as a new tape from Osama bin Laden. In
The end of 2003 is an appropriate time to assess the condition of the United Statess war on terror in its three most active campaigns Iraq, Afghanistan, and against
The detention of Saddam Hussein raises many questions. One of the most important is whether it means the beginning of the end of the insurgency. The immediate indications are that
The recent journeys of Donald Rumsfeld to Afghanistan and Iraq, which followed George W. Bushs Thanksgiving foray to Baghdad, were accompanied by optimistic assessments of both wars designed to
In early 2003, just before the start of the war with Iraq, reports appeared in the specialist defence press about a new weapon the Massive Ordnance Air Burst (MOAB) being
United States forces in Iraq have responded vigorously to the bombing of the Italian police headquarters in Nasiriya, the destruction of three of their own helicopters and a recent increase
Paul Bremers hurried return to Washington last week and the resulting changes in United States policy in Iraq make it apparent that the full impact of the developing insurgency
