Towards the end of the intense and chaotic Iraq war, reports have begun to emerge of large numbers of civilian casualties. While coalition sources played these reports down or ignored
The intensity of armed assaults against western and pro-western targets in the last ten days is at its greatest since the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington. The
A month after the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime and the start of the post-war United States occupation of Iraq, there is disorder and violence in much of the
Donald Rumsfelds visit to the Middle East involved only the briefest of stops in Iraq, but it was evidently an occasion for celebrating a famous victory. In doing so,
If the prime intention were to ensure a completely independent and democratic Iraq, then the signs would include the early and substantial involvement of the UN and other intergovernmental organisations
There are three features of the period immediately following the Iraq war that offer an insight into the likely prospects for the country in the weeks and months ahead.
The
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In an assessment of the development of the Iraq war just under two weeks
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The pace of events has quickened in the last, intensive days of combat in
The arrival of the American army at the gates of Baghdad heralds a decisive phase of the Iraq war. However it ends, the USs current global ambitions guarantee bitter
The planning, timetabling and execution of the war have revealed severe flaws in US and British strategy. Iraqi armed resistance and civilian suspicion have been far higher than expected. Anti-war
At the outset of the Iraq war, five different projections of its character and timescale were available. After eight days of fighting, which now seems most convincing? And does the
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The first indication of the unexpected nature of the war with Iraq came just
