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-
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
The war to destroy the Saddam Hussein regime is about to start. Both its aims and operation will be quite different from the 1991 conflict because this time, the regime
The immediate US purpose is to destroy the Saddam regime. This, no less than the weapons used to fight it, guarantees that the Iraq war will have a heavy human
As the United States Air Force (USAF) builds up its deployments of aircraft in the Middle East, it has emerged that a huge new bomb has recently been developed that
At the end of January 2003, the Los Angeles Times reported that the Bush administration was considering the possible use of nuclear weapons in Iraq (see an earlier column in
