Iraq
In Iraq
The woman who nearly stopped the war
- By Martin Bright
- 19 March 2008
Five years ago, Katharine Gun, a translator at GCHQ, learned something so outrageous that she sacrificed her career to tell the truth. Martin Bright on a brave deed that should not be forgotten
The war that changed us
- By Neal Ascherson
- 13 March 2008
It began with a blinding flash and promises of speedy victory. Five years on the mission far from accomplished. Neal Ascherson opens this Iraq Special
After they go
- By Tim Lambon
- 13 March 2008
The US invasion unleashed chaos in a fragile region; the withdrawal of troops could prove equally destabilising.
Follow the money
- By Aram Roston
- 13 March 2008
George W Bush undertook to bring prosperity to the Iraqi people. Yet while oil revenue is soaring, precious little seems to be reaching the streets of Baghdad.
“Teaching the British reduces the killing”
- By Hassan al-Damluji
- 13 March 2008
"I never tell people about my work. A lot of people have been killed for working with the British or Americans."
Iraq uncovered
- By Ashley Gilbertson
- 01 November 2007
Photographer Ashley Gilbertson arrived in Iraq on the eve of the US invasion in March 2003. In his new book, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, he records the raw reality of a country reduced to chaos by war. Also, American writer Dahr Jamail delivers an eyewitness account of the battle for Fallujah, and Brian Cathcart reports on the war the British media has forgotten
Yesterday's news
- By Brian Cathcart
- 01 November 2007
The British press has lost interest in Iraq. This is not a media conspiracy, but reflects the public's lack of appetite for the dismal truth
What I saw in Fallujah
- By Dahr Jamail
- 01 November 2007
Dahr Jamail set out to report the truth about the US invasion of Iraq and its terrible impact on daily life. Determined to remain independent of the army, he embedded himself instead with the Iraqi people
Stitch-up
- By John Kampfner
- 13 September 2007
Britain's US ambassador leaves after four years dogged by Iraq. David Manning talks exclusively to John Kampfner about a president, a premier and the deceptions on the eve of war
Also in Iraq
Lines in the sand
- By Joe Treasure
- 02 August 2007
An ever growing beach memorial to America's war dead has come to symbolise the catastrophe of the Iraq war
It's another goal for Iraq
- By Jane Feinmann
- 02 August 2007
Amid the carnage, a little-reported, high-quality mental health service has been established
Iraq Flexes Arab Muscle
- By Christopher Hitchens
- 05 July 2007
In 1976 Christopher Hitchens saw Saddam as an up-and-coming secular socialist who would transform Iraq into a progressive model for the rest of the Middle East
End the Iraq obscenity
- By Michael Ancram
- 07 June 2007
Michael Ancram says Brown should pull troops out now
Revealed: the Iraq deceit
- By Chris Ames
- 07 May 2007
Evidence that Blair exaggerated Iraq's nuclear plans may prove the most damaging.
Iraq and the apocalypse
- By David Hare
- 07 May 2007
Why did a gifted prime minister embark on a course which people far stupider had consistently warned him could not work? David Hare on a tragic paradox
Beyond the green zone
- By James Montague
- 26 March 2007
Iraqi Kurdistan is desperate to prove that it is safe and open for tourist business.
A breaking story
- By Tim Lambon
- 19 March 2007
Conventional armies are a sledgehammer to crack a nut when it comes to fighting guerrillas.
Iraq: the hidden cost of the war
- By Andrew Stephen
- 12 March 2007
America won't simply be paying with its dead. The Pentagon is trying to silence economists who predict that several decades of care for the wounded will amount to an unbelievable $2.5 trillion.
