Iraq: News, Comment and Analysis
1000 face execution on Iraq's death row
Iraq is still one of the most dangerous place in the world, US soldiers are still getting killed by forces resisting occupation, living conditions for most Iraqis are worse than they were before the war, Obama’s promise to begin withdrawing all US troops this year is not being fulfilled -- little of this is being reported in the mainstream media. Nor is the plight of of over 1000 men and women facing execution on Iraq's death row.
The one thing the Iraq Inquiry won't reveal: the truth
The conclusion is already foregone. There was no dishonesty in the intent, no lying to parliament, no illegality; officials and ministers made mistakes but there was nothing dishonourable about the war or the individuals involved.
Smoking gun evidence that Blair knew Iraq war was illegal
Gordon Brown's farcical Iraq Inquiry, which he devised to whitewash war crimes, should be stopped. The revelation that the Attorney General wrote a letter to Tony Blair eight months before the invasion, in which he stated categorically that the war would be illegal, is evidence enough. It should be published and charges brought against Blair for committing the supreme international crime: a war of aggression.
Iraq Inquiry protest: blood on whose hands?
The Iraq Inquiry opened on 24 November 2009 with a protest by Stop the War highlighting the real issue: who are the war criminals?
Where the inquiry should really be held: in Iraq
Iraqis say, let them come and see how some of our children and families have been reduced to searching rubbish dumps to make a living in one of the richest countries in the world. Let them come and talk to the widows and orphans of the US-led war.
What now? Secret Government reports prove Tony Blair lied
Leaked secret Government reports show that hiding Tony Blair's lies meant some troops were sent to Iraq with only five bullets each. The supply chain was such a farce that one container was sent full of skis to use in the desert. Some troops who were deployed to Iraq by civilian airlines took their equipment as hand luggage and had their weapons confiscated by airport security.
To most of the world, we are the terrorists
American soldiers don't sacrifice for honour, duty, country. They don't fight for America, they fight for their lives and their buddies before them because we put them in a war zone. They're not defending our freedoms in Iraq, they're laying the foundations for 14 permanent military bases to defend the freedoms of Exon Mobil and British Petroleum. They're not establishing democracy, they're establishing the basis for an economic occupation which will continue after the military occupation is ended.
Weapons of mass destruction discovered in Iraq after all
Iraqi researchers believe America's use of depleted uranium weapons in the two Gulf wars is responsible for the sharp rise in cancer and birth defects in the country in the past ten years.
Same judge, same jury: Blair innocent of war crimes again?
Sir John Chilcot and his inquiry committee have been chosen to "do a job for the government", say former government advisor on Iraq and legal experts.
Spot the future president of Europe
On 26 October, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic refused to take his seat in the dock at the International Court in The Hague, where he is facing charges for war crimes. What a shame. He could keep the seat warm for war criminal Tony Blair, who is hoping to take a seat somewhere else in The Hague, as president of the European Union.
Tony Blair the terrorist not welcome in Palestine. Hounding the war criminals wherever they go.
Tony Blair had to be rescued by bodyguards as he visited a West Bank mosque in Hebron on 20 October 2009, when a Palestinian man, Ali Hassan Hemidan, approached him shouting: "You are a terrorist! You are not welcome in the land of Palestine!"
Is this the way to bring mass murderer Tony Blair to trial?
He is one of the two greatest living mass murderers on earth. Getting Tony Blair elected European Union President could be the chance that many of us have been waiting for: to get him in front of a judge and held to account for his war crimes, says George Monbiot.
Carnage and corruption in Iraq as US exit strategy unravels
While Iraq and its people continue to suffer, with most of the western media ignoring their plight, President Obama is still pursuing President Bush's goal in Iraq – to have a government in Baghdad that is closely allied to the US. This is incompatible with bringing about a stable, peaceful and democratic Iraq.
"My son's blood is on your hands", father tells Tony Blair
Tony Blair offered his hand to Peter Brierley during a reception following a service to commemorate the dead of the Iraq war. "Don't you dare," said Peter. "You have my son's blood on your hands."
Eyewitness report: the forgotten war in Iraq
Iraq has been devastated by war and the foundations of society have been shattered. Sabah Jawad describes the reality behind the cosmetics of "democracy" and the continuing determination of the Iraqi people to resist the US occupation of their land.
My flower to Bush the occupier: the story of my shoe
Here I am, free. But my country is still a prisoner of war," said Mutadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi who threw his shoe at George Bush, in this speech he gave on his release.
Iraqi shoe thrower innundated with offers and gifts
"He is a David and Goliath figure," said Salah al-Janabi in downtown Baghdad. "When the history books are written, they will look back on this episode with great acclaim. Al-Zaidi's shoes were his slingshot."
The forgotten war still raging in Iraq
Last month was the deadliest month in the nation in the past 13 months, and undercut US claims that the war was on a steady footing and everything was going according to plans.
Play Sock and Awe in tribute to the Iraqi shoe thrower
If you haven't played Sock and Awe yet, the web game inspired by Muntadhar al-Zeidi, now's your chance to do so in celebration of his release.
Where are the arch war criminals now? No.2: Donald Rumsfeld
This video shows what should happen to Donald Rumsfeld wherever he goes, this side of him being indicted and behind bars.
Where are the arch war criminals now? No.1: Tony Blair
What is Blair doing today? Earning £15 million, including one million a year for a day a month's work with JP Morgan -- the bank expected to make billions out of contracts awarded by George Bush, which will enable it to profit from the devastation created by the Bush-Blair war, through what, for Iraqis, is laughably called "reconstruction".
The who, what and why of Gordon Brown's "independent" Iraq inquiry
What do we know about the Iraq Inquiry members? We know they were hand picked by Gordon Brown, for one thing, and that they won’t be hearing evidence from witnesses until later this year.
Toeing the Lyne on the Iraq war inquiry: all bets are off
Fears the Iraq inquiry would be were a whitewash were heightened today as it emerged that one of the five panel members had 'colluded' with the United States on ambitions to overthrow Saddam Hussein.
73% of Iraqis want the US to leave Iraq. But does Obama?
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. - George Orwell
Nine Iraqi women face imminent execution
At least nine women in Iraq are facing imminent execution after recently having their death sentences confirmed.
Iraq Inquiry: Thorough? Rigorous? Or another whitewash?
The Stop the War Coalition has written to Sir John Chilcot, chair of the panel for the Iraq inquiry requesting that we be given the opportunity to present evidence to the inquiry and to propose expert witnesses. We await his reply.
How the "best trained army in the world" taught Iraqis what "civilisation" looks like
A British soldier screamed at hooded Iraqi prisoners, calling them "apes", and others made Iraqis cry out in an "orchestrated choir" and forced one detainee to dance "in the style of Michael Jackson", the public inquiry into the death in military custody of Baha Mousa heard today.
Will Jack Straw prosecute himself under war criminals law?
New powers to prosecute war criminals living in Britain have been unveiled by the justice secretary, Jack Straw. He proposes prosecutions against British nationals and residents accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Straw says the law will send a clear signal that Britain will no longer be a safe haven for those who commit such crimes. Will he begin by considering the case against himself?
Rebranding the Iraq war as a "triumph"
Iraqis have been brushed out of the American narrative – Iraq is free of Saddam Hussein, it is democratic, it is stabilized, it is this and it is that. Don't mention the dead, the injured, the displaced, the tortured.
Iraq war inquiry: still on course for a bucket of whitewash
Extracts from speeches made in the parliamentary debate by MPs George Galloway, Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell show why holding some of the Iraq inquiry in public is not enough to prevent its report being little more than a bucket of whitewash, just as Brown always intended.
Obama promised US troops out of Iraq. Don't hold your breath
The failure to fully comply with the withdrawal agreement indicates the United States is looking to withdraw from Iraq in name only, as it appears that up to 50,000 military personnel will remain after the deadline.
World governments misleading and failing 4.7m Iraqi refugees
20 June 2009 was World Refugee day, for all the good it did 4.7 million Iraqi refugees, says the United Nations." Amnesty International reports that the US and UK invaders of Iraq, were responsible for creating this "dire human rights situation" and are "failing in their moral, political and legal duty".
The real expenses scandal of Tony Blair
Tony Blair claimed £7000 of taxpayers' money to repair the roof on his second home just two days before he left office. Scandalous. But how much more scandalous that a man who lied to take Britain into an illegal war which slaughtered over one million Iraqis
Army chiefs say no to secret Iraq inquiry: it will look like a cover-up
Senior military and intelligence officers have condemned Gordon Brown's decision to hold the Iraq war inquiry in secret, warning that it looks like a cover-up.
Why stop with the Iraq inquiry? Let's make all trials private
It's unlikely anything interesting will come out of the inquiry into the Iraq war announced by Gordon Brown, says comedian Mark Steel. Because it will be held entirely in secret, and is not allowed to "apportion blame", as this will prevent the inquiry being "clogged up by expensive lawyers."
Secret Iraq inquiry will be another bucket of whitewash
Gordon Brown's inquiry into the Iraq war will be held in secret and have no power to make recommendations or hold to account the warmongers who took us into an illegal and immoral war.
The repackaged war: what "victory" looks like in Iraq
The Iraq war is being repackaged as a “victory” and a "success" with the US and British military now departing, having “liberated” Iraq from tyranny.
Iraq Inquiry: Military families deliver letter to Gordon Brown
On Wednesday 25 March members of Military Families Against the War delivered a letter to Gordon Brown calling for a full public inquiry into the Iraq war and its background.
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Wrong war, wrong time, wrong cause
Former leader of the Liberal Democrats Lord Paddy Ashdown debates the Afghanistan war with Guardian journalist Seumas Milne.
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Should we stay or should we go?
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