The Iraqi government has launched talks to buy US fighter jets worth billions of dollars as part of plans to boost its military presence after American troops pull out at the end of the year... more
What we wear is a badge of who we are and how we wish to be judged. Even among 36,000 marathon runners, there were cries for individual attention... more
Former deputy prime minister of Iraq, Tariq Aziz, compares Saddam Hussein to Winston Churchill and says his country was better off under the late dictator... more
Eleven Iraqi officers responsible for security have been arrested on suspicion of negligence after bomb attacks in Baghdad killed at least 95 people... more
Britain's military commanders have been forced to prepare for a withdrawal from Iraq in eight days after the country's parliament put off a vote that would allow UK troops to stay beyond the end of the year... more
Suicidally ill-equipped and hopelessly outnumbered, our forces have faced an impossible task in Basra and Baghdad. We must make sure Afghanistan is not the same fiasco... more
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