Tactical Questioning covers the Baha Mousa Inquiry, which examined the 2003 death in the custody of the British Army in Basra of Mousa, who was found with 93 injuries to his body... more
Death of an Iraqi at the hands of the British Army will be examined on stage only weeks before the publication of an independent report into the
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UK among several European countries defying international rules by returning asylum seekers to Iraq despite continuing violence, a human rights group says... more
Mother of a British soldier killed in Iraq broke down in tears as she called for former prime minister Tony Blair to be held to account for the 'unlawful' conflict in Iraq... more
Family of a soldier who killed himself after serving in Iraq say he was failed by the Army which offered him no psychological help when he returned home... more
The last chapter of British engagement in the Iraq conflict slowly comes to a close as British commanders hand control of Basra to American troops, who will now be overseeing operations in the area before they themselves leave in June. ... more
As the summer heat and dust rises over the Basra airbase the Union flag will be hauled down definitively, drawing to an end a six-year adventure from which our leaders, civil and military, must draw some urgent lessons. If they don't they are going to regret it - and pretty quickly.
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When Major Phil Packer was sent to Basra at the head of 115 Provost Company Royal Military Police he could not know that the conflict would utterly change his life... more
About three weeks ago, our television stopped working. I promised my children that I would try to get it mended, or buy another one, or do whatever was necessary to enable the broadcasters to pump their usual bilge into the house. ... 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
Nicholas de Jongh finds much to admire in Days Of Significance, an Asbo England take on Much Ado About Nothing, which includes fallout from the Iraq war.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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