And Hussein wouldn’t get the chance to do so, since the yacht was targeted by U.S. forces during the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and capsized during … As with most of Hussein’s property, the people of …
Iraq and 15 Lessons We Never Learned
What distinguished Iraq 2003 was the ineptness of the lying … again for years and years to focus on the damage the war was doing to U.S. troops, and the financial cost to taxpayers, and not to make …
Iraq and 15 Lessons We Never Learned
What distinguished Iraq 2003 was the ineptness of the lying … again for years and years to focus on the damage the war was doing to U.S. troops, and the financial cost to taxpayers, and not to make …
20 years later, U.S. invasion of Iraq hangs over war in Ukraine
There are Freudian slips and there’s what former president George W. Bush said during a speech last May. Speaking to an audience in his presidential library in Texas, Bush condemned Russian President …
A bloody delusion: how Iraq war led to catastrophic aftermath in Middle East
The 2003 invasion’s legacy reverberates in the emboldenment of Iran, Islamic State’s violence and the disintegration of Syria …
The real lesson of the Iraq invasion? Beware spies and allies who would drag you to war
The errors, exaggerations and worse that led to the invasion offer essential lessons for our own time, in conflict and beyond, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland …
Iraq Must Not Squander Another Opportunity to Rebuild
Essay: Iraq Must Not Squander Another Opportunity to Rebuild Create an FP account to save articles to read later and in the FP mobile app. Sign Up ALREADY AN FP SUBSCRIBER? LOGIN Anniversaries of wars …
Syrian Kurdish force loses 9 fighters in 2 Iraq helicopter crashes
The Syrian Kurdish force in northeastern Syria lost nine fighters in two Iraq helicopters crashes this week. The group was flying the helicopters during bad weather while en route.
From The Hurt Locker to American Sniper: how Hollywood tried to tackle the Iraq war
Two decades on from the beginning of the war, a handful of films have tried various ways to show the conflict with audiences mostly choosing to stay away …
‘You don’t solve issues by running away,’ says Iraq’s KRG PM
Iraq had been operating without a budget since 2021 … talking to all the International Oil Companies and other partners about reducing flared gas emissions.” Business and policy professionals use …