A former manager of consultancy Unaoil was sentenced to three years in jail by a London court on Thursday for bribing an Iraqi official to secure a $55 million (42.3 million pounds) oil deal after the …
Three Decades On, Iraq And Kuwait Haunted By Saddam’s Invasion
Saddam sent his military, already exhausted by an eight-year conflict with Iran, into Kuwait to seize what he dubbed “Iraq’s 19th province.” The two-day operation turned into a seven-month occupation …
From Vietnam to coronavirus: The U.S. can’t win
The president calls the fight against the novel coronavirus a “war.” True, it is a war we neither started nor wanted. But like Vietnam and Iraq II, it is “war” we are losing for surprisingly similar …
How the U.S. Turned Iraq Into a Kleptocracy
Corruption, as much as violence, has made Iraq unlivable. It helped fuel the rise of ISIS. And America provides the cash to sustain it, at least $10 billion a year in hard currency.
Business Extra: IEA’s Fatih Birol on the opportunities for Iraq’s economy
The intergovernmental organisation’s chief believes that Baghdad can make a big impact and draw in new investors only if it acts quickly on reform …
Author Robert Draper on what led the U.S. to war in Iraq
On “Intelligence Matters,” Mike Morell and Draper discuss the key players, events and decisions that led to the George W. Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq more than 15 years ago.
Power Blackouts Could Tip Iraq’s Protesters Over the Edge
Chronic power outages combined with low oil prices threaten Iraq’s political stability, and OPEC’s second-biggest producer must act fast to boost electricity supply or face a new crisis within the …
COVID-19 tally continues to rise in Kuwait, Oman, Iraq
Kuwait, Oman and Iraq continued Monday to record new cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus. The Kuwaiti Health Ministry said five people had died from COVID-19, bringing the nationwide death …
Review: The lies and mistakes that led us into Iraq, laid out in a new book
Robert Draper has written an authoritative account of the deceit and misjudgments that the George W. Bush administration used to lead America to a ruinous war.
Why the United States Invaded Iraq
Robert Draper’s “To Start a War” provides the deep background on the decisions that took America into war in the Middle East.