Lindsey Hilsum
Libya: is it better to leave dictators in their place?
The disaster of Libya provided much of the reason for not aiding Syrians who rose against dictatorship in 2012. But is the best course of action to do nothing?
Search results for ‘Saddam Hussein’
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Lindsey Hilsum
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FactCheck: what will Chilcot say about Tony Blair?
Tony Blair’s reputation lies in the hands of the Chilcot Inquiry. What will it say about the man who took Britain to war in 2003?
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Jon Snow
Will the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war ever be published?
Even John Chilcot can never have anticipated the years of toil, obfuscation and delay that would surround his efforts in trying to find the truth about the Iraq war.
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Jon Snow
No Chilcot report on Iraq: absolutely no surprise
No one knows how to delay an urgent inquiry into serious misjudgments, mistakes, and misdoings, than the British ‘system’.
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The Chilcot inquiry 2009-15: why is it taking so long?
Sir John Chilcot, the chairman of the inquiry into the Iraq war, provokes controversy after saying his report will not be published until after the May election – six years after he began his work.
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Briton ‘dies in suicide bomb attack’ in Iraq
A British father of two, named in reports as Kabir Ahmed from Derby, is thought to have killed himself in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq.
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Could IS really have its own air force?
Iraqi pilots are defecting and training Islamic State to fly MiG fighter planes, observers say. But how real is the prospect of an IS air force?
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FactCheck: another illegal war in Iraq?
British pilots could be in action over Iraq again soon. Is the legal case for military action stronger than the last time around?
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Jonathan Rugman
Putting a Muslim face on a new coalition of the willing
The emphasis at the Nato summit has been on forming a new Iraqi government and putting a Muslim, regional face on any “coalition of the willing”.
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Matt Frei
Ukraine and Islamic State crises give Nato new purpose
The threats from Islamic State and the Russian intervention in Ukraine have changed the mood at the Nato summit as leaders face a dangerous new world reality.
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Yazidis ‘massacred’ by IS in Iraq
Islamic militants in Iraq reportedly massacre 80 members of the Yazidi minority, although reports emerge of a far larger number being killed.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Who is Iraq’s new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi?
The barbarians are inside the property. The task is urgent, but the changes needed will take many months and years. Haider al-Abadi has an all but impossible task.
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EU backs arming of Kurds in Iraq
The European Union welcomes moves by member states, including the UK, to supply arms and ammunition to Kurdish fighters trying to halt the advance of Islamist militants in Iraq.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Ancient Yazidi culture faces attempted genocide – again
Heirs to a fascinating and idiosnycratic religion, the Yazidi community of Iraq has faced countless attempts at oppression, but its current plight could be the most dangerous yet.
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Lindsey Hilsum
It’s complicated: who’s on whose side in Syria and Iraq
There are so many different power blocs and interest groups in Iraq and Syria that it is almost impossible to predict where events might lead.
