Fear and loathing in Baghdad
I was in Baghdad in 2003, filming “shock and awe”. Despite the violence, it was a time of hope. But now the Iraqi capital is riven by terrorism and state-sponsored violence.
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I was in Baghdad in 2003, filming “shock and awe”. Despite the violence, it was a time of hope. But now the Iraqi capital is riven by terrorism and state-sponsored violence.
It was all too easy to imagine the carnage and devastation if the extremists of Isis try to carry out their threat to attack the most holy place in Shia Islam.
What message should imams give young British Muslims who want to travel to Syria for jihad? This was the debate at Birmingham Central Mosque by a group of scholars and counter-terrorism unit officers.
Sheikh Mustafa Jboori has seen enough strife in Iraq, but thinks the current crisis is worse than 2006 – and Saddam Hussein.
US Secretary of State John Kerry says the US will not delay in helping Iraq defeat the Isis insurgency.
Sunni insurgents led by al-Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis), capture three towns in Iraq’s western Anbar province, security sources claim.
Sunni militants seize an Iraqi crossing on the border with Syria after a day-long battle in which they killed some 30 Iraqi troops, security officials claim.
The father of a British fighter featured in a recruitment video for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham says he wish he had never let him leave the country.
Barack Obama says he will send up to 300 military advisers, but not soldiers, to Iraq and will consider targeted military action in future – but calls on Iraq’s leaders to “reach out” to all Iraqis.
Islamic extremists release a recruitment video which features British fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham calling for UK Muslims to join the “ranks of the mujaheddin” in Iraq.
Iraqi forces are gathering north of Baghdad, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the capital has prompted the United States to send military advisers to the country.
David Cameron tells MPs it is wrong to think that violence in Iraq is “nothing to do with us” because Islamist militants are “planning to attack us here at home in the United Kingdom”.
Britain must make up its own independent mind as to how to behave towards Tehran, now that a thaw in UK-Iran relations is underway.
They have been called state sponsors of terrorism – but now the United States is considering working together with Iran, as both countries try to stop Iraq disintegrating into chaos.
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (Isis) is not just battling its way into the cities of Iraq it is also fighting for global support and action via a major social media campaign.