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Iraq war files: death at checkpoint
The secret files show that two-thirds of deaths 2004-09 were civilians and that significantly more ordinary people were killed at checkpoints than enemy fighters.
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Iraq’s secret war logs: Iraqi torture
Iraq’s war logs published by WikiLeaks reveal US troops appeared to abuse Iraqi prisoners after the Abu Ghraib scandal, turned a blind eye to Iraqi-on-Iraqi torture and imprisoned one in 50 Iraqi men.
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Iraq war files: Apache Hellfire victims
Iraq’s secret war logs published by WikiLeaks show Iraqi civilians were attacked by US Apache Hellfire missiles and in some instances fighters were killed when trying to surrender.
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Secret files: David Kelly’s death ‘self-inflicted’
Previously secret medical evidence into the death of Iraq weapons expert Dr David Kelly has revealed his wounds were “typical of self-inflicted injury”.
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Iraq war files ‘the Pentagon never wanted you to see’
There is so much data the Channel 4 Dispatches team had to design their own computer programme to sift through it – and the results of that are truly startling, writes Alex Thomson.
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Hillary Clinton warns UK on defence cuts
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has raised concerns over the potential international impact of deep defence spending cuts in the UK, including to the Nato alliance.
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Charges dropped against Iraqis accused of Red Cap murders
The father of a Red Cap killed by a mob in the Iraq war has told Channel 4 News “this is the gratitude Iraq has shown us” after a judge in Baghdad dropped charges against two accused men.
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Combat stress: why Liam Fox’s changes matter
After the Defence Secretary Liam Fox outlined measures to support veterans and improve mental health care in the armed forces, read one veteran’s story to see why the changes are important.
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Fox: MoD cuts will not be easy
Cuts to defence are unavoidable, Liam Fox says, but the Trident nuclear deterrent will go ahead and veterans will get more support – a “welcome, albeit small, step”, one charity tells Channel 4 News.
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The First Movie – taking films to Iraq
Film historian Mark Cousins decided to rig up a cinema for children in the middle of a northern Iraq village. The results are recorded in The Last Movie.
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General Dannatt: army had ‘no desire’ for Iraq war
Former head of the army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, tells the Iraq inquiry that an overstretched army ‘almost seized up’ due to troop commitments abroad, writes Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.
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Ex-MI5 chief: Iraq, Afghanistan radicalised youth
The former head of MI5 says that Britain’s involvement in the Iraq war “radicalised young people”, as Channel 4 News’ Jonathan Rugman reports on Baroness Manningham-Buller’s “haunting” statement.
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Iraq an issue in Labour’s leadership race?
The tone of Labour’s leadership contest has been courteous so far. But, asks Krishnan Guru-Murthy, will the candidates’ claims over the war in Iraq change all that?
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Iraq hostage Peter Moore ‘not mistreated’
Peter Moore dismisses as “propaganda” new video released by his kidnappers in Iraq, which claims to show he was not mistreated during the two years he was held hostage.
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Exclusive: released Iraq hostage Peter Moore’s first account
Former Iraq hostage Peter Moore, abducted with four security guards in 2007, speaks to Channel 4 News at length about his two and a half years in captivity.