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A suicide bomber sparked Baghdad’s worst day of slaughter since the fall of Saddam 30 months ago when he lured labourers desperate…
Patrick Cockburn
Patrick Cockburn is an award-winning Independent columnist who specialises in analysis of Iraq, Syria and wars in the Middle East. In 2014 he forecast the rise of Isis. He also did graduate work at the Institute of Irish Studies, Queens University Belfast and has written about the effects of the Troubles on Irish and British policy in light of his experience.
GEORGE BUSH and his administration say the new constitution is another turning point in Iraq. Is it? IT’S VERY difficult to see…
At the beginning of the First World War, an Austro-Hungarian general led his army to catastrophic defeat against Serbia because he made…
An American patrol roared past us with the soldiers gesturing furiously with their guns for traffic to keep back on an overpass…
Mosul. Iraqi and United States-led forces were last night preparing to launch a rescue mission for up to 150 Shia hostages held…
American generals in Iraq triumphantly announced at the weekend that they had successfully taken over Samarra and killed 125 insurgents. They failed…
The most farcical moment since the start of the Iraq crisis came last weekend when Ahmed Chalabi, the Pentagon’s choice to rule…
‘Our soldiers call them the League of Frightened Gentlemen,” said an American officer pointing derisively towards the buildings in the so-called green…
Baghdad. The US army is paralyzing the heart of Baghdad as it builds ever more elaborate fortifications to protect its bases against…
Wisps of gray smoke were still rising from the wreckage of four Humvees caught by the blast of a bomb which…