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Iraq Fashionistas Champion Climate-friendly Vintage Wear

In a palm grove north of Baghdad, bemused Iraqi shepherds looked on as models paraded second-hand garments down an improvised catwalk, seeking to raise awareness of the fashion industry's environmental impact. Haute couture has given way to upcycled outfits, sourced entirely from used clothes, as the models strut, pause and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraqi PM Vows to Develop Relations with Saudi Arabia in All Fields

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani stressed on Monday Iraq's openness to developing partnerships with Saudi Arabia in various sectors. Al-Sudani held talks with Saudi Minister of Commerce and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Foreign Trade, Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, in Baghdad. According to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

MPs mark 20th anniversary of Iraq War with tributes to British lives lost

Former soldier Dan Jarvis led the late-night parliamentary debate on Operation Telic.

The Independent UK

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Remembering long, sad story of needless Iraq War

The War in Iraq took up so much attention in 2003, while its 20th anniversary will likely garner a tiny fraction of that attention. It is now a struggle to prevent the war and its aftermath, as well as those who protested for peace, from being forgotten.

Chicago Sun-Times

All the warnings in the world couldn’t stop the Iraq war, or Tony Blair

Looking back after 20 years, I recall how an unswerving PM bullied MPs to get their votes and ignored cool heads, says the Labour MP Diane Abbott

The Guardian - UK

John Bolton Is Still Wrong About Iraq

Bolton says the Bush administration's biggest error in Iraq was failing to invade Iran too. That's madness.

Reason

Voices: I lost my son during the Iraq War. This is my message for Tony Blair

My wish is that the former prime minister retires with his millions, never to be seen in public life again, writes Peter Brierley

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Roll call of the dead: The 179 British servicemen and women who paid ultimate price in Iraq

The invasion of Iraq led to the deaths of 179 British personnel between March 2003 and February 2009.

The Independent UK

How the Iraq war unleashed jihad and the rise of Isis

The outrage around the invasion became a call to arms, the repercussions of which are still being felt today, writes Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

Iraq's looted artefacts: Thousands of antiquities still on black market

On March 20, 2003, a US-led coalition invaded Iraq. Years of conflict and insecurity followed, with wide-ranging consequences to this day. In mid-April 2003, as American troops advanced on Baghdad amid the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime, the Baghdad Museum was looted and tens of thousands of pieces disappeared. Twenty…

France 24

How Blair’s ‘dodgy dossier’ was changed after Independent reporter spotted flaw in case for war

Veteran political reporter Donald Macintyre reveals how his claim that Saddam was ‘bad but not mad enough’ to start conflict caused alarm in No 10

The Independent UK

How Iraq war destroyed UK’s trust in politicians and left Labour in turmoil

Tony Blair’s decision to invade tore at successive Labour leaders and weakened the intelligence services

The Guardian - UK

Analysis: Iran’s influence prevents Iraq’s Arab reintegration

Ties between Iraq and the Gulf Arab monarchies have warmed in recent years, but Iran ultimately has more influence.

Al Jazeera

Two Decades Later, the War in Iraq Is Over—Right?

There’s no vital U.S. interest served by this indefinite advise-and-assist mission in the region.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Makiya to Asharq Al-Awsat: Bush Wanted an Army to Oust Saddam, an Army to Rebuild Iraq

Kanan Makiya, Iraqi architect and author of the “Republic of Fear” (1989), a best-selling book after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, described the Baathist regime in Iraq as “exceptional” in terms of totalitarian and authoritarian rule in the world. Overthrowing Saddam’s regime in Iraq was a matter of “morality, not…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq PM Pledges to Restore People’s Confidence in Political System

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has pledged to restore the citizens’ confidence in the political system after the authorities made many promises but failed to take major action. Sudani's comments came as the nation marked the 20th anniversary of the war on Iraq on March 19, 2003, which ousted…

The Independent UK

So where were they, Mr Blair? How The Independent exposed the lie of Saddam’s WMD and the justification for an illegal war

The Independent titles vigorously opposed the Iraq war long before others saw the error of their support: Then-editor Tristan Davies reveals how, one month into the conflict, The Independent on Sunday became the first to highlight the failure to find weapons of mass destruction

Al Jazeera

Abu Ghraib survivor: Taking the hood off 20 years after Iraq war

A former detainee at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq recounts the horror and pain of his incarceration.

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Twenty years on: The shocking numbers behind the Iraq war

Trillion-dollar war. Hundreds of thousands dead. Zero weapons of mass destruction. Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports on the numbers behind the war

WEKU

The start of the Iraq War 20 years later in photos

On March 20, 2003, the U.S. carried out its first airstrikes in Iraq.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Economic Development in Iraq Requires Energy Transition

Iraq is one of the world’s largest energy exporters and has the potential to be a reliable global source for energy production and distribution, according to the Managing Director of Siemens Energy in the Middle East Dietmar Siersdorfer. The Middle Eastern country, however, faces many challenges to secure energy at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Abu Al-Ragheb: King Abdullah Warned Bush against Opening Gates of Hell in Iraq

Former Jordanian Prime Minister Ali Abu Al-Ragheb revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat, and for the first time, the behind-the-scenes dealings related to the build up of the US invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Jordan had repeatedly warned decision-makers in the West that chaos would reign in Iraq should the invasion…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Former French Ambassador to Asharq Al-Awsat: Washington Accused Us of Lying about WMD in Iraq

Former French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, who recently published a remarkable book entitled "The Others Don't Think Like Us," experienced the US invasion of Iraq "first hand." Gourdault-Montagne served as the diplomatic adviser to late French President Jacques Chirac and his representative at the G7 and G20 in the summer of…

Daily Mirror

'I was there in Iraq 20 years ago - the invasion left behind violence and chaos'

The Mirror's Chris Hughes covered the invasion of Iraq, launched under claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, which were later proved to be false

The Guardian - UK

Compare Iraq with Ukraine. It’s clear the era of US global supremacy is over

Washington’s power is suddenly threatened by a newly confident China and disquiet among leaders in the global south, says former Guardian chief foreign correspondent Jonathan Steele

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