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Long shadow of US invasion of Iraq still looms over international order

‘Tell me, how does this end?’ asked US general David Petraeus during first push to Baghdad in 2003

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: Putin and Saddam Hussein have a lot in common

The significance of the war in Ukraine to the Western world lies largely in its geography: It’s being fought in Europe, only a small distance away from some of the wealthiest and most avowedly peaceful nations of the world. Parallels with earlier European wars, most notably the Winter War unleashed…

Tribune News Service

Pentagon Chief Pledges Continued US Troop Presence in Iraq as 20-Year Anniversary of Invasion Nears

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, making an unannounced trip to Iraq on Tuesday nearly 20 years after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, said Washington was committed to keeping its military presence in the country The 2003 invasion led to the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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UN chief praises Iraqi progress towards stability in rare visit

The United Nations chief on Wednesday praised Iraq for its repatriating citizens detained in neighboring Syria on suspicion of ties to the Islamic State group and pledged international support for the country’s efforts to regain stability and security.

France 24

UN chief praises moves toward stability in rare Iraq visit

The U.N. chief has praised Iraq for repatriating its citizens detained in neighboring Syria on suspicion of ties to the Islamic State group during a rare visit to Baghdad

The Independent UK

Chirac Warned Bush against Overthrowing Saddam

French Diplomat Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's memoirs are unlike those of any regular ambassador that fill French libraries year after year. The author of “The Others Don’t Think Like Us” is no ordinary ambassador. Now retired, his long diplomatic career took him to Tokyo, Beijing, Berlin and London. He was France’s sherpa…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraqi President Says Country Now Peaceful, Life Is Returning

Nearly 20 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by US-led forces, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid wants the world to know his country now is at peace, democratic and intent on rebuilding economic life while maintaining a government that serves the whole country and the region. Rashid told The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iraqi president says country now peaceful, life is returning

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid says he wants the world to know that his country now is at peace, nearly 20 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein

The Independent UK

A Stranger in Your Own City by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad review – inside Iraq’s two decades of war

The decorated journalist paints a tragic, brutal picture of the buildup to a conflict that engulfed a nation, and those who sought to profit from the war

The Guardian - UK

Baghdad memories: what the first few months of the US occupation felt like to an Iraqi

The long read: When I was 28, the US arrived in Baghdad. The soldiers were announced as liberators and their leaders talked of democracy. I watched the regime and Saddam statues fall, chaos reign and a sectarian war unfold

The Guardian - UK

Shiite pilgrims march through Baghdad surrounded by security

Thousands of black-clad pilgrims from across Iraq are taking part in an annual procession marking the death of a Shiite saint

The Independent UK

Why Is It So Hard for Congress To End a War?

Lawmakers are once again trying to reclaim their war powers through AUMF repeal.

Reason

Leila Khaled: Rafik Hariri Transferred Wadie Haddad’s Weapons to Europe

Episode One Journalists sometimes fall into the trap of being drawn into the story of a thorny, sensual, or cruel man who has a remarkable role at a certain stage. The man’s name could be Vladimir Putin, Saddam Hussein, or Muammar Gaddafi. I was attracted to stories shrouded in so…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘A beautiful outpouring of rage’: did Britain’s biggest ever protest change the world?

In February 2003, 1.5 million people protested in London against the looming conflict. They didn’t stop the war… but their legacy still looms large

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The Independent UK

20 years later, Senate eyes repeal of Iraq war authorization

The Senate will vote this month to repeal two decades-old measures that approved American military action in Iraq

Reason

Examining America's War in Iraq After 20 Years

It was a blunder. Worse than that, it was a crime.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saddam's Guard Gave Information About his Hideout in Tikrit

A US commandos force arrested former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who disappeared immediately after the toppling of his regime. The search and arrest of Saddam was a priority for the US political and military leadership, especially after the operations targeting these forces escalated in several Iraqi regions. Everyone saw the…

The Independent UK

Who is Nadhim Zahawi? All you need to know about the ex-Tory Party chairman

Iraqi refugee who arrived in Britain aged nine with no English rose to No 11 Downing Street and propped up Boris Johnson’s ailing administration last summer, only to be brought down by scandal of his own

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The Independent UK

Nadhim Zahawi: The chancellor who took one too many chances

Profile: Nadhim Zahawi, the man who came to the UK without a word of English and ran to be the next prime minister, by Sean O’Grady

The Guardian - UK

Mohammed Sami: The Point 0; Giorgio Morandi: Masterpieces from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation – review

The masterly paintings of Baghdad-born Mohammed Sami conjure an ominous no man’s land. And vases conspire with jugs in the still lifes of Giorgio Morandi

The Guardian - UK

Saddam Hussein mural painter creates a world of turmoil – Mohammed Sami review

Sami, a refugee from Iraq, learned his trade painting his country’s then leader. His disquieting works, full of tortured surfaces, feel like distillations of death and chaos

The Independent UK

Who is Nadhim Zahawi? All you need to know about the ex-Tory Party chairman

The Guardian - UK

Where was James Bond when Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990?

After the end of the Cold War, the future of our spy services looked in doubt

Al Jazeera

Basra excited ahead of Arabian Gulf Cup tournament kickoff

The 25th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup football tournament will start in Iraq on Friday.

The Independent UK

Army special operations veteran describes moment elite team captured Saddam Hussein: ‘Holy cow’

The Army veteran claims former President George W Bush possesses the gun Hussein was armed with when he was captured

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