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Iraq: “The most serious storm of Bush’s presidency”
700 attacks per week by insurgents
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Iraq: Anger grows at brutal occupation
Sixty percent of Americans now think that the ’blood shed’ in Iraq is not worth it. The brunt of the ’bloodshed’ has of course been borne by the peoples of Iraq, around 100,000 of whom […]
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Iraq: New Constitution will not end bring peace or prosperity
Constitution passed but nightmare remains
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Iraq: Women’s rights pushed back
The invasion and occupation of Iraq has resulted in the deaths and suffering of millions of ordinary Iraqis. Among these are the increasing attacks on women’s lives, their rights and conditions.
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Iraq: The tragedy of Baghdad
The tragedy of Baghdad – with almost 1000 Shia pilgrims killed in Iraq’s bloodiest day on 31 August – competes with the catastrophe of New Orleans in a kind of “league of horrors”.
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Iraq: Deeper in the quagmire
No-one believed US vice-president Dick Cheney when he said the Iraqi insurgency was in its "last throes".
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Iraq: Occupation and the resistance
Two years ago, the US regime promised a short war to ’liberate’ Iraq – ’operation shock and awe’.
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Iraq elections sham: Imperialism’s continuing bloodshed threatens sectarian break-up
After only a few days, the sham of the Iraqi ‘elections’ became evident as Iraq was shaken by a renewed wave of bombings and violent attacks on government officials and the occupation forces. As each […]
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Iraq: Iraq’s post-election – problems grow
In contrast to claims by George Bush and Tony Blair, the most likely outcome of the Iraq elections will be to fuel opposition to the occupation and exacerbate divisions between the various ethnic and religious […]
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Iraq: Nothing resolved by Iraqi elections
Bush and Blair have been quick to hail the elections in Iraq as a "victory for democracy" and a vindication of their brutal occupation of Iraq, but this was largely for public consumption.