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Iraqi elections: Debacle facing US and British imperialism
The bloody war in Iraq led by US imperialism worsens every day as the death toll mounts and the country plunges deeper into civil war and ethnic and religious clashes.
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Iraq: Elections – but no peace or democracy
Just before Christmas, 100 people were killed and injured in an attack on a US Army base dining hall in Mosul, northern Iraq. Nineteen US soldiers were amongst those killed – the most deadly attack […]
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Iraq: US plans crumble in Iraq
"IT IS a mess in Iraq". The UN special envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, was certainly to the point. Elections, he said, would not be possible on the 30 January "if the circumstances stay as they are".
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Iraq: Withdraw the troops
There is justifiable revulsion, shared by the socialist, at the videoed public beheading of Ken Bigley. However, Ken Bigley’s brother, Paul, was right when he said that "Blair has blood on his hands".
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Iraq: Tony Blair declares a “new war”
"This is far graver than Vietnam. If we leave and there’s no civil war, that’s a victory." William Odon, former head of the US national security agency, is more in touch with the reality of […]
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Iraq: US imperialism weakened further
The dreams of the US right-wing ’neo-cons’ lie in tatters on the battlefields of Iraq. One of the only certainties in the turmoil of Iraq is that imperialism’s occupation is doomed to failure.
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Iraq: Siege in Najaf
Iraqi resistance grows
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Iraqi Kurds: Waiting for another betrayal?
Imperialism will never solve national question it created
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Iraq: White House tries its creature Saddam
Saddam Hussein appeared in court on 1 July and was charged with a list of crimes.
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Iraq: Early ‘handover’ reveals White House crisis
New ’Iraqi regime’ will not end imperialist occupation