The US spent months promoting a false case for the invasion of Iraq. This time, we’re in the dark about Washington’s goals
In October 2002, George W Bush laid out his case for taking the US to war aga…
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The President’s Cake review – sweet portrait of life in wartime Iraq builds to an explosive climax ⊕⊕
Nine-year-old Lamia is obliged by her school to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein, and meets a series of vivid characters as she shops for sanctioned ingredients
There’s a terrific charm and swe…
19 days ago
After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni ⊖⊖
It’s chilling to watch as Trump and Netanyahu adopt the methods of regimes their countries once condemned
Janine di Giovanni is a war correspondent and the executive director of The Reckoning Project,…
24 days ago
Shock, awe, death, joy and looting: how the Guardian covered the outbreak of the Iraq war ⊖⊖
In spring 2003, exuberance at the fall of Saddam was swiftly followed by a descent into deadly chaos. Whether moving independently or embedded with troops, Guardian reporters witnessed the violence o…
25 days ago
‘Yes, they would execute a child’: the film about a girl who has to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Warm, funny and heartbreaking, The President’s Cake tells the story of a brutal ruler and a girl forced to make him a present in a time of sanctions-induced hardship. Its Iraqi director Hasan Hadi re…
44 days ago
With thousands dead, the Iranian regime may survive these protests – but not in its current form | Sanam Vakil ⊖⊖
With fear, surveillance and brute force only set to increase, there are disturbing parallels with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq
Sanam Vakil is director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programm…
45 days ago
NADHIM ZAHAWI: It breaks my heart to see what's happened to the country I love under Labour ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
When my family and I narrowly escaped the clutches of Saddam Hussein's brutal secret police to settle in Britain almost half a century ago, little did I know how far my fortunes would change.
46 days ago
Trump is repeating mistakes of Iraq in Venezuela | Mohamad Bazzi ⊕
As it did in 2003, the US is underestimating the potential for instability as Trump resurrects one of the Iraq war’s biggest myths
“Ladies and gentlemen, we got him!” Paul Bremer, the US proconsul in …
53 days ago
Trump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that | Nesrine Malik ⊖⊖
It’s not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAE
I never thought it possible that you could look back on…
77 days ago
Former Iraqi President Salih slated to lead UN refugee agency ⊕
Salih, who fled Saddam Hussein's regime, campaigned for job on basis that he knows what it is like to be a refugee.