What the Iran-Iraq war can tell us about the US-Israeli war on Iran ⊖
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10 days ago
Trump and Netanyahu are harbouring the same illusions Saddam Hussein had in 1980 when he invaded Iran.
16 days ago
Oil on track for record monthly surge as Iran war disrupts markets ⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Brent crude jumps 51% since start of March and gold suffers fifth-largest monthly fall in 50 years
Middle East crisis – latest updates
The Brent crude oil price is on track for its biggest monthly gain…
34 days ago
Iranian exile factions vie for US leaders’ blessing to lead Iran ⊕⊕
Maga world figures throw weight behind Maryam Rajavi, MEK’s leader, and Reza Pahlavi, the son of last Shah of Iran
As a US battle group steamed to the Gulf in November 2002, competing Iraqi exiles, so…
38 days ago
The chaos of a failed state in Iran would be a perfectly acceptable outcome for Netanyahu | Aluf Benn ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The Israeli PM’s war on its nemesis is playing well domestically. But real safety for Israelis requires another leader altogether
Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of Haaretz
When Yitzhak Rabin became t…
46 days ago
Trump is marching toward war with Iran. He hasn’t bothered to make clear why | Mohamad Bazzi ⊖⊖
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…
62 days ago
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…
65 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,…
70 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…
71 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…
90 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…