Iraq war logs reveal 15,000 previously unlisted civilian deaths
Leaked Pentagon files obtained by the Guardian contain details of more than 100,000 people killed in Iraq following the US-led invasion, including more than 15,000 deaths that were previously unrecorded. British ministers have repeatedly refused to concede the existence of any official statistics on Iraqi deaths. US General Tommy Franks claimed in 2002: "We don't do body counts." The mass of leake
Iraq war logs: secret files show how US ignored torture
A grim picture of the US and Britain's legacy in Iraq has been revealed in a massive leak of American military documents that detail torture, summary executions and war crimes. Almost 400,000 secret US army field reports have been passed to the Guardian and a number of other international media organisations via the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. The electronic archive is believed to emanate fr
Iran brokers behind-the-scenes deal for pro-Tehran government in Iraq
Iran has brokered a critical deal with its regional neighbours that could see a pro-Tehran government installed in Iraq, a move that would shift the fragile country sharply away from a sphere of western influence. The Guardian can reveal that the Islamic republic was instrumental in forming an alliance between Iraq's Nouri al-Maliki, who is vying for a second term as prime minister, and the countr
Sunnis in Iraq Allied With U.S. Rejoin Rebels (Published 2010)
Iraqis crossing through a checkpoint manned by members of a Sunni Awakening Council in Baghdad.Credit...Ayman Oghanna for The New York Times BAQUBA, Iraq � Members of United States-allied Awakening Councils have quit or been dismissed from their positions in significant numbers in recent months, prey to an intensive recruitment campaign by the Sunni insurgency, according to government officials, c
BBC News - Baghdad cinema sees 'heart breaking' decline
I met a man the other day who runs a film institute, teaching young film-makers in Baghdad the art of making movies. He told me something shocking - most of his students had never been to the cinema. Why not? "There are no cinemas in Baghdad anymore," he said. That is the answer you always get, but it is not actually true. There are cinemas, but they are not the kinds of places you would want to b
Nouri al-Maliki nominated to return as Iraqi prime minister
Iraq's Shia political lists have renominated the incumbent prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, as their candidate for his second term in the post after seven months of bickering that left the country rudderless. The move is the first step towards forming a new government that would lead Iraq in the years beyond the seven-year occupation. However it does not necessarily mean a new administration will
When Baghdad was centre of the scientific world
The Bab al-Sharji district in the centre of Baghdad derives its name, which means east gate, from the medieval fortifications of the city. These walls were probably built around the first half of the 10th century. During the brief British stay at the end of the first world war, its gatehouse was used as a garrison church. Nothing of those medieval walls, or the east gate, remains today; I remember
Second Iraq TV presenter shot, Baghdad bombs kill four
Gunmen in Iraq have killed an Iraqi TV journalist - the second in as many days - while four other people were killed in two attacks in the capital Baghdad. Safah Abdul Hameed was shot dead in front of his home in the northern city of Mosul as he left for work at the al-Mosuliyah satellite television station. A day earlier, prominent al-Iraqiya TV presenter Riad al-Saray was gunned down outside his
30 False Fronts Won Contracts for Blackwater (Published 2010)
WASHINGTON � Blackwater Worldwide created a web of more than 30 shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain millions of dollars in American government contracts after the security company came under intense criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, according to Congressional investigators and former Blackwater officials. While it is not clear how many of those businesses won contracts, at leas
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