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Iraq

A new cycle of revolt

Posted on 16th December 2019 by International Socialism

The year just passed marks the beginning of a new global cycle of revolt. The signs were there by spring.1 By April the Algerian and Sudanese militaries felt obliged to remove the leaders of each country, respectively Abdelaziz Bouteflika and… Continue Reading →

Analysis Bolivia, Chile, Hong Kong, Iraq, Lebanon, Strikes, Sudan

Iraq: what happened next…

Posted on 2nd January 2019 by Camilla

In the summer of 2018, years of repeated mass protest in Iraq culminated in furious demonstrations against the Baghdad regime.1 Centred on the oilfields of the south, they targeted the regime’s corruption and self-serving economic policies. Protestors highlighted problems of… Continue Reading →

Article Iraq, The Middle East

Nemesis in Iraq

Posted on 23rd June 2014 by ISJ

To justify the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, George W Bush and Tony Blair argued that the country belonged under Saddam Hussein to an “axis of evil” of “failed states” (the others were Iran and North Korea) that were a… Continue Reading →

Analysis Iraq

The Iraq surge: glossing over the long defeat

Posted on 31st March 2008 by ISJ

Iraq is now a different place from one year ago. We must do all we can to ensure that 2008 will bring even greater progress.1 George Bush, January 2008 During his Middle East visit in January George Bush boasted that… Continue Reading →

Analysis Iraq

The elections and the resistance in Iraq

Posted on 4th April 2005 by ISJ

The day after Iraqis went to the polls, George Bush and Tony Blair declared that Iraq had ‘turned the corner’. Pro-war commentators were quick to demand that the anti-war camp apologise for opposing the war and some who had been… Continue Reading →

Analysis Iraq
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