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My broken dream for Iraqi Kurdistan | Berivan Dosky

We hoped the end of Ba'athist rule would bring a new era of civic freedom. But for women especially, Iraq has become a prisonIn 2003, I dreamed that once Saddam's Ba'athist regime had tumbled, we could...

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Iraq war planning wholly irresponsible, say senior UK military figures

Former chief of defence staff Lord Guthrie criticises Bush administration but says Blair government must also share blameThe way Britain was led into war with Iraq 10 years ago was "wholly...

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Iraq 10 years on: Live webchat with Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

Join the Iraqi journalist and Guardian foreign correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on the 10 year anniversary of the Iraq war for a live webchat on Tuesday from 1pm GMTGuardian foreign correspondent and...

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How an anti-Iraq war handprint protest helped politicise our generation |...

My school's handprint campaign was a response to our first taste of political injustice. Young people today need a collective voiceThe day war broke out, we walked out of class. For students across the...

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'Iraq is always with you': a veteran's memories of the war

As a British lieutenant during the war in Iraq, James Jeffrey went there with a sense of optimism. Ten years on, he explains why he feels ashamed about how we failed the people thereAll the commentary...

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Letters: Costs of Iraq war are still being counted

Your recent articles (15 March) concerning the Iraq war have stunned many people like me, who were supportive of the strike against a demonised Saddam Hussein. Now, 120,000 Iraqi lives and hundreds of...

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War on Iraq begins: From the archive, 19 March 2003

Iraqis brace themselves for start of US-led attackReality finally came to Baghdad yesterday. Overnight, sandbags sprouted on football fields and roundabouts. In the evening the authorities rustled up...

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Iraq war 10 years on: a football trainer's story - video

Students at the Al Chaab sports college in Baghdad are taught tolerance as they play football in groups of mixed religion and ethnicity. Trainer Bassam Raouf Hamid leads the 120 pupils and believes his...

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Iraq war 10 years on: the museum's story - video

This film looks at the National Museum of Iraq, which suffered pillaging, theft and damage in 2003. Nine years on, the museum remains closed for restoration. Work is progressing well and the Ministry...

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Iraq veterans around the world reflect: 'the best and worst time of my life'...

Ten years after the start of the Iraq war, we asked veterans to tell us how they feel looking back at their serviceToday marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. As a part of our...

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Iraq: guilt by association

• failure to speak truth to power• mistakes repeated in AfghanistanTen years ago today, thousands of British troops joined the US and invaded Iraq.They were unprepared and ill-equipped because their...

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Portrait of a pacifist: Jo Metson Scott's images of dissenting soldiers in Iraq

The photojournalist's book about former soldiers – which coincides with the 10th anniversary of the invasion – shows the consequences of laying down your weapons and speaking out"After I made my public...

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Iraq war: make it impossible to inflict such barbarism again | Seumas Milne

The US and Britain not only bathed Iraq in blood, they promoted a sectarian war that now threatens the regionIf anyone doubted what kind of Iraq has been bequeathed by a decade of US-sponsored...

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Tomas Young's parting protest: a dying disabled vet condemns the Iraq war |...

Disabled by a sniper's bullet, Young has devoted the rest of his ruined life to bearing witness against those who sent him to warTomas Young was in the fifth day of his first deployment to Iraq when he...

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WMDs, RGPs, DHS: how the Iraq war transformed the English language | Kory...

Words invade language, occupy it and then withdraw, and they show us how we've changed over the past 10 yearsWar leaves indelible marks on our language. How could it be otherwise? Turn on the news...

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Original Observer Photography: March

This month our photographers have donned their wellies and headed into the great outdoors: Brighton, Bogside, Baghdad and Balquhidder are just some of the locations they visited. But we still have June...

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Learning to come home from war: no one said 'thank you' to Vietnam vets |...

The experiences of Vietnam veterans remind us that civilians and soldiers have roles to play to aid each otherNo one said "thank you." My tour of duty in Vietnam ended in August of 1972. I flew back to...

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A Vietnam veteran reflects: How I found peace 40 years later | Andonios...

The Vietnam I returned to years after my US army service was unrecognizable. I hope Iraq and Afghanistan vets see the sameIn his farewell address before Congress in 1951, Army General Douglas MacArthur...

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How many Iraqis were killed or abused by British soldiers? We may never know

Law firm faces disciplinary tribunal as ministers cry foul.Nearly 300 British veterans of the Iraq war have been warned they are named by official investigators, amid claims of murder, torture, and...

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Failure to confront Britain’s political ultras has cost us dear | Nick Cohen

Labour and the Tories were both unprepared for the opportunists and nationalists who were preparing to wreck our prosperityTaking on your own side is the hardest task in politics. We are a tribal...

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