Iraq

Iraq inquiry first week assessed

BBC News (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

At the end of the first week of the Iraq War inquiry, the newspapers take stock of what has emerged so far.

Blair's Iraq for the €

Working Class Tory (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

I never thought I'd praise Gordon Brown twice in a day, but I've managed it today. This is from the Independent's Steve Richards on Blair's thinking before and during the Iraq war: In his diaries Chris Mullin reports a conversation with Blair's close ally, Alan Milburn , during the build up to war. Milburn told Mullin that after the conflict Blair would be so strong that he would sack Gordon Brown...

• Blair’s reason(s) for Iraq war decision? We ALL KNOW, don’t we? - Keep Tony Blair For PM

Iraq inquiry: Britain's man at UN admits invasion was of 'questionable legitimacy'

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

THE invasion of Iraq was of "questionable legitimacy", Britain's ambassador to the United Nations at the time of the war said yesterday.

Second Iraq War: Is the Chilcot Inquiry's work already done?

Peter Kenyon (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Forget whitewash. John Chilcot has already done his job. That is according to this correspondent in today's Guardian: Under international law, armed intervention against a sovereign state can only be legally justified in cases of a "threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression"; the inquiry has already established, on the basis of the most authoritative testimony possible,...

• Letters: In praise of Chilcot - The Guardian

Ex-British Diplomat: Iraq War Was Illegitimate

Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

The former UK ambassador to the UN, Sir Jeremy Greenstock says that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was "of questionable legitimacy". Greenstock was speaking on day four of public hearings at a wide-ranging inquiry into the US-led, British-backed Iraq war covering the period from 2001 to 2009.' Read more...

US gung-ho attitude unhelpful, Iraq inquiry told

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

THE CLEAR ambition of the Americans to oust former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein by force derailed British efforts to win international support to deal with him, the former British UN ambassador has told the Iraq inquiry.

• US scuttled efforts at building consensus for Iraq war: ambassador - Raw Story

Martin Rowson on Chicot inquiry into Iraq war

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

Former British ambassador to the UN says he had threatened to quit over Iraq war Martin Rowson

How refreshing! Matthew Parris is 95% right about Blair’s Iraq decision

Keep Tony Blair For PM (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

Tony Blair Iraq: How refreshing! Matthew Parris is 95% right about Blair's Iraq decision

Iraq inquiry: Dancing to American drums

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

Tony Blair has yet to testify before Sir John Chilcot's inquiry into the Iraq war, but he must already be squirming after the first week's evidence. Contrary to expectations, the mandarins have not pulled their oh-so-elegant punches. Freed from obligations of loyalty, they appear to be addressing the fundamental questions. Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy must be congratulating...

Iraq inquiry: Britain's man at UN admits invasion was of 'questionable legitimacy'

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

THE invasion of Iraq was of "questionable legitimacy", Britain's ambassador to the United Nations at the time of the war said yesterday.

Greenstock: Iraq war “legal” but The Telegraph continues to be illiberal with the actualite

Keep Tony Blair For PM (Free subscription) | yesterday

Iraq Inquiry: Greenstock: Iraq war "legal" but The Telegraph continues to be illiberal with the actualite

Wales News: Britain’s UN ambassador threatened to quit over Iraq invasion

icWales (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

THE invasion of Iraq was of “questionable legitimacy”, Britain’s ambassador to the United Nations at the time of the war said yesterday.

Economies with the truth shown up by Iraq inquiry

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

SIR Jeremy Greenstock, the former British ambassador to the United Nations, yesterday branded the war in Iraq as being of "questionable legitimacy".

Back to Iraq

normblog (Free subscription) | yesterday

I'd like to be able to understand this column by Ben Macintyre better than I do. On the face of it, that isn't so hard. It's part of the background music to the Chilcot inquiry, a music of voices harmonizing...

Iraq Inquiry - Week 1

Jess The Dog (Free subscription) | yesterday

So, where are we? Whitewash or smoking gun? Neither really. I'd describe it as a fusillade of Ferrero Rocher aimed at Blair . Our Man in Washington puts his red-socked boot into Blair. Sir Christopher Meyer said that: Containment was replaced by regime change at some point in 2002 (he wasn't privy to Bush-Blair discussions) The diplomatic timetable was driven by the military timetable with inspections...

British Firm fined for breaching UN Sanctions in Iraq, corruption in Jamaica. Ghana.

legaleagle1 | 05/10/2009

[Print] [Email] British firm fined for breaching UN sanctions in Iraq, corruption in Jamaica, Ghana Associated Press 09/25/09 1:35 PM PDT LONDON — A British bridge-building company was fined 3.5 million pounds ($5.6 million) on Friday for breaching United Nations sanctions in Iraq and for corruption offenses in Jamaica and Ghana. The Serious Fraud Office said the case against Mabey & Johnson Ltd. was...

Few US-led terror Forces Quit Iraq, at Last! By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal

abdulruff | 10/07/2009

Few US-led terror Forces Quit Iraq, at Last! By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal ----- Global media with a sense of “democratic pride announced that on 2009 30 June Tuesday, US troops have withdrawn from towns and cities in Iraq, six years after the invasion ostensibly to locate Osama and his hidden nukes, having formally handed over security duties to new Iraqi forces. A public holiday - National Sovereignty...