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IRAQ The West Shakes Up the Middle East
ISBN: 978-1-63353-438-4
"…the West, led by the US and Sunni states, saw the uprisings in the Arab world as a chance to get rid of regimes with whom they were at odds…but instead the war…may end up doing more damage to Iran's rivals such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the Gulf monarchies."
– Patrick Cockburn, December 2015, The Independent
Table of Contents
MESSING-UP THE MIDDLE EAST (2003-2006)
THREE YEARS AFTER SHOCK AND AWE
WAGING THE WAR ON TERROR (2007)
SHE HEEDED AMERICA’S CALL AND PAID WITH HER LIFE
ROADSIDE BOMBS ARE NOTHING NEW
MAKING THE WORLD A MORE TERRIFYING PLACE
FOUR YEARS SINCE LIBERATION AND DRENCHED IN BLOOD
STONED TO DEATH FOR ELOPING AND CONVERTING
TEACHERS’ KILLINGS TURN SUNNIS AGAINST AL-QA’IDA
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO AHMED CHALABI?
IRAQ INVASION STRENGTHENED THE MILITANTS
BUSH’S OPTIMISM IMPOSSIBLE TO SQUARE WITH IRAQ SITUATION
DERBY MAN WHO CAME TO IRAQ TO WAGE WAR
HUMAN TIDE SPILLING INTO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES
ONLY ONE THING UNITES IRAQ, HATRED OF THE US
BRITAIN BOWS OUT OF A WAR IT COULD NEVER HAVE WON
IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END IN IRAQ?
A WAR OF LIES (2008)
OPIUM FIELDS SPREAD ACROSS IRAQ
RETURN TO FALLUJAH
SUNNI VERSUS SHIA
A NEW DAWN?
THIS WAR CONTINUES WITH LIE AFTER LIE AFTER LIE
‘GHOST CITY’ MOSUL BRACES FOR ASSAULT ON AL-QA’IDA
SECRET DEAL FOR PERMANENT US OCCUPATION OF IRAQ
OIL GIANTS RETURN TO IRAQ
ALCOHOL RETURNS TO BAGHDAD
VIOLENCE IS DOWN, BUT NOT BECAUSE OF THE SURGE
CORRUPTION BLAMED AS CHOLERA RIPS THROUGH IRAQ
THE DAY THE LAST US SOLDIER LEAVES IRAQ
ENDLESS INSURGENCY (2009)
ELECTION THAT WILL SHAPE IRAQ’S FUTURE
HOW WELL WAS THE IRAQ WAR REPORTED?
TORTURE PROBABLY KILLED MORE AMERICANS THAN 9/11
DECODING PRESIDENT OBAMA’S CAIRO SPEECH
HOW BRIBERY BECAME A WAY OF LIFE
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?
ONLY TIME CAN HEAL SOME IRAQI WOUNDS
BURNING HATRED OF FOREIGN OCCUPATION
SAFER, BUT BY NO MEANS SAFE
BOMBERS AIM FOR HEART OF GOVERNMENT
GRIM STABILITY (2010)
‘CHEMICAL ALI’ IS EXECUTED
VIOLENT, DIVIDED, BUT HOPEFUL
AMERICA LOWERS THE FLAG
TOXIC LEGACY OF US ASSAULT ON FALLUJAH
US UNABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR BILLIONS OF IRAQ OIL MONEY
GRIM STABILITY IS THE US LEGACY
ECHOS OF EL SALVADOR IN TALES OF US APPROVED DEATH SQUADS
THE US WITHDRAWS (2011)
BEWARE YOUR ENEMY’S STUPIDITY
CAN WE EVER BE TRULY SAFE FROM TERRORISM?
BIN LADEN WAS THE REASON WE WENT TO WAR, RIGHT?
AMERICA SILENCES A KEY AL-QA’IDA PROPAGANDIST
ARAB AWAKENING WILL NOT SUCCEED EAST OF EGYPT
FALL OF LIBYA WAS A PIECE OF CAKE COMPARED TO SYRIA
IRAQ GETS READY FOR LIFE AFTER AMERICA
‘GREATEST STRATEGIC DISASTER’ (2012)