This shows why the war was unnecessary, says Cook
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Robin Cook, who resigned from the cabinet over Iraq, said the report proved that Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction and that the war was unnecessary.
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Just before the New Year, Army Reserve Capt. Gabriella Cook sent an urgent e-mail from Iraq requesting food shipments. Not for her or her unit &#151; for Iraqi police dogs.
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In a previous article on Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, I wrote that his career was framed by Iraq, a shorthand for the first and second wars in Iraq.
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This past week the headlines in the news fit together like the pieces of a puzzle. Each news story added another dimension to the emerging picture of war policy that is increasingly costly and incompetent.
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Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook today called on the Prime Minister to âreach outâ to the wider public over Iraq with the message that âit wonât happen againâ.
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Former prime minister Tony Blair blamed himself and the Iraq war after his governing Labour Party suffered heavy losses in the 2005 general election, according to book extracts published Monday.
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The war in Iraq has now lasted longer than the U.S. involvement in the war that President Bush's father fought in, World War II.
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LONDONâBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair has flatly acknowledged that his main argument for taking a reluctant country to war - Iraq&#39;s alleged weapons of mass destruction â-as turned out to be wrong.
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If war is out of control, contractorsâ incentives may lead to errors.
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A primer on the oil-for-food accusations
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The Government is under renewed fire over claims Tony Blair was warned before the war in Iraq of the scale of the task that would face British and other coalition troops after Saddam Hussein was toppled.
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Jonathan Steele on why occupying Iraq was doomed from the start
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An official US report saying Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction when US-led forces invaded has intensified the debate about justification for the war.
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Comment is free: Jonathan Steele: The new man in No 10 was a fervent supporter of the war. The only way to signal a fresh start is by taking Britain out of Iraq.
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The economic cost of the Iraq war may be larger than what has actually been spent directly on the war.
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Musician Michael Franti knew something was missing from the war coverage he saw on the nightly news.
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We're fighting a war that is inflicting even greater casualties than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and, incredibly, costing even more money. We're losing the War on Drugs, and we've been in retreat for three decades.