Iraq Conflict

Jail for Briton who sold fake bomb detectors to Iraq

3 May 2013

A fraudster who sold more than £55 million (HK$664 million) worth of fake bomb detectors to Iraq and other security hot spots has been jailed for 10 years at the Old Bailey court in London. Jim...

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Analysts see pattern in Assad's alleged use of chemical arms in Syria civil war

30 Apr 2013

The instances in which chemical weapons are alleged to have been used in Syria's ongoing civil war were purportedly small in scale: nothing along the lines of Saddam Hussein's 1988 attack in...

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Car bombs kill 26 in Shiite areas of Iraq after Sunni protest camp clashes

30 Apr 2013

Five car bombs exploded yesterday in public areas in predominantly Shiite cities and districts in central and southern Iraq, killing 26 civilians and wounding dozens. The blasts come amid a week-...

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Wave of Iraq attacks kills 48 people

18 Dec 2012

A wave of attacks targeting both Iraqi security forces and civilians killed 48 people on Monday, in a second day of deadly violence ahead of the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US forces....

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quote of the week

5 Oct 2009

'It is meant to educate, excite, unite and entertain. If a tad of 'shock and awe' is delivered around the world, all well and good.'

Geremie Barme is a China scholar at the...

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A decade, a century or more for the US in Iraq?

19 Feb 2008

How long will the American occupation of Iraq last? Friendly nations which expect it to pass with the Bush administration are in for a rude surprise. Democratic presidential candidate Senator...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Survey exposes racism's shameful face

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Alice Wu

Security chief's remarks on rape are illogical and misguided

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Report 'ignores ideas by public'

Input missing from population proposal

Specific recommendations are missing from a top-level report on population policy, including a later retirement age, paternity leave and...

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'War on terror a long way from won'

Pentagon chief asks region for more help

US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates used his first trip to Asia to deliver a stark message yesterday - he could not say whether Washington...

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State of War - The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration

by James Risen

Pocket Books, HK$150

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Death toll jumps while funding row continues

The monthly death toll in Iraq climbed 15 per cent in March, according to government figures, as insurgents and sectarian militias continue to defy a military crackdown in Baghdad amid...

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Diplomatic solution on Iraq must be pursued

When the US-led military operation dubbed 'Shock and Awe' stormed into Iraq to overthrow dictator Saddam Hussein on March 20, 2003, there was no reason to suggest it would be anything but: this...

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Might alone can never make things right

On the face of it, US President George W. Bush's plan to expand American military forces to fight a long-term battle against global terrorism should be reassuring. But in light of the failures of...

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