Iraq

Have the terrorists won?

Mike Pilewski asks: "What have we learned in the ten years since 9/11?"

Obama's illegal war

Mike Pilewski: "Can a war be illegal? Well, for the US, the one in Libya is now."

Blair, Sarrazin and the amazing power of the book

"What do Tony Blair and Thilo Sarrazin have in common?"

The Twenty Years' War is (almost) over

Barack Obama said: "The American combat mission in Iraq has ended" -- seven years after George W. Bush said the same thing. Mike Pilewski comments.

Spotlight 3/2010

TRAVEL

The Rocky Mountains have shaped Colorado and the people who have lived there. Franz Marc Frei takes us on a tour of the state’s colourful south-west.

End of the road for the "Ugly Americans"

Mike Pilewski writes: "The warning to all of us not to be Ugly Americans has finally reached a company that worked in Iraq."

Last chance in Afghanistan

A massive troop increase was an effective, last-minute military strategy in Iraq. But will it work in Afghanistan?

Windmills and wings. Photo: Aaron Murray for World Migratory Bird Day

Look! It's a bird! It's a white-cheeked bulbul!

"In spite of the war, good things are happening," says Jonathan Trouern-Trend. "Thirty-five environmental organizations are registered in Iraq now, working together — groups like Greenpeace of Kurdistan and the Iraq Nature Conservation Association."

Politicians and the English language

"Political language makes lies sound truthful"

Replay: Local elections in Iraq

In the first section of Replay, our news programme on Spotlight Audio, Romie Singh explains how recent local elections in Iraq may give clues to the country's future.

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