The Daily Star Special Series on Iraq Invasion
he invasion of Iraq by the US led coalition that started 15 years ago this month is a war whose lessons we should never forget. It not only
A war for oil
This month 15 years ago, an unjust and illegal war was unleashed on Iraq by the US-led coalition that has fundamentally changed the world and made it even more risky. This most important event in modern time has fragmented the whole Arab land, obliterated much of its history and culture and changed lives for tens of millions, probably forever. The Daily Star revisits this war on Iraq from today with a 12-part series.
A war for oil #7: How the dossier doctoring came out
The infamous “45 minutes to doom” dossier that Tony Blair used to take his country to invade Iraq also caused huge tumult in the UK when BBC first found out that the dossier was “sexed up” at the directive of Downing Street to make false claims of Saddam having WMD.
A war for oil-Last Part: The fragmented land
The Iraq War, in its aftermath, has created dreaded forces like the al-Qaeda, the IS, the ISIS, or the ISIL. As the various regions of the Middle East today lie in ruins, causing hundreds and thousands to flee as refugees, the Shias and Sunnis battle out their centuries-old rivalries to regain superiority in a land balkanized along ethnic identities.
A war for oil #11: The rise and fall of Blair
Tony Blair's rise to power was meteoric. With his “New Labour, New Britain” slogan he snatched the biggest victory for his party
A war for oil #10: Massive hunt for WMD yielded nothing
After the Iraqi invasion, thousands of inspectors looked for the WMD all over Iraq. All they found were some obsolete chemical
The Daily Star Special Series on Iraq Invasion
The invasion of Iraq by the US led coalition that started 15 years ago this month is a war whose lessons we should never forget. It not
