Archive: iraq

26th March 2013
By: Brian Whitaker
To mark the tenth anniversary of the 2003 Iraq war, I am re-posting diary entries that I wrote at the time for the Guardian's website. They are posted here day by day and the full collection can be found here.  26 March 2003:  After a series of setbacks, and with the advance on… Read more
25th March 2013
By: Brian Whitaker
To mark the tenth anniversary of the 2003 Iraq war, I am re-posting diary entries that I wrote at the time for the Guardian's website. They are posted here day by day and the full collection can be found here.  25 March 2003:  The only good news today is that the invasion forces… Read more
24th March 2013
By: Brian Whitaker
To mark the tenth anniversary of the 2003 Iraq war, I am re-posting diary entries that I wrote at the time for the Guardian's website. They are posted here day by day and the full collection can be found here.  24 March 2003:  It is day five, and suddenly the clinical, precision… Read more
21st March 2013
By: Brian Whitaker
To mark the tenth anniversary of the 2003 Iraq war, I am re-posting diary entries that I wrote at the time for the Guardian's website. They are posted here day by day and the full collection can be found here.  21 March 2003:  After an initial diversion to take pot-shots at Saddam… Read more
20th March 2013
By: Brian Whitaker
To mark the tenth anniversary of the 2003 Iraq war, I am re-posting diary entries that I wrote at the time for the Guardian's website. They are posted here day by day and the full collection can be found here.  20 March 2003:  It's begun. Well, sort of ... but more with a whimper… Read more
19th March 2013
By: Brian Whitaker
To mark the tenth anniversary of the 2003 Iraq war, I am re-posting diary entries that I wrote at the time for the Guardian's website. They are posted here day by day and the full collection can be found here.  19 March 2003:  Tony Blair need not go into exile just yet. Last night… Read more
17th March 2013
By: Brian Whitaker
Ten years ago this week my daily routine changed. I began setting my alarm for five o'clock each morning to write a diary of the war in Iraq. The idea was to provide a short and sometimes opinionated review of each day's events – both military and political – and to have it ready and posted on the… Read more
30th December 2012
By: Brian Whitaker
Flooding caused by several days of heavy rain brought much of Baghdad to a standstill last week. "Disruption to the electricity grid and the failure of emergency generators as a result of damage to cables underground left many businesses and individuals without power," The National reported. With… Read more
11th March 2012
By: Brian Whitaker
A new wave of killings is reported in Baghdad, targeting youngsters of unconventional appearance. Reuters says at least 14 have been stoned to death in the past three weeks, though there are claims that the total may be much higher. Lists have also been circulated naming those who will be next.… Read more
25th October 2011
By: Brian Whitaker
The following is a statement issued on Tuesday by the London-based Iraqi LGBT organisation: In Iraq, concern is growing of a renewed purge against the country’s gay community by government forces and hardline religious militia groups after the arrest of 25 men in Kalar, a small town north Baghdad… Read more