Archive: iraq

30th 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.  30 March 2003: First suicide bombing.  Four American soldiers died… Read more
29th 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.  29 March 2003: Fifty dead in Baghdad market blast. Iraq suffered… Read more
28th 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.  28 March 2003: Richard Perle resigns. Amid admissions that Iraq has… Read more
27th 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.  27 March 2003:  More than 1,000 members of the US 173rd Airborne… Read more
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