Former MI5 chief and spy novelist Stella Rimington speaks her mind - on Iraq, the 'huge overreaction' to 9/11, and why the secret service is much more liberal than we think … … … The response to 9/11 was "a huge overreaction", she says. "You know, it was ...
Of course, the absence of financial products such as mortgages and car insurance is borne of necessity the lack of a modern banking system and not of choice. But it means that Iraqis have to rely on commodities which are now in short supply in the financially sophisticated west: ...
Youth prisoners Iraq: 'The heat is the worst problem at the moment' Jonathan Steele reported on children as young as nine being kept in appalling conditions in prison in Baghdad a follow-up interview with Steele on his report can be listened to here: Jonathan Steele on the state ...
نقلت صحيفة غارديان The Guardian البريطانية الأربعاء عن وزير النفط العراقي حسين الشهرستاني إن بغداد تطالب بوضع جدول زمني للاتفاقية الأمنية طويلة الأمد التي يجرى التفاوض بشأنها مع واشنطن، وانها تصر على حقها في الاعتراض (استخدام الفيتو) على تنفيذ القوات الأميركية عمليات عسكرية في العراق. وأضاف الشهرستاني ...
