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Colin Powell: First Black US State Secretary, Public Face Of 1991 Iraq War
Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who became a US war hero and the first Black secretary of state but saw his legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, died on Monday of Covid-19 complications. He was 84.
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Iraq Protests Inspired Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. "False", Says Classmate
Like most college campuses in early 2003, Harvard University was atwitter on one issue in particular: the imminent Iraq invasion. The Bush administration's push to overthrow Saddam Hussein was debated and picked over in dorm rooms, argued about in lecture halls and scrutinized in term papers.
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George Bush 'Duped' Tony Blair Into Backing 2003 Iraq War, Says Former UK PM Gordon Brown
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown claims that his predecessor Tony Blair was "duped" by US President George W Bush into backing the 2003 Iraq War. Mr Brown said that a top secret US intelligence report, which showed there was "no evidence" that Iraq had access to weapons of mass destruction, was not shared with the UK governm...
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US Hits ISIS Targets With Biggest Non-Nuclear Weapon Ever Used In Combat
U.S. forces in Afghanistan dropped a 22,000-pound bomb on Islamic State forces in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, the Pentagon announced, using the largest non-nuclear bomb ever employed in combat.
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'Mother Of All Bombs': US Drops Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb On ISIS Caves In Afghanistan
The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a series of caves used by ISIS, the military said. Also known as the "mother of all bombs," the GBU-43 is a 21,600 pound (9,797 kg) GPS-guided munition and was first tested in March 2003, just days bef...
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Saddam Hussein Should Have Been Left To Run Iraq, Says CIA Officer Who Interrogated Him
Both President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump believe the United States never should have invaded Iraq in 2003 (or, at least, Trump claims he now does). The war in Iraq and its chaotic aftermath in many ways prefigure the present moment in the Middle East; it triggered a sectarian unraveling that now haunts both Iraq and Syria and lo...
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Blair Could Face Contempt Of Parliament Motion Over Iraq War: Media
Tony Blair could face a motion of contempt in the House of Commons over the 2003 invasion of Iraq, British media reported today after some MPs accused the former prime minister of misleading parliament.
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'Please Stop Saying I Was Lying,' Says Ex-UK PM Tony Blair After Iraq War Inquiry
Tony Blair, the former prime minister who led Britain into war in Iraq in 2003, launched a defence of his legacy following the publication of a highly critical report into the war with a simple message: "Please stop saying I was lying."
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UK Feared Nuclear War Between India, Pakistan In 2001: Iraq War Inquiry
The UK feared an India-Pakistan nuclear war in the wake of the terror attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001 and tried to "persuade and cajole" the two countries to pull back from a military confrontation, according to evidence presented to an inquiry into the 2003 Iraq war made public today.
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Inquiry Slams Blair Over Iraq War, Reveals Secret Promise To Bush
British Prime Minister Tony Blair told US President George W. Bush eight months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq "I will be with you, whatever", and relied on flawed intelligence and legal advice to go to war, a seven-year inquiry concluded on Wednesday.
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Tony Blair Had Qualms On Iraq War, But Promised George W. Bush Support
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote to US President George W. Bush eight months before the 2003 Iraq war that he would support him "whatever", even as he outlined numerous reservations about a possible military operation.
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Former British PM Tony Blair Committed UK to Iraq War Year Before Invasion: Report
Former British prime minister Tony Blair was committed to joining the United States in the Iraq war a year before the 2003 invasion, documents obtained by a Sunday newspaper suggested.
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'Worst is Over' in Iraq, Ex-General in US-Led Invasion Says
The worst of the insurgency in Iraq is "over", a former general who commanded US Marines and British forces in the 2003 US-led invasion said on Friday, in a rare note of optimism over the crisis.
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Dick Cheney Slams Wrong US Direction in Iraq
Former Vice-president Dick Cheney, an architect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has defended his choices at the time, and slammed the current US course of action.
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International Criminal Court Prosecutor to Examine Alleged British Crimes in Iraq War
The International Criminal Court re-opened on Tuesday a preliminary examination of allegations of "systematic detainee abuse" by British troops in Iraq between 2003 and 2008 after receiving new information.
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Colin Powell: First Black US State Secretary, Public Face Of 1991 Iraq War
Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who became a US war hero and the first Black secretary of state but saw his legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, died on Monday of Covid-19 complications. He was 84.
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Iraq Protests Inspired Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. "False", Says Classmate
Like most college campuses in early 2003, Harvard University was atwitter on one issue in particular: the imminent Iraq invasion. The Bush administration's push to overthrow Saddam Hussein was debated and picked over in dorm rooms, argued about in lecture halls and scrutinized in term papers.
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George Bush 'Duped' Tony Blair Into Backing 2003 Iraq War, Says Former UK PM Gordon Brown
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown claims that his predecessor Tony Blair was "duped" by US President George W Bush into backing the 2003 Iraq War. Mr Brown said that a top secret US intelligence report, which showed there was "no evidence" that Iraq had access to weapons of mass destruction, was not shared with the UK governm...
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US Hits ISIS Targets With Biggest Non-Nuclear Weapon Ever Used In Combat
U.S. forces in Afghanistan dropped a 22,000-pound bomb on Islamic State forces in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, the Pentagon announced, using the largest non-nuclear bomb ever employed in combat.
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'Mother Of All Bombs': US Drops Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb On ISIS Caves In Afghanistan
The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a series of caves used by ISIS, the military said. Also known as the "mother of all bombs," the GBU-43 is a 21,600 pound (9,797 kg) GPS-guided munition and was first tested in March 2003, just days bef...
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Saddam Hussein Should Have Been Left To Run Iraq, Says CIA Officer Who Interrogated Him
Both President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump believe the United States never should have invaded Iraq in 2003 (or, at least, Trump claims he now does). The war in Iraq and its chaotic aftermath in many ways prefigure the present moment in the Middle East; it triggered a sectarian unraveling that now haunts both Iraq and Syria and lo...
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Blair Could Face Contempt Of Parliament Motion Over Iraq War: Media
Tony Blair could face a motion of contempt in the House of Commons over the 2003 invasion of Iraq, British media reported today after some MPs accused the former prime minister of misleading parliament.
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'Please Stop Saying I Was Lying,' Says Ex-UK PM Tony Blair After Iraq War Inquiry
Tony Blair, the former prime minister who led Britain into war in Iraq in 2003, launched a defence of his legacy following the publication of a highly critical report into the war with a simple message: "Please stop saying I was lying."
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UK Feared Nuclear War Between India, Pakistan In 2001: Iraq War Inquiry
The UK feared an India-Pakistan nuclear war in the wake of the terror attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001 and tried to "persuade and cajole" the two countries to pull back from a military confrontation, according to evidence presented to an inquiry into the 2003 Iraq war made public today.
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Inquiry Slams Blair Over Iraq War, Reveals Secret Promise To Bush
British Prime Minister Tony Blair told US President George W. Bush eight months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq "I will be with you, whatever", and relied on flawed intelligence and legal advice to go to war, a seven-year inquiry concluded on Wednesday.
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Tony Blair Had Qualms On Iraq War, But Promised George W. Bush Support
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote to US President George W. Bush eight months before the 2003 Iraq war that he would support him "whatever", even as he outlined numerous reservations about a possible military operation.
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Former British PM Tony Blair Committed UK to Iraq War Year Before Invasion: Report
Former British prime minister Tony Blair was committed to joining the United States in the Iraq war a year before the 2003 invasion, documents obtained by a Sunday newspaper suggested.
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'Worst is Over' in Iraq, Ex-General in US-Led Invasion Says
The worst of the insurgency in Iraq is "over", a former general who commanded US Marines and British forces in the 2003 US-led invasion said on Friday, in a rare note of optimism over the crisis.
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Dick Cheney Slams Wrong US Direction in Iraq
Former Vice-president Dick Cheney, an architect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has defended his choices at the time, and slammed the current US course of action.
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International Criminal Court Prosecutor to Examine Alleged British Crimes in Iraq War
The International Criminal Court re-opened on Tuesday a preliminary examination of allegations of "systematic detainee abuse" by British troops in Iraq between 2003 and 2008 after receiving new information.
