Reporting conflict and terror around the world, from the attacks on New York to the horrors of Paris. From Iraq and Afghanistan to the fight against ISIS Paris Friday night horror New York 9/11 minute by minute Falklands Reliving Tumbledown Iraq The death of a soldier Afghanistan The scandal of Marine A ISIS In violent times we need better heroesContinue reading “Conflict”
Tag Archives: iraq
Tony Blair ignored six wise men who warned the invasion of Iraq would bring disaster. As we wait for Chilcot, they speak out again
Tony Blair had a cough. He looked sick, pale and exhausted. “Don’t tell me it is going to be bad,” he said to the six men he had summoned to see him in Downing Street as war loomed. “Tell me how bad it will be.” Read on
Amar’s Story
I was so moved to turn on the television and see Panorama telling the story of a little boy who was badly burned by napalm in Iraq many years ago, reunited with his long-lost mother at last, having grown into a man. That boy was the subject of the first piece I ever wrote for a national newspaper, back in 1993.