The British government recently announced that a national service of commemoration will take place on March 13th to mark the end of combat operations in Afghanistan (link here). Bookended by the campaigns in Iraq (the latest of which continued to be busy last weekend, see here) the last decade or so of fighting has seen the purpose and…
Tag: Iraq
Back to the future
Update in light of the House of Commons Report This post first went up on January 22nd. I update it now as Britain’s House of Commons Defence Select Committee has released a report today criticising Britain’s limited military involvement in the fight against Da’ish (also known as Islamic State). Reinforcing the concerns I raised in the…
Morals and dilemmas
As introductions go, Mohammed Mahdi al-Bayati’s takes some beating. Described by his media consultant as “the person with the worst job in global politics”, Iraq’s minister for human rights carries his burden with grace. Mr Bayati, 52, an ethnic Turkmen, is a former foe of Saddam Hussein and still carries the physical scars of his…
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