Iraq War
Ahmed Rashid: what's next for the Taliban?
Ahmed Rashid's bestselling 2000 book Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia was used extensively by American analysts in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The Lahore-based… Audio
Accidental soldier: from teenage wasteland to Iraq deployment
Matt Young was an 18 year old with a hangover when he enlisted to become an infantryman in the US Marine Corps. Between 2005 and 2009 he completed three tours as a so-called "grunt" in Iraq during the… Audio
Brian Van Reet: Spoils of war
A new novel, Spoils, sets out to show what the Iraq war was really like through the eyes of Cassandra Wigheard, a young tank gunner and Abu Al Hool, an Egyptian jihadi. Brian Van Reet's debut shows… Audio
British troops condemned over Iraqi boy's death
Four UK soldiers who "forced" an Iraqi boy into a canal and let him drown have been condemned by a judge investigating the Iraq War.
'Please stop saying I was lying' -Tony Blair after scathing Iraq war inquiry
Tony Blair defends his legacy after a highly critical report finds he led Britain into the Iraq war based on flawed intelligence and before exhausting peaceful options.
Iraqi army retakes Fallujah, what comes next?
Ten years ago retired US Army Colonel Anthony Dean was about to take charge of a battalion in the city of Ramadi. At the time coalition forces were still counting the cost of a bloody campaign to… Audio
4-tour Iraqi war veteran, burn survivor, comedian
Bobby Henline is an Iraq War veteran and burn survivor who's become a comedian, incorporating his horrific injuries into his stand-up routine. Bobby was serving in his fourth tour in Iraq in 2007 when… Audio
Michael Otterman: Erasing Iraq
In conversation with Sean Plunket, journalist and human rights consultant Michael Otterman explores the recent history of Iraq. Highly critical of what the USA has achieved since George W. Bush's… Audio
The Cost of Iraq
According to the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, the war in Iraq will become the world's first three trillion dollar war. He joins cartoonist Garry Trudeau, novelist and journalist… Audio