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The Latest Breaking News from the Iraq war

Geysers of burning oil, looting and mayhem – reporting on the opening days of the Iraq war

The Guardian and Observer’s correspondent recalls his 2003 journey dodging US tanks, checkpoints and police

The Guardian - UK

The Iraq war's damage to public trust in experts has consequences right up to today

Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, politicians continue to repeat the errors of the past by taking information from security briefings that they want to hear.

The Conversation

The real lesson of the Iraq invasion? Beware spies and allies who would drag you to war

The errors, exaggerations and lies that led to the invasion offer essential lessons for our own time, in conflict and beyond, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Iraq war 20 years on: the British government has never fully learned from Tony Blair's mistakes

The Iraq war remains the UK’s most investigated foreign policy decision of the past 50 years. As the world marks 20 years since the invasion that killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, we have to ask, has the UK learned any lessons from what happened in 2003?

The Conversation

On this day 20 years ago, Robin Cook tried to stop the Iraq war. I helped write that historic speech

He grieved that he was unable to avert the conflict. But look at his words: he was so right, says writer and former special advisor David Clark

The Guardian - UK

Two decades later, it feels as if the US is trying to forget the Iraq war ever happened

In framing the Ukraine war as a fight between democracy and autocracy, Biden shows that the US hasn’t learned from Iraq

The Guardian - US

‘It never goes away’: three Britons on how the Iraq war changed their lives

A mother whose son was killed in Basra, a senior non-commissioned officer with PTSD and a psychiatric nurse reflect 20 years on

The Guardian - UK

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From The Hurt Locker to American Sniper: how Hollywood tried to tackle the Iraq war

Two decades on from the beginning of the war, a handful of films have tried various ways to show the conflict with audiences mostly choosing to stay away

The Guardian - US

Two decades on, the Iraq war continues to sow distrust in politics

Letters: Tony Blair’s invasion, based on flawed evidence, helped shape a generation that now views politicians as untrustworthy, says Stuart Finegan. Plus letters from Mark Dowd, John Parkin and Suzanne Saxby

The Guardian - UK

How the Iraq war altered US politics and led to the emergence of Trump

The drive to war was fueled by partisanship and served as an accelerant to the extremism that led to Trump and the Capitol riot

The Guardian - US

The Iraq war started the post-truth era. And America is to blame

The Iraq war ushered in a style of politics where truth is, at best, an inconvenience

The Guardian - US

Rishi Sunak is not America’s No 1 ally like I was, says Tony Blair

Former PM says that he is why he backed Iraq War - to make sure White House called No 10 first in a crisis.

The Independent UK

20 years on, memories of the Iraq war may have faded, but it shaped the diminished UK we know today

That politics is a dark art is a cliche, but the events of 2003 helped to destroy public trust in government, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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