Patrick Cockburn
Situation in Iraq Could Not be Worse
12 Nisan 2006
A cruel and bloody civil war has started in Iraq, a country that President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair promised to free from...
Iraq's election result: a divided nation
21 Aralık 2005
Iraq is disintegrating. The first results from the parliamentary election last week show the country is dividing between Shia, Sunni and...
Iraq: 1,000 days of war
14 Aralık 2005
From Shock and Awe to a country torn between insurrection and democracy.
Britain 'trying to stall $1.3bn theft inquiry that could hurt Allawi's election chances'
9 Aralık 2005
The British government is trying to stall an investigation into the theft of more than $1.3bn (£740m) from the Iraqi Ministry of Defence,...
Death toll of US troops in Iraq approaches 2,000
24 Ekim 2005
The number of American soldiers killed in Iraq was climbing inexorably towards 2,000 yesterday, with the announcement of the 1,996th...
Saddam: 'I do not respond to this so-called court'
20 Ekim 2005
Saddam: 'I do not respond to this so-called court'
Insurgents open 'southern front' with deadly car-bomb in Basra
9 Eylül 2005
A series of deadly bomb attacks in and around the city of Basra this week has undermined the British Army's claim to have largely kept...
Iraq: This is Now an Unwinnable Conflict
26 Temmuz 2005
As he completes another tour of duty in the chaos of Iraq, award-winning reporter Patrick Cockburn charts how Bush and Blair's 'winnable...
Iraq: A bloody mess
28 Haziran 2005
A year ago the supposed handover of power by the US to an Iraqi interim government was billed as a turning point in the violent history of...
Americans and Rebels Begin Talks on Timetable for Withdrawal from Iraq
23 Şubat 2005
American officials are talking to negotiators from the anti-US resistance in Iraq, whom they have denounced in the past as foreign fighters...
A Bloody, Useless Gesture
8 Ekim 2004
American generals in Iraq triumphantly announced at the weekend that they had successfully taken over Samarra and killed 125 insurgents....
Despair in Iraq Over the Forgotten Victims of US Invasion
10 Eylül 2004
Iraqi officials demanded to know yesterday why so little international attention was being given to their numerous dead as the US mourned...
US military death toll on Iraqi soil tops 1,000
8 Eylül 2004
The American death toll in Iraq reached 1,000 last night, the White House announced after yet another day of heavy fighting in Baghdad
A year on from 'Mission Accomplished'...
3 Mayıs 2004
Against the odds, America has earned the hatred of ordinary Iraqis. In Baghdad Patrick Cockburn sees the battle for hearts and minds...
US troops threaten to cross Shia 'red line' to enter Najaf
26 Nisan 2004
Shia leaders have warned there will be an explosion of anger among the 15 to 16 million Iraqi Shia if US soldiers enter Najaf, where Imam...
US death toll mounts as forces try to quell savage rebellion
7 Nisan 2004
Savage fighting raged across Iraq yesterday as at least 20 US soldiers were killed in attacks on the American-led coalition that reached a...
Kurds turn against US after losing control over oil-rich land
21 Ocak 2004
Kurdish community claims it had more autonomy under Saddam
In Afghanistan: The Northern Alliance
19 Kasım 2001
Our aging Russian-built helicopter flew into the Panjshir valley from the north, high over desolate, brown hills. At Changaram, a narrow...
