British Military
latest news & developmentsThe way Britain wages war
The British public remains largely unaware of the industrial killing of civilians in Britain’s modern colonial wars.
Protests in Baghdad as Basra rocked by fighting
Followers of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr staged noisy protests on Thursday against a crackdown on Shi’ite fighters in Basra as the southern oil hub was rocked by a third…
Brown takes the blame for election row
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday said he took ”full responsibility” for the decision not to call an early election, but rejected claims he had run scared from a…
Car bombs hit Baghdad, Basra as violence shakes Iraq
A suicide car bomber struck the police headquarters in Basra on Tuesday, killing at least three officers and wounding 20 people amid fears over the southern city’s deteriorating…
UN horrified by surge in Afghan opium trade
The United Kingdom’s drug policy in Afghanistan’s Helmand province lay in tatters on Monday as the United Nations declared a ”frightening” explosion in opium production across…