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Dr Salam Ismael, now 28 years old, was head of junior doctors in Baghdad before the invasion of Iraq. He was in Fallujah in April 2004 where he treated casualties of the assault on the city.

Two reports have revealed that the issue of torture of Iraqi detainees is far more widespread than either US or British officials would have us believe.

Carl Webb from the US and George Solomou from Britain explain to Andrew Stone and Simon Assaf why they refuse to go and fight in Iraq.

Whose elections are they anyway? Mundher Adhami looks at the prospects for democracy in Iraq.

The coming few months are crucial ones for all those opposed to war and imperialism, as Lindsey German explains to Andrew Stone.

The terrorising of independent media in Iraq continues, writes Liv Lewitschnik.

WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL in Manchester saw a moving scene last week when Rose Gentle met Iraqi orphan Aysha Saleem.

George Bush and Tony Blair invaded Iraq with 140,000 armed soldiers and bombed the city of Fallujah to dust. Now they claim democratic elections will go ahead on 30 January.

George Bush won re-election by proving himself a militarist and imperialist that would make the "founding fathers" proud.

Over 100,000 Iraqis have died because US and British troops invaded their country. The majority were civilians. The majority were women and children.

Baghdad Burning is a weblog written by a 25 year old Iraqi woman living in Baghdad, who uses the pseudonym Riverbend. For over a year she has described her experiences of the occupation.

The family of British hostage Ken Bigley holds Tony Blair responsible for his suffering, says Ken’s brother Paul.