Iraq Follow

The violence engulfing Iraq is having a terrible effect on the mental health of ordinary people there, especially children, says a new report released by the Association of Iraqi Psychologists (AIP).

Hilary Benn, the government’s international development secretary, likes to pose as a champion of the world’s poor.

It was revealed last week that during 2003-4 the British army sent fifteen 17-year olds to fight in Iraq.

Iraqi anti-war activist Sami Ramadani spoke to Socialist Worker about why Bush’s troop ‘surge’ will not end the daily death toll in Iraq

Every age has its defining political struggle, and the anti-war movement occupies this role today. Yet Britain's visual art scene has by and large avoided directly addressing the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and the protests against it.

People are gearing up around the country for the demonstration in London on 24 February against the replacement of Trident nuclear missiles and calling for troops out of Iraq.

More than half a million people from across the US marched in Washington DC last Saturday, to say bring the troops home from Iraq now.

Kurdish soldiers in the Iraqi army have deserted after they were told they would be deployed to Baghdad as part of George Bush's troop "surge".

The majority of ordinary Americans want the US Congress to block George Bush's plans for a "surge" of 21,500 extra troops in Iraq.

Momentum is growing for the national demonstration on Saturday 24 February called by the Stop the War Coalition and CND against the replacement of Trident and calling for troops out of Iraq.

From the slums of Kenya to the streets of Washington there is disgust at George Bush and Tony Blair's "war on terror".

Parliament held a rare debate on the Iraq war on Wednesday of this week – though Tony Blair refused to attend and government whips refused to allow a vote on the issue. Here is Respect MP George Galloway's forensic demolition of the government's case for war.