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Two popular and long-established collections of war poetry of the
First World War
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Minds at
War
A comprehensive anthology of poetry of the First World War. All the greatest war poems of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon and war poems of over 70 other notable poets. All set in the context of the poets' lives and historical records. With historic photographs and cartoons. Edited by David Roberts. 400 pages £14-99 (UK) |
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Background to the Iraq War - Videos
Iraq War video -
No Weapons
of Mass Destruction in Iraq. UN arms inspector interview with John Pilger (1.37 minutes)
Iraq War - an alternative
view - David Roberts (13.31)
Iraq War video -
Speech that led to the war. Colin Powell addresses the United Nations
and the world's media. (10 minutes)
Iraq War video -
President Bush announces the invasion of Iraq (4 minutes)
Iraq War video -
Obama announces the end of the war (17.50)
Iraq War video - Deaths in Iraq. State & private terrorism - John Pilger
(2.50)
Iraq War video - War, money, censoring the media
from The
War You Don't See - part of John Pilger programme.
(31.09)
Iraq War Video - WDM and Iraq - Scott Ritter (9.49)
Note To enlarge size of video screen click on arrows in bottom right corner of video screen
"No Weapons
of Mass Destruction in Iraq" says UN arms inspector.
John Pilger's interview with senior United Nations
arms inspector, Scott Ritter.
Ritter led a team of 4500 arms inspectors in Iraq
from 1991-1998.
Iraq War - an
alternative view
David Roberts (Editor warpoetry.co.uk)
explains how the Iraq War was started against the wishes of millions of
people, why it was conducted the way it was, and some of the
consequences of the war
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REMOVED A video of what Colin Powell said to the UN was available here. Colin Powell's statement is an important part of the historical record of the Iraq war. YouTube (which hosted the video) has been required to remove the video from public access because of "multiple complaints of copyright infringements" |
Speech that led to the war. Colin Powell addresses the United Nations and the world's media.
President Bush announces the invasion of Iraq, 2003.
President Obama announces the end of the war
Deaths in Iraq War - Up to this time the best authoritative estimate of
deaths in Iraq in the first 6 years since the invasion amounted to
almost one million people. Also, John Pilger compares state terrorism
with private terrorism.
Video of 10 June 2009.
War, money, secrecy, censoring the media from The War You Don't See - part of John Pilger programme. Includes interview with Julian Assange. Warning - also includes footage of a massacre of civilians in Iraq.
Scott Ritter former UN Chief Weapons Inspector in Iraq, on WDM, and US foriegn policy in the Middle East.