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Iraqi PM Maliki 'worse than Saddam Hussein'
22/12/2011 - Iraq

Iraqi PM Maliki 'worse than Saddam Hussein'

Baghdad was rocked by 14 deadly bomb blasts on Thursday which killed at least 67 people. The attacks come amid a widening rift between Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Sunni political leaders that threatens to tear the country apart.
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Uganda: hard road back from Iraq
22/12/2011 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Uganda: hard road back from Iraq

The withdrawal of US troops from Iraq left thousands of mercenaries from Uganda out of work. Now many of them have traded in their Pentagon paycheques for ones from the US State department. Meanwhile, four years after the murder of a French aid worker in Burundi, her sister is fighting to find out just how she died. Finally, a 75-year-old from Senegal proves it's never too late to release your first album.
Iraq: Will nation implode after US withdrawal? - Part 2
21/12/2011 - THE DEBATE

Iraq: Will nation implode after US withdrawal? - Part 2

No sooner have the last US troops returned home that Iraq’s bitter sectarian divide has come to a head. Is it the beginning of the end of multi-party rule or the necessary growing pains of democracy?
Iraq: Will nation implode after US withdrawal?
21/12/2011 - THE DEBATE

Iraq: Will nation implode after US withdrawal?

No sooner have the last US troops returned home that Iraq’s bitter sectarian divide has come to a head. Is it the beginning of the end of multiparty rule or the necessary growing pains of democracy?
Wikileaks: Bradley Manning in the dock
21/12/2011 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Wikileaks: Bradley Manning in the dock

Julian Assange is in Europe so will Private Bradley Manning take all the heat for the Wikileaks cables that embarrassed the US government last year? Meanwhile, Americans welcome home the troops as the US wraps up the war in Iraq. Finally, we look at Argentina's economy ten years after its collapse. Could Europe learn any lessons from their experience?
Nine-year war ends as last US military forces leave Iraq
18/12/2011 - IRAQ - USA

Nine-year war ends as last US military forces leave Iraq

The last US forces left Iraq on Sunday morning, nearly nine years after launching a divisive war to oust Saddam Hussein which cost $800 billion to the US Treasury and at times saw up to 170,000 American troops stationed in the country.
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Syrian crackdown: France condemns UN Security Council
16/12/2011 - THE WEEK IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Syrian crackdown: France condemns UN Security Council

“How many more victims does the world need?" The question asked by France's foreign minister, as Paris calls for action against the Syrian regime. Meanwhile, the curtain goes down on the war in Iraq. As the last US troops leave, our correspondent asks what will happen to those Iraqis who fought with Americans. Finally, Israel's ultra-orthodox Jews make headlines as they try to impose sex segregation in Jerusalem.
Chirac verdict: 'Guilty?! Me?!'
16/12/2011 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Chirac verdict: 'Guilty?! Me?!'

France's papers report on the historic guilty verdict for former French President Jacques Chirac. His political career now gets a damaging footnote: a two-year suspended sentence. And the US withdrawal from Iraq also gets full coverage. That's the focus for this French press review, Friday 16th December 2011.
US forces hold ceremony to mark end of Iraq mission
15/12/2011 - USA - IRAQ

US forces hold ceremony to mark end of Iraq mission

US forces at military headquarters near Baghdad held a formal ceremony to lower the flag in Iraq on Thursday, marking the end of the nearly nine-year mission. The 4,000 remaining troops are set to depart by year's end.
The lesson from the Iraq war: Yes We Can
15/12/2011 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

The lesson from the Iraq war: Yes We Can

We look at the final withdrawal from Iraq, and how that's gone down with the American press. We're also talking about rumours in the British papers that David Cameron is deliberately trying to sabotage an agreement between the other 26 EU member states.
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