Event: Operation Desert Storm

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comment-analysis

Bombs won’t be enough in the Age of Iraq

Obama is allowing himself to be drawn back into Iraq mostly because he doesn’t know what else to do, says Andrew J Bacevich

world

General who eschewed his tough moniker

world

Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf dies

general

US war injuries bill escalating

golf

Pavin defends military build-up

news

Iraq-bound US troops in unexpected Cork stopover

President selects veteran policymaker to tackle Iraq

GEORGE W BUSH’S sudden selection of former CIA Director Robert Gates as US defence secretary brings back a member of the team that waged the successful first Gulf War with just two years to resuscitate the faltering US policy in Iraq.

Fri, 10 Nov, 2006

Collection of reports shows Saddam's brutality

US intelligence agencies did not anticipate they would know in advance about any successful coup against Saddam Hussein, according to documents analysing the situation in Iraq over the past 25 years.

Wed, 19 Oct, 2005

Kuwait invasion 'killed Saddam's nuclear weapon programme'

The father of Iraq’s nuclear programme said his nation would have developed atomic weapons in the early 1990s had Saddam Hussein not ordered the invasion of Kuwait.

Thu, 27 Jan, 2005

Secretary of State claims descent from Irish soldier

THERE is no evidence that General Colin Powell ever danced the Siege of Ennis while growing up in the Irish stronghold of the Bronx in New York.

Fri, 25 Jun, 2004

Reign of terror

A chronology of the major dates in Saddam’s presidency

Mon, 15 Dec, 2003

Sniper victim's father: Closure is impossible

A US jury recommended today that John Allen Muhammad should be executed for masterminding the deadly sniper attacks that terrorised the Washington area for three weeks last autumn.

Mon, 24 Nov, 2003

Kay report - The main findings regarding WMD in Iraq

The search for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq has so far drawn a blank.

Fri, 03 Oct, 2003

Belgium could indict Bush and cabinet as war criminals

IT is 2004, and the first President George Bush Snr is in a Belgian court for alleged war crimes committed during the 1991 Gulf War. Back in Washington, his son worries he may be next.

Sat, 29 Mar, 2003

Tributes to soldiers killed by friendly fire

BRITISH Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon and grieving relatives yesterday paid tribute to two British soldiers killed by “friendly fire” during a night-time battle in southern Iraq.

Thu, 27 Mar, 2003

Two British airmen missing as US missile downs RAF jet

AN inquiry was launched yesterday after an RAF jet was shot down by US “friendly fire” in the Gulf.

Mon, 24 Mar, 2003

Aerial blitz will herald start of war

A MASSIVE aerial bombardment will herald the beginning of war on Iraq, according to a military expert.

Tue, 18 Mar, 2003

Markets forecast war likely outcome

WAR is the main item on the international agenda for the markets as investors, advisors and commentators try and price-in the effect of the real possibility of Gulf War II.

Wed, 22 Jan, 2003

Saddam vows to repel US invasion

A DEFIANT Saddam Hussein yesterday called on his people to rise up and defend the nation against a new US-led attack and promised that Iraq’s enemies would face “suicide” at the gates of his capital.

Sat, 18 Jan, 2003

Gunships are troops' guardians in the sky

The AC-130 gunship went into action against Taliban forces in Afghanistan for the first time today, marking intensification of the assault on the regime’s bases and leadership.

Tue, 16 Oct, 2001

Hope celebrates 98 candles

Comedian Bob Hope has celebrated his 98th birthday by watching his old movies with his wife Dolores.

Wed, 30 May, 2001