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Before a single bomb landed, the background to the 2003 invasion of Iraq was a reflection of the utter immorality and hypocrisy of the British ruling class, explains ROBERT GRIFFITHS
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ALAN SIMPSON says responses to the Golders Green attacks risk deepening divides across our country
Capturing the general strikes history is a vital part of our struggles today, posits HENRY FOWLER
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THE Iraq War confirmed that Britain’s ruling establishment is utterly ruthless, dishonest and corrupt. There are also times when it can be divided.
Ruthless, because from “shock and awe” in March 2003 until their main withdrawal from Iraq in 2009, Britain’s armed forces helped obliterate targets across the country in a merciless display of military might.
This was the most extensive deployment of British troops (46,000) since WWII, bigger even than the wars in Malaya (1948-60), Korea (1950-53), Suez (1956), the Falklands (1982), the Gulf (1990-91) and Afghanistan (2001-21).
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