Middle East

Analysis: Baghdad Plays War Crimes Card

Iraq may be preparing to report alleged British wrongdoing to the ICC - but will the charges stick?

22 Feb 05

By Chris Stephen in The Hague (TU 307, 31 March – 4 April 2003)

22 Feb 05

Chechen conflict triggers Russian debate on the rights and wrongs of war.

22 Feb 05

US may seek to try Iraqi leaders for war crimes.

22 Feb 05

Artistic freedom has come with a high price for theatre groups and actors across the country.

22 Feb 05

Conservative male attitudes frustrate women’s desire to travel abroad.

22 Feb 05

A group of artists are determined to track down paintings and sculptures looted from the capital’s flagship arts centre.

22 Feb 05

Lifting Saddam’s restrictions on who could own land in Baghdad has created an unexpected surge in prices.

22 Feb 05

Crack police unit struggles to stop gangsters grabbing children to extort payment from their families.

22 Feb 05

Turkomans and Arabs object to Kurdish plans to draw oil-rich Kirkuk into a separate autonomous region of Iraq.

22 Feb 05

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