Iraq War

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A missed opportunity for the International Criminal Court

While Australia is facing its own war crimes allegations in relation to Afghanistan, the UK is the focus of allegations with respect to Iraq. The trials of UK nationals for war crimes committed in Iraq would have been a positive development for the International Criminal Court (

By Shannon Maree Torrens

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Review: lessons for Australia and Britain from Iraq War

Book review: Blunder: Britain’s War in Iraq, by Patrick Porter (Oxford University Press, November 2018). Clausewitz famously pointed out that war is a continuation of politics or policy by other means. Hannah Arendt wrote that “policy is the realm of unintended consequences”. Patrick

By Garry Woodard

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Australia in Iraq 2002-2010: Inconsequential, confused and timid

Recently I was asked by media to comment on a front page story in The Sydney Morning Herald about a 572 page report written by an Army official in 2010 on Australia’s participation in the Iraq War. Once classified Secret, the report was released (you can find it here) with 500 redactions and

By Jim Molan

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Burning questions over ADF deployment to Middle East

Burning questions over ADF deployment to Middle East James Brown The Saturday Paper 4 October 2014 Please click here for the online text

By James Brown

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Australia won't 'better mankind' in Iraq if we instinctively reach for our military

Australia won't 'better mankind' in Iraq if we instinctively reach for our military James Brown The Guardian 4 September 2014 Please click here for the online text

By James Brown

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A missed opportunity for the International Criminal Court

Review: lessons for Australia and Britain from Iraq War

Australia in Iraq 2002-2010: Inconsequential, confused and timid

Burning questions over ADF deployment to Middle East

Australia won't 'better mankind' in Iraq if we instinctively reach for our military

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