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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:23:48 +0000Mon, 7 Dec 2009 04:17:53 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/mideast/iraq(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e5f3e94-e103-11de-af7a-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e5f3e94-e103-11de-af7a-00144feab49a.htmlA senior Foreign Office official says Gordon Brown, as chancellor, refused to increase funds for the reconstruction of Basra in spite of pleas for more resources from the frontlineSat, 5 Dec 2009 00:23:48 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/71087b7a-e00c-11de-9d40-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71087b7a-e00c-11de-9d40-00144feab49a.htmlThe former Downing Street spin-doctor asked the head of the armed forces to give Tony Blair a more 'glass half-full' assessment of Iraq war preparations, it has emergedThu, 3 Dec 2009 21:22:34 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/53fff72c-ded3-11de-adff-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/53fff72c-ded3-11de-adff-00144feab49a.htmlForeign Office officials tell an inquiry that Gordon Brown failed as chancellor to give ample support for efforts in Basra, in the first testimony to touch on the adequacy of war resourcesWed, 2 Dec 2009 01:43:42 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e8ce2898-ddc9-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e8ce2898-ddc9-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.htmlTony Blair ordered defence officials to draw up the military options against Saddam Hussein in June 2002 even as he warned the US president that he would only support a war with UN backing, an inquiry has heardMon, 30 Nov 2009 23:06:53 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/821ee3f4-dde6-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/821ee3f4-dde6-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.htmlThe inquiry under way into Iraq should be set up differently, should have started earlier and, crucially, should address the legality of the war, writes Johan Steyn Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:56:36 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bef64ac0-dd22-11de-ad60-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bef64ac0-dd22-11de-ad60-00144feabdc0.htmlThe former attorney-general wrote to the then prime minister eight months before the invasion that deposing Saddam Hussein could constitute a breach of international lawSun, 29 Nov 2009 22:44:31 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/02be1d04-db58-11de-9023-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/02be1d04-db58-11de-9023-00144feabdc0.htmlSir Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's former ambassador to the UN, tells the Iraq inquiry he believes the 'legal cover' for the US-led invasion was of 'questionable legitimacy'Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:08:44 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe60eca2-dac9-11de-933d-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe60eca2-dac9-11de-933d-00144feabdc0.htmlA former UK ambassador to Washington has told the Iraq inquiry that Tony Blair could have done more to influence US policy had he attached conditions to Britain's supportThu, 26 Nov 2009 23:14:03 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/eac4d4e4-d9fa-11de-b2d5-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eac4d4e4-d9fa-11de-b2d5-00144feabdc0.htmlThe shift in focus – seen by some as neo-Ottoman – is driven by interests more than ideology, as trade with the Middle East expands to take up the slack left by the EU's downturn Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:37:13 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/43549e96-da00-11de-b2d5-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/43549e96-da00-11de-b2d5-00144feabdc0.htmlIntelligence agents reported that Iraq had 'dismantled' its chemical weapons and was unable to disperse biological agents 10 days before the invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, an inquiry has been toldWed, 25 Nov 2009 22:12:23 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/177a27c4-d900-11de-99ce-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/177a27c4-d900-11de-99ce-00144feabdc0.htmlBritain's official inquiry into the Iraq war opened in London with senior Whitehall officials saying they had sought to distance themselves from the 'regime change' plan that started emerging from George W. Bush's administration as early as 2001Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:17:02 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/facee3e2-d86b-11de-b63a-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/facee3e2-d86b-11de-b63a-00144feabdc0.htmlFour top civil servants will take the stand in the Iraq inquiry's first evidence session, opening a long-awaited public investigation viewed with dread in WhitehallMon, 23 Nov 2009 22:58:42 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/89968e1c-d42b-11de-990c-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/89968e1c-d42b-11de-990c-00144feabdc0.htmlIraq's Sunni Arab vice-president has vetoed part of a law over the allocation of seats to displaced Iraqis, throwing fresh doubt over plans for elections in JanuaryWed, 18 Nov 2009 22:18:21 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b6479872-d307-11de-af63-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b6479872-d307-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.htmlA Sunni politician and 12 other men were killed after being kidnapped from their homes as US troops withdraw from Iraq and the ranks of local paramilitary forces thin outTue, 17 Nov 2009 01:50:55 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c32be752-d139-11de-b591-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fmideast%2Firaqhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c32be752-d139-11de-b591-00144feabdc0.htmlBritain's defence ministry said it was investigating fresh complaints that its troops had abused prisoners in IraqSat, 14 Nov 2009 16:22:35 +0000