Jonathan Steele

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  A deadly opportunity

  Thursday June 8th, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  We have no reason to stay in Basra and ought to pull out

  Friday May 19th, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  The upstart from the east who has befriended Bush

  Friday May 12th, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  One-sided reporting that is delaying an end to the killing

  Friday May 5th, 2006
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  The best help

  Thursday April 27th, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  US allies are behind the death squads and ethnic cleansing

  Friday April 14th, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  Iraqis face a more brutal life with each passing month

  Friday March 31st, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  Rival Shia groups unite against US after mosque raid

  Tuesday March 28th, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  Europe and the US decide the winner before the vote

  Friday March 10th, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  Civil strife is not the only conflict for Iraq’s Shias

  Friday March 3rd, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  Sudan urged to accept UN force as talks falter

  Monday February 6th, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  Bush just has to face it: he is wrong and Chirac is right

  Friday February 3rd, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  British troops to stay in Afghanistan until at least 2010

  Wednesday February 1st, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  US urges Arab states to fund Palestinians after Hamas victory

  Tuesday January 31st, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  The Palestinians’ democratic choice must be respected

  Friday January 27th, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  Shia majority cut in Iraqi poll as negotiations begin for new PM

  Saturday January 21st, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  The textbook whitewash of our brutish empire is a lie

  Friday January 20th, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  Pressure on Saddam judge to stay in job

  Monday January 16th, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  Free treatment is the key to survival

  Monday January 2nd, 2006
• The Guardian
  

  After the deluge, the tides of war are flooding back

  Friday December 30th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  US rejects beating claims as Saddam says wounds took eight months to heal

  Friday December 23rd, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Saddam accuses US jailers of beating him

  Thursday December 22nd, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Sunni and secular parties seek Iraq election rerun

  Thursday December 22nd, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Religious parties deal blow to US hopes for Iraq

  Wednesday December 21st, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Allawi trails in third place in poll update

  Tuesday December 20th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Rise in poll complaints troubles Iraq vote monitors

  Monday December 19th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  US calls for sacking of Shia interior minister over Sunni prisoner abuse

  Saturday December 17th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Only negotiation with Iraq’s resistance can bring peace

  Friday December 16th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Iraqis flock to polls as insurgents urge Sunnis to vote

  Friday December 16th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Sunnis ready to grasp a share of power

  Thursday December 15th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  War is over but Ivorians are still paying the price: poverty, desperation and infection

  Wednesday December 14th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Sunni toll rises in Iraqi election campaigning

  Wednesday December 14th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  The balance shifts in the battle between secular and Islamist Iraq

  Tuesday December 13th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  US and Britain urged to set out ’milestones’ for exit strategy

  Monday December 12th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  This faltering trial has put Saddam back in charge

  Friday December 9th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Kidnappers extend deadline for British hostage in Iraq

  Friday December 9th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Suicide bomber kills 30 in Baghdad bus station attack

  Friday December 9th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Trial continues after Saddam refuses to appear in court

  Thursday December 8th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Woman witness tells Saddam trial of beatings, torture and sexual humiliation

  Wednesday December 7th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Two suicide bombers kill 36 at police academy

  Wednesday December 7th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Saddam: ’I’m not afraid of execution’

  Tuesday December 6th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Africa’s HIV sufferers need access to free medical care

  Friday December 2nd, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Today’s Bosnia: a dependent, stifled, apartheid regime

  Friday November 11th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  US military action against Syria would lead to disaster

  Friday November 4th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  UN fears tension in Ethiopia will turn into war

  Friday November 4th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Poland’s disenchanted killed off ’New Europe’

  Friday October 28th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Iraqi constitution yes vote approved by UN

  Wednesday October 26th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Saddam’s trial is merely a political sideshow

  Friday October 21st, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  ’I am the president of Iraq. I do not recognise this court’

  Thursday October 20th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  African exodus: chaos and hope as hundreds of thousands of Sudanese return to homeland

  Friday September 30th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Thousands flee as Darfur rebels renew attacks

  Monday September 26th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  The settlers’ retreat was the theatre of the cynical

  Friday August 19th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Sri Lanka snipers damage peace hopes

  Monday August 15th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Egypt must give political Islam the air to breathe

  Friday July 29th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Police step up hunt for terror network

  Monday July 25th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Car bombs kill 36, injure 120 at Egyptian resort

  Saturday July 23rd, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  25,000 Iraqi civilians killed since invasion : ’Absolutely firm, unshakeable baseline of the minimum number of violent deaths’

  Wednesday July 20th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Egyptian officials urge caution over arrested biochemist

  Monday July 18th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  US pushes for decision on Kosovo status

  Wednesday June 8th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Two million tragedies we can’t ignore

  Friday June 3rd, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  A no vote could be just what Europe’s constitution needs

  Sunday May 29th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  The job is done

  Monday May 9th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  This is our Guernica

  Wednesday April 27th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Marla Ruzicka: Idealistic young aid worker who championed Iraq’s forgotten victims

  Tuesday April 19th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Europe is risking silence to end its longest war

  Friday March 25th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  What the west condemns in Putin, it condoned in Yeltsin

  Friday March 11th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Annan attacks erosion of rights in war on terror

  Friday March 11th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Now Syria is at the top of the bad guys’ league table

  Friday February 25th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Balance of parties means new constitution will be a product of compromise

  Monday February 14th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  The cheers were all ours

  Friday February 11th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Polls apart from reality

  Monday February 7th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Radical MPs want troops out this year

  Saturday February 5th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Basra intellectuals united by fear of rise in religious intolerance

  Tuesday February 1st, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Beyond the bullets, a new constitution is the crucial issue for this democracy

  Monday January 31st, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Annan tells Iraqis: don’t be cowed

  Saturday January 29th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Amid the enthusiasm, cynicism and violence lurk

  Saturday January 29th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Iraqi democrats can’t win in this desperate election

  Friday January 28th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  A global gulag to hide the war on terror’s dirty secrets

  Friday January 14th, 2005
• The Guardian
  

  Not a good way to start a democracy

  Friday December 31st, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Talking with Tigers

  Friday December 17th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  In France they know how to turn fantasy into reality

  Friday December 3rd, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Ukraine’s postmodern coup d’etat

  Friday November 26th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  For Germany, being right is an unbearable burden

  Friday November 19th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Nato is a threat to Europe and must be disbanded

  Monday November 8th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Where the cold war never died

  Thursday October 28th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  After years of ’yes if’

  Friday October 22nd, 2004
• London Review of Books
  

  Doing Well out of War: Reflections on the stand-off between Russia and Chechnya

  Tuesday October 19th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Right now an election is the last thing Afghanistan needs

  Saturday October 9th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Same boots, same flak jackets, different attitude

  Friday October 1st, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Humiliated and impotent, every Iraqi is a hostage now

  Friday September 24th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Africa New Darfur focus falls on rebels

  Wednesday September 22nd, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Iraqis want elections - and foreign troops to leave now

  Friday September 17th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Tragedies like Beslan killings ’inevitable’

  Wednesday September 15th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Russia is united in shock and grief - but for how long?

  Friday September 10th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Angry Putin rejects public Beslan inquiry

  Tuesday September 7th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Sorrow and anger as blood donors queue to help

  Tuesday September 7th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Journalists pay price for criticising government

  Tuesday September 7th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Putin warns of security backlash

  Monday September 6th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Bombers’ justification: Russians are killing our children, so we are here to kill yours

  Monday September 6th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Sexed-up reports, pressure on the UN ... here we go again

  Friday August 27th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Four days in California

  Tuesday August 24th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Diplomacy is forgotten in the mania for intervention

  Friday August 6th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Iraqis rush for passports denied under Saddam

  Thursday August 5th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Baghdad doctors struggle to care amid the chaos

  Friday July 30th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Powell’s fruitless mission

  Friday July 30th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Yesterday’s heroes could soon be tomorrow’s traitors

  Friday July 23rd, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Pro-Sadr weekly newspaper reopens in Iraq

  Monday July 19th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  UK blocks US plans to spend oil fund on museum

  Friday July 16th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Relatives of murdered Iraqi policemen to get wage for life

  Friday July 16th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  The Iraqi leader seeking a peaceful path to liberation

  Friday July 16th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Kerry would keep US troops

  Friday July 9th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Oil town looks to property tribunal for justice

  Thursday July 8th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Iraq PM given sweeping powers

  Thursday July 8th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Court drama or circus - a nation is hooked

  Friday July 2nd, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Legitimacy and neutrality of court will be challenged

  Friday July 2nd, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Amid the graves, Shia militants stay loyal to radical cleric

  Thursday July 1st, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  80% of Iraqis want US to stop patrolling cities

  Tuesday June 29th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Five tough challenges facing new rulers

  Tuesday June 29th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  The view from the Baghdad streets

  Tuesday June 29th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  US man bows out, still the optimist

  Monday June 28th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Bush will have nothing to celebrate if he comes here

  Friday June 25th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Security a shambles ahead of handover

  Thursday June 24th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Top brass called to torture hearings

  Tuesday June 22nd, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Iraqi PM to strengthen local forces

  Monday June 21st, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  The necessarily secret life of an Iraqi defence corps officer

  Saturday June 19th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Baghdad bomb kills at least 35

  Friday June 18th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Summer of hate

  Friday June 18th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Liberation will only come when the Americans leave

  Friday June 18th, 2004
• Democracy Now!
  

  Baghdad Blast Leaves 35 Dead, 130 Wounded

  Thursday June 17th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Two Britons among 13 killed by bomb in Iraq

  Tuesday June 15th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Wave of killings in bid to disrupt Iraq handover

  Monday June 14th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Red Cross ultimatum to US on Saddam

  Monday June 14th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Damage inquiry at ancient Babylon

  Saturday June 12th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  He lied and cheated in the name of anti-communism

  Friday June 11th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  12 killed in attack on Iraqi security force

  Thursday June 10th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Security council vote backs transfer of Iraq sovereignty

  Wednesday June 9th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  US bans cleric from Iraq elections

  Tuesday June 8th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Germany has moved on since D-day. But have we?

  Friday June 4th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  How honest broker was defeated - and with him hopes of credibility

  Thursday June 3rd, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  More carnage in Gaza as the US mutters its disapproval

  Friday May 21st, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Would a pullout from Iraq be more chaotic than this?

  Friday May 14th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Putin faces long battle to tame Chechnya

  Monday May 10th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Why being right on WMD is no consolation to Iraqi scientist labelled enemy of America

  Wednesday May 5th, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Hammers and anvils

  Thursday April 22nd, 2004
• The Guardian
  

  Americans ’drop demand for handover of killers in Falluja atrocity’

  Wednesday April 14th, 2004