14 November
'I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today would last five days or five weeks or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than that.'
So spoke US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld on 14 November 2002. He started denying he’d ever said anything of the sort before the five months was up.
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The Bastard State
A hundred years on from partition, Pádraig Ó Meiscill diagnoses the many ills of past and present Northern Ireland
Terrible films about the Troubles
Taking a cinematic tour of predictable plots and improbable accents, Stephen Hackett finds himself asking: hasn’t Ulster suffered enough?
‘Global Britain’, aggressive imperialism and draconian policing
Belligerent abroad and oppressive at home, the government's rhetoric is being gradually cemented into law. Protest is the only response, writes Rohan Rice
Simon Hedges is jabbing away
Our 'Award Winning' columnist tries to trick his father into getting the vaccine, saying it will protect him from 'cancel culture'
Low traffic neighbourhoods: Making fairer, safer, cities
Low traffic neighbourhoods are part of building a fairer city, argues Rachel Aldred
Review – Misbehaving
A new edited volume emphasises that the personal is political and highlights the power of spectacular direct action, says Alice Robson
