A million lives later, I cannot forgive what American terrorism did to my country, Iraq
Sinan Antoon
The ‘new Iraq’ that the warmongers promised us did not bring Starbucks or startups, but car bombs, al-Qaida and Islamic State, says Iraqi poet Sinan Antoon
The US was prepared to bomb the Middle East into shape. In Ukraine, it seems no less self-serving
Randeep Ramesh
Washington split with old allies in order to pursue its own interests in Iraq, says Guardian chief leader writer Randeep Ramesh
I looked at Tony Blair and said: ‘You murdered my son.’ I feel that just as strongly today
Rose Gentle
For years after my Gordon’s death in Iraq, I campaigned for justice – until the 2016 inquiry and that encounter. A reckoning is overdue, says Rose Gentle, whose son was killed in June 2004
The Thick of It was fuelled by my anger at the Iraq war – and the way it left truth for dead
Armando Iannucci
Tony Blair’s terrible decision inspired my tale of stupidity in the corridors of power – with a howl of frustration among the one-liners, says film and TV writer Armando Iannucci
The real lesson of the Iraq invasion? Beware spies and allies who would drag you to war
Jonathan Freedland
The errors, exaggerations and lies that led to the invasion offer essential lessons for our own time, in conflict and beyond, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
We Iraqis had survived Saddam Hussein. It was the US invasion that destroyed our lives
Balsam Mustafa
We have a saying that captures the devastation of our country: ‘Saddam has gone, but 1,000 more Saddams have replaced him’, says Balsam Mustafa, a research fellow at the University of Warwick
On this day 20 years ago, Robin Cook tried to stop the Iraq war. I helped write that historic speech
David Clark
He grieved that he was unable to avert the conflict. But look at his words: he was so right, says writer and former special advisor David Clark
