Basra Journal
Charlie Edwards, Head of Security visits Iraq
In October 2008, Charlie Edwards, Head of Security at Demos made a trip to Basra, Iraq. This is a blog about his thoughts and observations.
Iraq 2011
The web-comic Shooting Wars, hit people’s screens in May 2006. It followed a young...
Should they stay or should they go?
The received wisdom within the British Government and the higher echelons of the Ministry...
Ironic
We're having a little technical problem with our links. Our man is on it so don'...
The key message
The key message you will be begin to hear from now until April next year is that the the...
Lest we forget
Last year I was at the Royal Hospital Chelsea for Remembrance Sunday, yesterday I went to...
Slick but no connection
12:30 Monday, Central London (sometime in the last couple of weeks). Briefing on Iraq visit...
'Comprehensive' but not yet an 'approach'
The last five years in Basra and southern Iraq has been something of an experiment for the...
Opportunity knocks
Last week I was in Basra, Iraq’s second largest city, located along the Shatt al-Arab...