Armour-piercing weapons have been deployed to devastating effect against British and US forces in Iraq – but the science behind them is more than a century old. Analysis for BBC News, October 2005
UK-Jordan deportation deal under fire
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Human rights groups say a planned deal for the transfer of terror suspects from the UK to Jordan does not contain adequate safeguards against torture. BBC News, August 2005
Turning the camera back on Vietnam
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Legendary Magnum photographer Philip Jones Griffiths talks about embedding and censorship from Vietnam to Abu Ghraib. Interview for BBC News, April 2005
Albania fans cry foul at Greek ban
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A row erupts over a Greek decision to bar foreign fans from attending a football match against neighbouring Albania. BBC News, April 2005
An angry photographer in Chechnya
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Stanley Greene describes why it is becoming more dangerous to document the conflict in Chechnya. Interview for BBC News, March 2005
Can Mark Thatcher get a US visa?
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The son of the former British leader faces being banned from the US over his role in a failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. BBC News, February 2005
Adriatic pearl recovers its lustre
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Tourism revenues help the historic Croatian port of Dubrovnik mend the scars of the Balkan conflict. BBC News, February 2005
UK lifeline for boy victim of Iraq blast
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An Iraqi schoolboy recovers in Britain from an explosion that left him severely disabled. BBC News, December 2004
Moscow’s Afghan war: The English mujahid
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Jason Elliot wrote An Unexpected Light – an enchanting portrait of Afghanistan. Here, he looks back on his early visits to the country during the Soviet occupation. Interview for BBC News, December 2004
Aid stalemate at the gates of Falluja
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While the Red Cross warns of a health crisis, a hospital on the outskirts of besieged Falluja says it has yet to receive any patients. BBC News, November 2004
Falluja siege interviews
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A series of interviews with Fadhil Badrani, an Iraqi journalist in Falluja, led to this diary-style account of the US assault on the city. Badrani was living behind rebel lines. I spoke to him over the phone from London and wrote the English text for the BBC News website. Translation was courtesy of the BBC Arabic service.
Farewell to Falluja, 24 November 2004
Fear remains after assault, 16 November 2004
Ghost city calls for help, 13 November 2004
Smoke and corpses, 11 November 2004
Defiance amid carnage, 10 November 2004
Watching tragedy engulf my city, 9 November 2004
Taking cover in Falluja, 8 November 2004
Bollywood goddess waxes beautiful
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Indian screen icon Aishwarya Rai encounters her likeness in wax. BBC News, October 2004
Iraq aid workers weigh up the dangers
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Aid agencies reconsider their methods after the abduction of four workers in Baghdad. BBC News, September 2004.
The people the Olympics forgot
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As Athens gets set to host the Olympics, a Roma Gypsy community sees an expensive stadium built in its backyard as another symbol of the city’s neglect. Report for BBC News, August 2004.
Analysis: Iraq’s military landscape
August 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A survey of the armed groups in Iraq, from the US-led coalition to the militias and insurgents. Written on the eve of the handover of power to an interim government, as it was becoming clear that the dissolution of the Iraqi army had swelled the insurgents’ ranks. Analysis for BBC News. June 2004.
Echoes of Guantanamo
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In the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal, a London theatre dramatises the story of the British men at Guantanamo, drawing on their letters and on interviews with their lawyers and families. Review for BBC News. May 2004.
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