By using terror to fight terror, the abuses at Guantanamo Bay not only deny justice to the inmates, but to the whole world argues George Monbiot.

Washington’s severe problems in Iraq and Afghanistan are leading it to refocus military attention on Tehran argues Paul Rogers.

For the Today programme, our boys in Basra are just doing good, building sewers and helping reconstruction. Media Workers Against the War takes another view.

Shelley Walia reviews Tariq Ali’s book Rough Music, a study of Tony Blair’s folly in going to war with Iraq and hoodwinking the public about Saddam’s military might.

Texas-born Dahr Jamail was outraged that the US media were swallowing the Bush administration’s line on Iraq and so, with just $2,000 and no previous journalistic experience, he set off to find out what was really happening in the country. He talks to Stephen Moss.

The cabinet secretary is supposed to have compiled a report prior to an inquiry into the Iraq war. But now it appears even this is being suppressed. Chris Ames investigates.

Media Lens comments on the recent appointment of Roger Alton as editor of the Independent, and asks him why an important story about the lack of WMD in Iraq was never published.

The situation for women in Iraq has become critical, says . US forces and the Iraqi government need to take urgent action to protect them

Becca Fisher looks behind the Scenes of the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce (A.B.C.C)

The Iraq war was never about buying Iraq’s oil, says Tom Mills, it was about selling it. The international oil corporations are hanging in there for the biggest prizes.

Peter Kilfoyle adds his voice to those calling for a public inquiry into the disastrous war in Iraq.

Dan Glazebrook interviews the Independent’s award-winning correspondent Robert Fisk about Western media coverage of the Arab world.

Washington’s bubble of optimism about Iraq has burst. The fallout reveals the contrast between American and jihadi strategic thinking says Paul Rogers.

Stephen Lendman considers the BBC’s reporting on Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans, Hugo Chavez, Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe – and finds it wanting.

John Rentoul of the Independent is surprised that the figure of 1 million Iraqi deaths ‘arouses such little interest’. Medialens takes him to task.

For America and the United Kingdom, staying in Iraq without an exit date would be illegal. Phil Shiner explains why.

The uncertain and fragile security situation in Iraq challenges the view that the war is being won, says Paul Rogers.

For once, Tony Blair told the truth – says Stop the War Coalition

Felicity Arbuthnot looks at the surreality of Tony Blair lecturing others on the topic of ‘Faith’.

Jeremy Corbyn examines Bush’s war drive and the legacy of war in Iraq.