After 20 years, documents are released offering insight into former president’s inner circle as US fought second Gulf war ...

Newly released files show a senior US official confided in a UK envoy that American tactics were ‘politically crass’.

Newly released UK government files show Richard Armitage, who served as Bush’s deputy secretary of state for most of his ...

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Meticulous excavation work by Iraqi archaeologists has already yielded ... was the 2,800-year-old temple of Nabu, the Mesopotamian god of wisdom and writing. The 2,800-year-old temple of Nabu ...

A senior US official warned that George W Bush believed he was on a "mission from God" to crush Iraqi insurgents and needed a “dose of reality”, according to newly released UK government files.

A senior US official warned that George W Bush believed he was on a “mission from God” to crush Iraqi insurgents, according to newly released UK government files. Richard “Rich” Armitage ...