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Britain and its allies are opening the way for yet another Iraq war

18 November 2017

9:00 AM

18 November 2017

9:00 AM

After the most intensive street-by-street combat since 1945, Isis’s so-called caliphate is no more. Last weekend, the Iraqi government won what should be the final battle and is now preparing to say that the war is ended. The jihadis still have the odd redoubt — but they have been forced out of Mosul and Raqqa after an intensive coalition campaign led by America and Britain.

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