Iraq: a history that must not be repeated

Saturday 25 May 2013 20:46 EDT

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Ten years on from the war that toppled Saddam and redrew the diplomatic map of the world, Patrick Cockburn toured Iraq to assess the state it’s in.

Click on these links to read his six-part landmark series:

Ten years on from the war, how the world forgot about Iraq - The Legacy - Day 1: A nation in crises

How Baghdad became a city of corruption - Iraq - The Legacy - Day 2: Money talks

The Sunni rise again - Iraq - The Legacy - Day 3: A nation divided

How the Shia are in office but not in power - Iraq - The Legacy - Day 4: The Shia

From death to dollars: How Iraq’s Kurds struck it rich - Iraq - The Legacy - Day 5: The Kurds

A history that must not be repeated - Iraq - The Legacy - Day 6: The mistakes