IRAQ

Analysis and commentary on the Middle East and Saddam Hussein’s former empire from The Independent ’s internationally acclaimed foreign correspondent. As a consequence of the war in Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein, the diplomatic map of the world has been redrawn. Inquiry after inquiry has studied the legality of the conflict. Political reputations have been made and lost. But what of Iraq itself and the rest of the Middle East? What has been the impact of the West on Iraq and the region