Iraq

In this Conflicted Conversation, Thomas speaks to journalist Jason Burke about his new book The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s. Jason explains: Why the origins of modern terrorism lie earlier than the Afghan jihad of the 1980s The global revolu ...  Show more

After the peace talks in Islamabad fail as expected, the United States adopts Plan B: a complete blockade of all Iranian maritime trade. Aimen explains this latest move in the Iran War. Join the Conflicted Community here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://conflicted.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find u ...  Show more

Welcome to the first 24-hour news war. Saddam called it the ‘mother of all battles’. American jets, he proclaimed, would be blasted from Iraqi skies. The world was glued to rolling news channels as a very different conflict unfolded. Missiles and smart bombs rained down on Baghda ...  Show more

Was there a chance to stop the 2003 invasion of Iraq before it even began? In February 2003 CIA agent Bill Murray chased a high level, top secret new source across the middle east. Bill was looking for a piece of information so valuable he might be able to use it to stop a war. W ...  Show more

On September 11th 2001, as he faced incalculable losses after the terrorist attacks that day, President George W Bush made a call to his greatest international ally: British Prime Minister Tony Blair. 18 months later, Bush and Blair led a coalition into a war that went horribly w ...  Show more

In this week's special episode, Dr. Jasser welcomes long-time friend and guest the intrepid journalist and fearless author, Asra Nomani. In this expansive interview Zuhdi talks to Asra about her must-read book just released, “Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance that is Destroying A ...  Show more