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The Iraq war has been a historic political and strategic failure for the US, writes Seumas Milne. It was unable to impose a military solution, let alone turn the country into a beacon of western values or regional policeman. The signs are it wants to create a new form of outsourced semi-colonial regime to maintain its grip on the country and region. The struggle to regain Iraq's independence has only just begun. 
The Time magazine photo says it all: How could we be so savage as to turn our backs on Aisha and all the other girls destined for destruction at the hands of their backward patriarchs? The violence of the invading foreign armies is once again justified as necessary to "protect" Afghan women from violence, and no mention of the women harassed, flogged, raped and killed in everyday incidents by pro-US warlords. 
Tony Blair's lies that took Britain into the illegal Iraq war are proven beyond dispute. Is it wishful thinking to believe that one day he will be collared for his crimes? asks John Pilger. 
The already alarming levels of racism in Israel are on the increase, and the demand for proof of loyalty is no longer confined to Palestinian citizens, but directed at Jewish ones, too. 
Face reality, says Patrick Cockburn: the US-Nato exit strategy for Afghanistan is doomed. The only viable option is to start negotiations with the Taliban now. 
Barack Obama says he's ending US combat operations in Iraq. It's not true. He's just replacing uniformed soldiers with private paramilitaries. 
Alex Thomson reports: Operation Black Prince is yet another ludicrous public relations stunt posing as a major offensive by the British military in Afghanistan. 
A war without end or purpose, about to enter it's tenth year, is killing Afghan civilians and invading soldiers in greater numbers than ever.
Guardian film-maker Sean Smith's film and diary show the reality of a pointless war that Barack Obama and David Cameron say must continue for years to come. 
Politicians with guilty consciences now throw their weight behind justice and morality, too late for the Iraqi people whose country has been destroyed, says Sami Ramadani. 
Joe Glenton, only British soldier to refuse to fight in Afghanistan, told a packed London meeting celebrating his release, it was "a badge of honour" to have gone to prison. 
Democracy Now hosts a discussion about the "game changing" impact of the 91,000 secret US military files published by Wikileaks. 
Ross Williams, shared a cell in army prison with Joe Glenton, both soldiers imprisoned for going absent without leave from an unjustified war. Like Joe, Ross has decided to speak out against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
Why US attack on Fallujah in November 2004 has resulted in higher rates of cancer, leukemia, infant mortality, and sexual mutations, than those recorded among survivors of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said in the House of Commons what is common knowledge in every living room across the land – that the Iraq war was illegal. So now bring those responsible, Tony Blair above all, to justice.
Former leader of the Liberal Democrats Lord Paddy Ashdown debates the Afghanistan war with Guardian journalist Seumas Milne.
Former commander of UK forces in Afghanistan Colonel Richard Kemp and Labour MP Paul Flynn make the case for and against bringing the troops home from Afghanistan.