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Nicholas Lemann on when Bush decided to fight
Seymour M. Hersh on who forged evidence against Iraq
From 1991, the motives of the first Gulf War, and why it didn't settle the question of Saddam
The morning the first cruise missiles hit Baghdad, on March 20th, I was in a suite at the Al Rashid hotel, in a room facing south, which provided good reception for satellite phones and a panoramic view of some primary targets: the telecommunications tower; several grand domed palaces; and the headquarters of the Mukhabarat, the secret police. I was awake around five-thirty and heard a big, muted whoomping noise. Then my bed moved, as if there had been an ...