9/11 in retrospect Part 2: How US hawks turned their guns on Iraq


Issue 1134 - 30 Sep 2021 | 10 minute read

The devastating terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the US pursuit of vengeance, plunged the Gulf region and wider Arab world into turmoil. Key states in the region clamped down hard on Islamist groups, their supporters and the financing methods that kept them going.

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