Afghan air war loses sight of real enemy
It's been a bad week for those who believe Afghanistan is the winnable war on terror, says Matthew CarrFirst Posted August 27, 2008
Matthew Carr
is a writer and broadcaster based in Derbyshire. He has reported on the Mafia wars in Sicily, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and human rights abuses in Central America. He is the author of the acclaimed memoir My Father's House (Penguin), about his childhood in the Caribbean, and Unknown Soldiers: How Terrorism Transformed the Modern World (Profile Books).
Time to turn off the terrror-vision
As TV heroes battle terrorists, Matthew Carr asks what we should really worry aboutFirst Posted July 16, 2008
Double standards of our ‘war on terror’
The truth about our covert alliances shatters the West's cosy moral universe, argues Matthew CarrFirst Posted July 7, 2008
Iraq is the shameful secret in our cellar
We must hold our politicians accountable for their role in Iraq’s bloody chaos, says Matthew CarrFirst Posted June 17, 2008
How the 'war on terror' backfired
The police will not explain why a popular peace activist is being threatened with deportation to AlgeriaFirst Posted May 29, 2008
Last stand of a wounded government
Labour wants to restore pride in the military. Decent housing for troops would be a start, says Matthew CarrFirst Posted May 22, 2008
When Hollywood and the Pentagon are one
Robert Downey Jnr's Iron Man symbolises Chomsky's 'military humanism'First Posted May 5, 2008
Somalia: a victim of Bush’s recklessness
Matthew Carr recounts how the West ended Somalia's brief flirtation with stabilityFirst Posted May 2, 2008
