The US siege of the Iraqi city of Fallujah in 2004 was called off after then President George W Bush faced a “dose of reality” from officials, newly released official British minutes reveal.

For several months in April and November 2004, U.S. troops were engaged in some of the heaviest fighting they had seen since the Vietnam War, dropping more than 300 bombs, 391 rockets and roughly ...

Photo credit: Kali Rubaii, (2021), Fallujah, Iraq.