Washington's “war on terror” has failed because it did not target the jihadi movement as a whole and, above all, was not aimed at Saudi Arabia and Pakistan

BY Patrick Cockburn 20 August 2014

Mass movements led by Messianic leaders have a history of flaring up unexpectedly and then subsiding into insignificance. This could have happened to Muqtada al-Sadr but did not, adding to the American dilemma in Iraq

BY Patrick Cockburn 8 April 2008