Matthew Dancona

‘Everything we think about the wars on terror is wrong’

Philip Bobbitt tells Matthew d’Ancona, we must start from scratch if we are to beat the terrorists

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Philip Bobbitt tells Matthew d’Ancona, we must start from scratch if we are to beat the terrorists

Cometh the war, cometh the guru. South of Baghdad, insurgents shoot down a US helicopter, killing two US servicemen, days after five British military servicemen died when their Lynx was brought down in Basra.

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