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centerLIVE UPDATEEchoes of Iraq: Mainstream media ‘deja vu’ over framing of the war on Iran
Echoes of Iraq: Mainstream media ‘deja vu’ over framing of the war on Iran Submitted by Fleur Hargreaves on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 10:12 Media analysis indicates parallels between headlines from Iraq war to current response to US and Israeli bombardment of Iran British newspaper headlines in the aftermath of the Israeli-US attack on Iran (Paul Ellis/AFP) Off “Why we should go to war” ran the headline of a Guardian article in February 2003 by the commentator Julie Burchill. In it, she explained
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