Iraq anarchy
Updated on 20 July 2005
Under fire over the London bombings, Tony Blair again insisted on Tuesday that the attacks had nothing to do with the war in Iraq - while President Bush said the situation In Iraq is improving.
But new evidence seen by Channel 4 News suggests Sunni insurgents are achieving ever greater success there - with swathes of the country now effectively under their control.
The Iraqi police and army are largely powerless - creating a growing sense of anarchy and chaos. New figures out on Tuesday suggested 25,000 Iraqi civilians have died since the invasion - and the numbers dying at the hands of insurgents and criminals is growing fast.
Channel 4 News' international editor Lindsey Hilsum reports.
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