Paul Bremer's Iraq Emails
It's been more than 20 years since the invasion of Iraq by the 'coalition of the willing', led by the United States. While the country is no longer at war and has clawed back some semblance of stability, the shadows of a nine-year conflict still linger. One of the key figures in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq was the American diplomat Paul Bremer, who effectively ran the country during the occupation. His tenure ended abruptly in June 2004, leaving behind a controversial legacy that still shapes Iraq today. Now, Bremer's time in charge is back in the spotlight thanks to a Cambridge University student Nick Davis, who discovered a tranche of private emails between Bremer and his wife stored at Yale University. Those letters have formed the basis of a longform article in The Times. Nick joins Emile to talk about what he found.