His book , '' Clash of Fundamentalisms '' , aimed to put the events of the September 11 attacks in historical perspective . He followed that with '' Bush in Babylon '' , which criticised the 2003 invasion of Iraq by American president George W. Bush . The book uses poetry and critical essays in portraying the war in Iraq as a failure . Ali believes that the new Iraqi government will fail
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Tariq Ali