Where are they now? Nine men of war

Where are they now? Nine men of war
The Guardian UK
Thursday March 20 2008

The US vice-president, Dick Cheney, centre, talks to General David Petraeus in Iraq. Photograph: Master Sgt Andy Dunaway/AP

Dick Cheney
Still in vice-president's office, but much diminished by events in Iraq and by battles with other branches of government.

Donald Rumsfeld
Forced out of office as defence secretary in November 2006 after Republican drubbing in mid-term elections; now a fellow at conservative thinktank, the Hoover Institution, at Stanford University.

Paul Wolfowitz
Rumsfeld's number two was made president of World Bank only to be ousted after scandal involving promotion of his partner. Now at neoconservative hub, the American Enterprise Institute.

Tony Blair
Left Downing Street and became Middle East envoy to Quartet group; will lead international team to tackle climate change and is to teach religion and politics at Yale. Paid up to £5m for memoirs.

Jose Maria Aznar
Stood down as Spanish PM in 2004. Has been teaching at thinktanks and universities in Spain and US, and is on board of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

John Howard
Australian PM ejected in spectacular style last November. Now on international speaker circuit.

Ahmed Chalabi
Blamed as conduit of false intelligence about WMD. Failed to win seat in Iraqi parliament. Now adviser to Iraqi government.

Osama bin Laden
Despite rumours of death, still likely to be in tribal regions of northern Pakistan. Most recent recorded tape produced in December.

Tariq Aziz
Saddam Hussein's right-hand man is awaiting trial on human rights abuses in Iraq.