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How We Won in Iraq - by David H. Petraeus - Foreign Policy (blog) Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:34:17 GMT

BBC News

How We Won in Iraq - by David H. Petraeus Foreign Policy (blog) The news out of Iraq is, once again, exceedingly grim. The resurrection of al Qaeda in Iraq -- which was on the ropes at the end of the surge in 2008 -- has led to a substantial increase in ethno-sectarian terrorism in the Land of the Two Rivers. The ... Iraq's Maliki to seek US arms, role on Iran and SyriaReuters Senators warn Obama that Maliki may be leading Iraq back toward civil warWashington Post Erdogan Rebuilds Ties to IraqAl-Monitor BBC News -FRANCE 24 -Reuters AlertNet all 35 news articles »

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Cheney Insists Iraq War Was Worth It Because Of WMD - ThinkProgress Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:14:48 GMT

ThinkProgress

Cheney Insists Iraq War Was Worth It Because Of WMD ThinkProgress Former Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday that what the United States gained as a result of the war in Iraq was that Iraq now does not have weapons of mass destruction. While professing that he's not trying to blame Cheney or President Bush for ... O'Reilly Lets Dick Cheney Spin The Iraq War, Saddam Hussein And Those ...News Hounds Bill O'Reilly Grills Dick Cheney on Iraq: 'What Did We Get Out of It?'Mediaite O'Reilly Interviews Cheney: "What Did We Gain From Iraq, Afghanistan Wars?"RealClearPolitics Antiwar.com (blog) -Guns.com all 124 news articles »

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Car bombs kill scores in Baghdad, in sign of crisis in Iraq - Washington Post Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:05:43 GMT

Washington Post

Car bombs kill scores in Baghdad, in sign of crisis in Iraq Washington Post IRBIL, Iraq — Nearly two years after the U.S. troop withdrawal, Iraq is in the midst of a deepening security crisis as an al-Qaeda affiliate wages a relentless campaign of attacks, sending the death toll soaring to its highest level since 2008. In the ... Iraq's Premier to Seek Security Help From the USABC News As Iraq seeks US arms, bombs kill another 55Reuters Wave of attacks kills scores in IraqAljazeera.com IRINnews.org -USA TODAY -Al Jazeera America all 387 news articles »

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Iraq Wants Jewish Archive to Prove Ownership of the Tower of Babel - FrontPage Magazine Tue, 29 Oct 2013 20:47:27 GMT

FrontPage Magazine

Iraq Wants Jewish Archive to Prove Ownership of the Tower of Babel FrontPage Magazine The Jewish Iraqi Archive, a collection of bibles and other religious books, as well as personal material like schoolbooks from the former Jews of Iraq, confiscated by the Iraqi security services and then transported to the United States after the fall ... and more »

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Artists on Artists | Will Cotton on the Elegant Iraq War Watercolors of Steve ... - New York Times (blog) Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:52:18 GMT

New York Times (blog)

Artists on Artists | Will Cotton on the Elegant Iraq War Watercolors of Steve ... New York Times (blog) Given his penchant for whimsical flights of fancy, it's surprising that Cotton feels a close kinship with the painter Steve Mumford, best known for elegant watercolor sketches made in combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mumford first traveled to ...

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Petraeus aide, now Ohio State professor, critiques Iraq 'surge' - Columbus Dispatch Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:08:38 GMT

Columbus Dispatch

Petraeus aide, now Ohio State professor, critiques Iraq 'surge' Columbus Dispatch During the “surge” of troop levels in Iraq, a man who is now an Ohio State University professor decided when late-night incidents were important enough to wake Gen. David Petraeus. The same professor was near Petraeus, just off camera taking notes ...

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Syrian Kurds capture border crossing with Iraq after intense fighting - The Guardian Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:12:53 GMT

The Guardian

Syrian Kurds capture border crossing with Iraq after intense fighting The Guardian Syrian Kurdish gunmen on Saturday seized a major border crossing with Iraq from al-Qaida-linked groups following intense infighting between rebel groups that raised concerns of a spillover, activists and an Iraqi official said. The latest violence ...

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MSNBC's Sharpton Repeats Anti-Cheney Distortion on 9/11 Hijackers and Iraq - NewsBusters (blog) Tue, 29 Oct 2013 22:32:15 GMT

MSNBC's Sharpton Repeats Anti-Cheney Distortion on 9/11 Hijackers and Iraq NewsBusters (blog) As he mocked the former Vice President, Sharpton managed to bring up the Iraq invasion and repeated the false assertion from the left that Cheney had claimed Iraq should be invaded because an Iraqi agent met with one of the 9/11 hijackers. Sharpton:. and more »

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Turkey, Iraq Work to Renew Ties - Al-Monitor Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:32:48 GMT

Hurriyet Daily News

Turkey, Iraq Work to Renew Ties Al-Monitor Tensions between these two countries have reached the point of a worrying absence of dialogue, such as when Turkey granted refuge to Tariq al-Hashimi, a vice president of Iraq and a prominent Sunni leader, in February when a court held him responsible ... Turkey, Iraq prepare for mutual visits to mend tiesHurriyet Daily News all 7 news articles »

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US can still help Iraq find religious calm - Christian Science Monitor Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:10:03 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

US can still help Iraq find religious calm Christian Science Monitor The Middle East's long struggle between Islam's Sunnis and Shiites has revived with a vengeance in Iraq. More than 5,300 Iraqis have been killed so far this year in sectarian attacks, the highest number since the dark days of 2008 during the American ...