Christian Science Monitor | Iraq attack shows coordination, planning, and numbers Christian Science Monitor The clocks are ticking down to the tenth anniversary of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Forums and roundtables are convening to look back at all the spending and the death and trying to put a bow around what it means and what we've learned ... Iraq war costs US more than $2 trillion: study Coordinated Bombings Kill at Least 24 in Iraq 53% of Britons think Iraq invasion was wrong, poll shows |
CPAC 2013 Tries To Escape Shadows Of Iraq War Huffington Post NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Ten years after the war in Iraq began, the Conservative Political Action Conference held a panel Thursday called "Too Many American Wars? Should We Fight Anywhere And Can We Afford It?" The discussion, held at the annual ... |
The Senate's 10-Year Iraq War Anniversary Gift: War With Iran Huffington Post But the effort is beginning to showing progress, which is why The New York Times -- no dove during the Iraq war push -- called out Congress and the "pro-Israel" lobby AIPAC for pushing measures like S.Res.65 and new sanctions. The Times warns that ... |
MiamiHerald.com | Millions went to war in Iraq, Afghanistan, leaving many with lifelong scars MiamiHerald.com WASHINGTON -- Ten years after the United States went to war in Iraq, one of the most common numbers associated with the conflict is the tally of Americans killed: nearly 4,500. Add in the twin war in Afghanistan, and the tally goes to more than 6,600. Freshman GOPer claims wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 'not responsible for' debt |
The Guardian | Iraq's pain has only intensified since 2003 The Guardian It has always been painful for me to write about Iraq and Baghdad, the land of my birth and the city of my childhood. They say that time is a great healer, but, along with most Iraqis, I feel the pain even more deeply today. But this time the tears for ... |
New York Times (blog) | Photographers' Oral History of the Iraq War New York Times (blog) As the 10th anniversary of the Iraq war's start approaches, Lens highlights “Photojournalists at War,” an oral history of the conflict as recounted by those who documented it from the front lines. The book, published this month by the University of ... |
Raw Story | Iraq war killed at least 116000 Iraqi civilians: study Raw Story At least 116,000 Iraqi civilians and more than 4,800 coalition troops died in Iraq between the outbreak of war in 2003 and the US withdrawal in 2011, researchers estimate. Its involvement in Iraq has so far cost the United States $810 billion (625 ... |
New Yorker (blog) | Iraq, Ten Years Later: What About the Constitution? New Yorker (blog) In a few days, we will have a new anniversary to celebrate, or to mourn. The bombing of Baghdad ten years ago this week marked the beginning of another senseless American war fought for reasons that turned out not to exist, driven by wrongheaded, ... |
Wall Street Journal | Syrian regime losing grip on border with Iraq as militants step up attacks CNN (CNN) -- Bashar al-Assad's regime has lost control of much of Syria's long desert border with Iraq, as Sunni jihadist groups in both countries grow in strength, according to Western counter-terrorism officials and analysts. The resurgence of al Qaeda ... Qaeda Group in Iraq Says It Killed Syrian Soldiers Al-Qaeda claims killing Syrian troops in Iraq CIA Ramps Up Role in Iraq |
The Nation. | The Iraq Invasion, Ten Years Later The Nation. An Iraqi mourner waves an old flag of Iraq during the funerals of victims killed in clashes with security forces in Falluja, January 26, 2013. Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani The tenth anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq is upon us, and we are ... Ten years on, Iraq haunts a US response to Syria, Iran |