PRI's The World | The Iraq War and Domestic Politics New York Times (blog) There was a lot of pushback, much of it from liberals, to my column yesterday arguing that the Obama era as we know it has been made possible by George W. Bush's decision ten years ago to launch an invasion of Iraq. Some of this pushback, on Twitter ... George Korda: Duncan and the Iraq War: A decision never in doubt The political price of the Iraq War A decade after Iraq invasion, America's voice in Baghdad has gone from a boom ... |
Christian Science Monitor | John Kerry urges Iraq to inspect Iranian overflights to Syria (+video) Christian Science Monitor But Secretary Kerry's visit had little to do with marking a milestone and much to do with invoking what dwindling influence America still has in postwar Iraq on two important issues for Washington: Iraq's acquiescence at least to Iran's use of Iraqi ... Iraq: The consequences of bugging out In 'Spirited' Talks, Kerry Tells Iraq to Help Stop Arms Shipments to Syria Death, Misery And Debt: Iraq's Unintended Conquest Of America |
ABC News | Iraq War Pollutants to Blame for Birth... ABC News The Iraq War may be over, but the casualties continue for Iraqi couples trying to have children without life-threatening birth defects. An apparent rise in Iraqi birth defects has left parents, doctors and researchers scrambling for answers – and ... |
ABC News | Wounded Iraq Vet Prepares to Die ABC News After nine years of suffering and with his body quickly deteriorating he has decided to end his struggle. Young, 33, was paralyzed from the chest down by a sniper's bullet in a battle in Sadr City, Iraq on April 4, 2004, less than a week after he got ... Wounded Iraq Vet Prepares to Die, Saying He's 'Ready to Go' Wounded Iraq vet says his battle is almost over Tom Morello and Pearl Jam Support Dying Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young |
Iraq's Endangered Christians Huffington Post The 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq ended Saddam Hussein's disastrous rule, but also turned the country into a battleground between insurgents and foreign troops, unleashing a wave of bombings and killings by militants in which Christians were not only ... |
John Kerry in Iraq and Afghanistan Washington Post John F. Kerry's second unannounced foreign trip as the top U.S. diplomat took him to Iraq and Afghanistan. In both war-scarred countries, Kerry was pushing a message of U.S. support while also making clear that Washington won't call the shots. |
Baltimore Post-Examiner | Iraq Hawks Don't Realize: They're to Blame for America's War Weariness The Atlantic As the 10th anniversary of the Iraq invasion passed last week, many pundits reflected on what they'd gotten wrong: the missing weapons of mass destruction; the difficulty of the occupation; the fact that it lasted longer, costing more in lives and ... The Iraq War, 10 Years Later: Better To Remember Than Forget War against Iraq: neither for peace nor democracy A soldiers' forum on Iraq: Bring in Wes Clark, Jim Webb and Larry Wilkerson |
Foreign Policy (blog) | The Middle East Channel: A decade of democratic transition in Iraq Foreign Policy (blog) Following the successful ousting of the Baath regime on April 9, 2003, Iraq began its transition toward a process of democratization that gradually achieved important gains in transferring some powers to the previously disenfranchised population. |
Raw Story | Iraq to Fall Short of 2014 Target for Oil Output, Lawmaker Says Bloomberg Iraq, the second-largest producer in OPEC, won't reach its target of pumping 4.5 million barrels of oil a day by next year and plans to announce revised production goals in April, senior government officials said. The country will fall short of its ... Iraq to auction off gas exploration blocks to international energy companies Iraq to auction gas exploration blocks: ministry |
Raw Story | Journalist claims Washington Post killed article on Iraq war media failures Raw Story The Washington Post has been accused by a journalist of spiking a piece he was commissioned to write about the US media's failures in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. Greg Mitchell, a veteran journalist and author (see here), claims his assigned ... Washington Post Defends Not Running Article On Iraq Media Failure WashPost Kills Iraq Media Piece |