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Military experts warn US losing leverage, gains in Iraq as violence escalates - Fox News Sat, 27 Jul 2013 12:06:36 GMT

Washington Post

Military experts warn US losing leverage, gains in Iraq as violence escalates Fox News WASHINGTON – As violence and political turmoil tear through a war-wrecked Iraq, military experts are warning Congress that Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist cells are regrouping and working together not only in Iraq but in the entire region to undo a ... Iraq's prime minister orders detention of senior security officials over al ...Washington Post More bloodshed is inevitable in IraqRT (blog) Iraq: 49 steps to failure in one crazy chartGlobalPost Ahram Online -Bangkok Post -Antiwar.com all 43 news articles »

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Even without troops, the US can assist troubled Iraq - Washington Post Sat, 27 Jul 2013 21:00:54 GMT

Even without troops, the US can assist troubled Iraq Washington Post “WHAT WE were looking for was an Iraq that was secure, stable and self-reliant, and that's what we got here, so there's no question that was a success,” said President Obama's then-deputy national security adviser, Denis McDonough, in describing an ... and more »

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Iraq's Worsening Security Woes Hit Local Economy - ABC News Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:52:52 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Iraq's Worsening Security Woes Hit Local Economy ABC News The wave of violence is the deadliest since Iraq teetered on the edge of civil war half a decade ago. The bloodshed is linked to rising sectarian divisions between Iraq's Sunni and Shiite and friction between the Arabs and Kurds, dampening hopes for a ... Deaths in bombings and shootings across IraqAljazeera.com Bombings and shootings kill 28 across IraqReuters Officials: Cafe bombings, attacks kill 42 in IraqYahoo! News Fox News all 146 news articles »

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Afghan war now more unpopular with Americans than the Iraq war ever was - Washington Post (blog) Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:15:05 GMT

Yahoo! News

Afghan war now more unpopular with Americans than the Iraq war ever was Washington Post (blog) This is the lowest support for the Afghan war ever recorded in the poll – and even lower than the Iraq war ever scored on the same question. A full two-thirds, 67 percent, say that the Afghan war has not been worth fighting. The drop in support crosses ... Afghan War Fatigue Hits New High, Matching Levels Last Seen in IraqYahoo! News Iraq: America's best-run warWaterloo Record all 22 news articles »

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Report: Iraq's Maliki says Iran wants nuke talks with US - Jerusalem Post Sat, 27 Jul 2013 07:58:58 GMT

RT

Report: Iraq's Maliki says Iran wants nuke talks with US Jerusalem Post Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq told the Obama administration this month that Iran wants direct talks with the US on its nuclear program, according to a report in The New York Times on Friday that cited Western officials. Maliki said that Iraq ... Iran wants direct nuclear talks with US - Iraqgulfnews.com all 109 news articles »

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Is Iraq doomed? - Fox News Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:54:19 GMT

Is Iraq doomed? Fox News There are complex issues regarding the three primary groups who inhabit the current borders of Iraq – the Kurds, the Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims – the latter two being the predominate elements in conflict as the Kurds have begun to function, in the ...

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Making the case for war: Dearlove doublethink on Iraq? - RT (blog) Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:09:56 GMT

RT (blog)

Making the case for war: Dearlove doublethink on Iraq? RT (blog) You'll no doubt have some vague recollection that, in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq War, the British government produced a couple of reports “making a case for war”, as Major General Michael Laurie said in his evidence to the enquiry in 2011: “We knew at ... and more »

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'I risked my life, for what?': Iraq War veterans chilled by country's slide ... - NBCNews.com (blog) Thu, 25 Jul 2013 22:06:53 GMT

NBCNews.com (blog)

'I risked my life, for what?': Iraq War veterans chilled by country's slide ... NBCNews.com (blog) As they watch Iraq's mounting body count and potential slide into civil war, some Iraq War veterans are more intensely questioning why they went, what it all meant, and whether the deaths of 4,486 U.S. troops on that foreign soil were worth the ...

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Iraq, US reach deal on stolen artefacts: official - Fox News Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:58:03 GMT

Iraq, US reach deal on stolen artefacts: official Fox News BAGHDAD (AFP) – Baghdad reached an initial deal with the US on the return of more than 10,000 artefacts stolen from Iraq after the 2003 US-led invasion, a senior official said on Friday. "We have reached an initial agreement... on returning more than ... and more »

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Former Marine, Iraq War vet honored this weekend as namesake of Brickyard 400 - NBCSports.com Fri, 26 Jul 2013 23:57:41 GMT

Former Marine, Iraq War vet honored this weekend as namesake of Brickyard 400 NBCSports.com We may have been calling this weekend's Sprint Cup race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway by its original handle of the Brickyard 400, but indeed, that's not the official name of this year's running. The race will go down as the “Crown Royal presents the ... and more »