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Durbin votes for Syria attack, says situation different from Iraq war - Chicago Tribune Thu, 05 Sep 2013 00:18:28 GMT

Durbin votes for Syria attack, says situation different from Iraq war Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON — Saying the U.S. government was "guilty of a political mortal sin" when it misled Americans about the Iraq War a decade ago, Sen. Dick Durbin asserted Wednesday that the proposed military strikes against Syria were different, and he voted ... and more »

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Liz Cheney Goes From Being Pro-Iraq War to Anti-Syria - TIME (blog) Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:45:04 GMT

Liz Cheney Goes From Being Pro-Iraq War to Anti-Syria TIME (blog) She has long been one of the nation's most forceful advocates of those policies, including the 2003 Iraq war. During the 2004 Presidential campaign, Liz called “liberating 50 million people in Iraq and Afghanistan” steps to “keep America safe” in a CNN ... and more »

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Sixteen Shia family members killed in Iraq - Aljazeera.com Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:26:22 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Sixteen Shia family members killed in Iraq Aljazeera.com Armed men in Iraq have shot dead 16 members of the same Shia family before blowing up their two neighbouring homes south of the capital Baghdad, police and medics said. The overnight attack took place in the town of Latifiya, 40km south of Baghdad, ... Conjuring the Ghosts of Iraq's Brutal PastNew York Times Gunmen kill 16 members of Shi'ite family in IraqReuters Iraq Violence: Gunmen Kill 16 Members Of Shiite Family, Blow Up Their HomesHuffington Post ABC News -Fox News all 212 news articles »

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Past as prologue? How Senators voted on Iraq and Kosovo - MSNBC Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:02:37 GMT

Past as prologue? How Senators voted on Iraq and Kosovo MSNBC The shadows of the 2002 vote to authorize military action in Iraq has certainly made many senators more hesitant as they debate whether to authorize use of force against Syria, but many of those same members ultimately voted for military action ...

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Gunmen kill 10 family members in Iraq - CNN (blog) Thu, 05 Sep 2013 01:49:55 GMT

Gunmen kill 10 family members in Iraq CNN (blog) (CNN) -- Twenty people were killed in violence south of Baghdad and in Mosul on Wednesday, including 10 members of the same family, police officials said. Gunmen in Latifiya, south of the capital, stormed the home of a Shiite family at dawn, and opened ...

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Kerry, Hagel, once skeptical over Iraq War, now on other side with Syria - New York Daily News Wed, 04 Sep 2013 17:43:37 GMT

New York Daily News

Kerry, Hagel, once skeptical over Iraq War, now on other side with Syria New York Daily News W ASHINGTON — A monkey fumbling with a grenade. That's the image a big shot United Nations official involved with Syria offered me Tuesday just as Congress began confronting approval of a military strike. PHOTOS: AN INSIDE LOOK AT REBEL ... Iraq War Haunts Obama On SyriaHuffington Post Senators warn Kerry: Syria can't become another Iraq (+video)Christian Science Monitor Syria versus Iraq: The Extensive Use of Chemical Weapons by the United States ...Center for Research on Globalization Reason -CBS News all 8,341 news articles »

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This Is Not Iraq: This Is Syri...us - Huffington Post Wed, 04 Sep 2013 21:10:53 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk (blog)

This Is Not Iraq: This Is Syri...us Huffington Post Those who advocated an unnecessary and illegal war in Iraq are now pounding the drums to get us involved in the Middle East again -- this time in Syria. We're told that Syria is much different than Iraq. If the word 'wolf' comes to mind, ignore it ... We don't want Syria becoming 'another Iraq'. But was Iraq really such a disaster?Telegraph.co.uk (blog) Amid Iraq fatigue, 8 ways Obama must do better in SyriaWashington Times Editorial: Iraq's Long ShadowDefenseNews.com MiamiHerald.com -Wall Street Journal -kplr11.com all 241 news articles »

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Iran Foreign Ministry condemns 'inhuman' terrorist attacks in Iraq - Press TV Wed, 04 Sep 2013 17:57:38 GMT

Press TV

Iran Foreign Ministry condemns 'inhuman' terrorist attacks in Iraq Press TV Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has described as “inhuman” the recent wave of deadly bombings and explosions across violence-stricken Iraq. “The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns the crimes which are aimed at hurting Iraq's ... US did intervene in Iran-Iraq warFinancial Times all 2 news articles »

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Iraq Shortlists Candidates to Build Export Pipeline to Jordan - Wall Street Journal Wed, 04 Sep 2013 07:40:09 GMT

Trade Arabia

Iraq Shortlists Candidates to Build Export Pipeline to Jordan Wall Street Journal Iraq has shortlisted 12 international companies and consortiums to build the country's first oil export pipeline in decades, and will ask them to submit their bids by the end of this year for an $18 billion project that will make the country less ... Iraq names pre-qualifiers for Jordan oil pipelineTrade Arabia Iraq shortlists firms to build US$18 billion oil pipelineEnergy Global all 22 news articles »

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John Kerry: Syria is not Iraq - The Week Magazine Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:32:07 GMT

Wall Street Journal

John Kerry: Syria is not Iraq The Week Magazine A week after he made a forceful case for launching an attack on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Secretary of State John Kerry testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he would not rule out deploying soldiers in Syria if ... Syria News: Kerry Assures Senate Foreign Relations Committee That Attack On ...International Business Times all 983 news articles »