Washington Post (blog) | Report: United States kept secret its chemical weapons finds in Iraq CNN (CNN) -- The U.S. government suppressed information about chemical weapons it found in Iraq, and several servicemembers were injured by their exposure to those weapons, The New York Times is reporting. In an article published late Tuesday, the ... Iraq WMD: Does the New York Times probe reflect what administration officials ... NY Times WMD Report Does Not Vindicate Iraq Wars US 'hid Iraq chemical weapons incidents' |
New York Times | The Secret Casualties of Iraq's Abandoned Chemical Weapons New York Times Five years after President George W. Bush sent troops into Iraq, these soldiers had entered an expansive but largely secret chapter of America's long and bitter involvement in Iraq. From 2004 to 2011, American and American-trained Iraqi troops ... |
India Today | Exclusive video shows ISIL battle in Iraq Aljazeera.com Baghdad, Iraq - Since the start of the week, fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) make gains in Anbar province as Iraqi army forces have retreated, most notably from the town of Hit, which ISIL now fully controls. This means ... US military advisors arrive in Iraq 59 ISIS militants killed in airstrikes, clashes in Iraq US military advisers arrive in Iraq to train security forces |
ABC News | Syria-Iraq Fight Gets a Name: 'Inherent Resolve' ABC News It's less punchy than previous nicknames for U.S. conflicts in the Middle East -- remember Operation Desert Storm and its thunderous attacks against Saddam Hussein? -- but the Pentagon has finally named its fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq ... US names Syria-Iraq campaign 'Inherent Resolve' |
Toronto Star | Canadian troops entering a messy Iraq war: Walkom Toronto Star Militarily, the only effective fighting forces willing to take on Islamic State are the Kurdish militias. In Northern Iraq, Kurdish fighters successfully recaptured the strategic Mosul dam and lifted an Islamic State siege directed against the small ... U.S. Now Reaping The Iraqi Whirlwind: Washington Should Back Out Of Iraq's ... Obama faces growing pressure to escalate in Iraq and Syria IS Militants Continue Deadly Attacks Across Iraq |
New York Magazine | U.S. Troops Were Injured by Old WMDs in Iraq, Which Doesn't Mean Bush Was ... New York Magazine In a bombshell report on Tuesday night, the New York Times' C. J. Chivers revealed the existence of a "largely secret chapter" in the Iraq War. Between 2004 and 2011, American troops and Iraqi police officers repeatedly found chemical weapons produced ... |
Report: Pentagon 'suppressed' finds of chemical weapons in Iraq and related US ... Washington Post These were not the “weapons of mass destruction” the George W. Bush administration used to justify invading Iraq in 2003. Rather, the Times said, the troops were injured when they stumbled across old, often corroded shells and warheads procured for use ... |
RT | Washington concealed US troops exposure to chemical weapons in Iraq – intel ... RT For much of the duration of the Iraq War, which saw US soldiers open a military invasion against the Ba'athist country in March 2003 amid tremendous international outcry, US forces "repeatedly encountered, and on six occasions were wounded by, chemical ... |
BBC News | Outlaw bikers fighting ISIS in Iraq New York Post Outlaw Dutch bikers have joined forces with Kurdish fighters battling ISIS fanatics in Iraq — and authorities in the Netherlands say that's just fine with them. Klaas Otto, head of the No Surrender motorcycle club, told Dutch broadcasters that three ... Dutch bikers join fight against Islamic State in Iraq Dutch Motorcycle Club members 'join Kurdish fighters battling Isis' in Iraq Badass Dutch Biker Gang Fighting ISIS in Iraq |
Sydney Morning Herald | Australian Troops to Iraq Held up by Legal Matters ABC News Australia's prime minister said on Wednesday that Australian special forces sent to Iraq haven't been able to enter the country yet because the Iraqi government has not provided the necessary legal guarantees. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he wanted ... Iraq war: Tony Abbott hints at deployment frustration Australian military role unclear as Iraq minister rejects idea of foreign troops Australian Special Forces Sent To 'Advise And Assist' Against ISIS In Iraq ... |