Irish Independent | Killing of 3 Americans Raises New Questions About Afghanistan and Iraq TIME AFGHANISTAN-UNREST-HOSPITAL-ATTACK An Afghan policeman outside Kabul's Cure hospital, where another Afghan policeman killed three U.S. doctors Thursday. SHAH MARAI / AFP / Getty Images ... Three Americans Shot and Killed at Afghanistan Hospital |
New Yorker | What We Left Behind New Yorker When the last American soldiers left Iraq, at the end of 2011, the bloody civil war between the country's Sunni and Shiite sects had been stifled but not resolved. Now the sectarian violence had returned, with terrifying intensity. For more than a year ... Column: Iraq's 'Second' Most Important Elections Opinion: Moving Beyond Iraq's Nightmare Insurgents expected to prevent two cities in Iraq taking part in elections |
New Yorker (blog) | Moises Saman's Return to Iraq New Yorker (blog) The photographer Moises Saman, who has covered the Arab Spring and the Syrian civil war for The New Yorker, has done extensive work in Iraq, but had not been back since 2010. He returned in March to take photographs to accompany my piece, and ... |
Yahoo News | Suicide Attack in Iraq Kills at Least 11 People ABC News Iraq has seen a spike in violence since last year, with the death toll climbing to its highest levels since the worst of the country's sectarian bloodletting between 2006 and 2008. The U.N. says 8,868 people were killed in 2013, and more than 1,400 ... Attacks kill 13 in Iraq ahead of vote Iraq: Suicide Attack Kills at Least 10 People Suicide bomber hits checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing at least 11 people ... |
The Guardian (blog) | Lessons of costly conflicts - from Iraq to Afghanistan The Guardian (blog) What went wrong with operations in Iraq and Afghanistan which costs most of the £37bn Britain has spent on military conflicts over the past fifteen years (excluding the long-term cost of veteran care estimated to amount to as much as £30bn), seriously ... Britain's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan was 'strategic failure', claims ... Britain wasted £34 billion on military interventions since Cold War |
Aljazeera.com | Suicide bombings, attacks in Iraq kill 33 people USA TODAY BAGHDAD (AP) — Suicide bombings and other attacks across Iraq killed at least 33 people and wounded nearly 80 more on Monday, officials said, the latest in an uptick in violence as the country counts down to crucial parliament elections later this month. Dozens killed in Iraq attacks and bombings Attacks Kill at Least 18 People in Iraq 30 dead, 70 injured after multiple bomb attacks in Iraq |
Washington Post | Md. gov candidate suggests Iraq War vet opponent not up for 'real job' Fox News A Democratic candidate for governor of Maryland is defending comments he made Monday in which he suggested his opponent, an Iraq war veteran, was not up to the task of a “real job.” Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler drew ire from a veterans' ... Gansler seeks to clarify comments about rival Brown's military service in Iraq Maryland Gubernatorial Candidate Says Iraq War Vet Opponent Hasn't Had A ... 'Reckless and Irresponsible': Dem Maryland Gov. Candidate's Attack on His Iraq ... |
The Guardian | Witnesses in US Army hearing call 2007 Iraq shootings unjustified Chicago Tribune The incident occurred in Iraq's Diyala province, when two cow-herding brothers, aged 14 and 15, came upon Barbera's eight-member 82nd Airborne Division unit hidden in a palm grove. The Army investigated the case after some of Barbera's team members ... US Army opens hearing for soldier accused of murders in Iraq US soldier accused of gunning down unarmed teens in Iraq US soldier accused of killing two teens in Iraq as military investigates |
Americans for Prosperity hits Landrieu with Iraq vet ObamaCare victim Fox News The script - “I did two tours in Iraq. Because of my service I was able to get a health care plan that worked for me. So I get a letter from my insurance company that said my insurance costs were going way up because of ObamaCare. And oh, by the way ... |
Aljazeera.com | Baghdad bombers face an unbowed public Aljazeera.com Baghdad, Iraq - Nobody noticed him until he stood still. Not moving is unusual in Baghdad's bustling Karrada area, a neighbourhood that heaves with shops, restaurants, ice-cream parlours and the sort of cafes where people talk and gesticulate with passion. Iraq's March oil exports fall by 400k bpd |