The Guardian | Boris Johnson: 'eel-like' Tony Blair will avoid being imprisoned over Iraq war The Guardian People who believe Tony Blair should be imprisoned over the Iraq war have their hearts in the right place, Boris Johnson has said as he called for the immediate publication of the Chilcot report into the war. Speaking on his LBC phone-in, he spoke of ... Andy McSmith's Diary: Boris goes to war over Iraq again - it's all Blair's fault Eel-like Blair to avoid prison over Iraq war: London mayor Boris Johnson: 'Eel-Like' Tony Blair Will Avoid Prosecution For Iraq War |
Center for Research on Globalization | Without US troops, Afghanistan, like Iraq, could descend into chaos Los Angeles Times Iraq is being plunged deeper into the abyss of all-out civil war that it barely avoided in 2007 thanks to President George W. Bush's troop "surge." Today, violence is back up to 2008 levels as Al Qaeda in Iraq, now known as the Islamic State of Iraq ... Why Iraq Is Moving Closer to Full-Scale Sectarian War Dozens dead in continuing Iraq violence Iraq Election Sets Stage for Protracted Civil Strife |
Press TV | Bombings Kill 5 Soldiers in Iraq ABC News According to the United Nations, 8,868 people were killed in Iraq last year — the country's highest death toll since the peak of sectarian bloodletting in 2007 and 2008. Related Topics: Iraq, Baghdad, Security Forces, Middle East. Join the Discussion ... Day of carnage leaves 8 dead throughout Iraq |
US, Iraq continue counterterrorism cooperation Al-Monitor Lt. Gen. Michael Bednarek, chief of the US Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq, said that the Iraqi government and armed forces are working on countering terrorism in cooperation with the United States. Speaking to Azzaman on May 3, Bednarek said, “The ... |
Iraq war veteran works to change trauma care in St. Louis KSDK KSDK - A local doctor who served in Iraq returned with a mission: to use what he learned overseas to save more lives right here at home. "Doesn't she look like Sarah Silverman?" jokes Dr. Phil Spinella to a nurse in the pediatric intensive care unit ... |
CNN | Boehner: Don't repeat Iraq mistakes in Afghanistan CNN (CNN) -- Three weeks ago, I had the privilege of visiting our civilian leaders and military commanders, as well as our troops, in Afghanistan. It was my fourth trip to the country and a vastly different one than my first visit in 2007. Flying over ... Don't repeat Iraq mistakes in Afghanistan, says US house speaker |
The National Interest Online | It's Not All About Iraq The National Interest Online Last year, as the United States weighed the possibility of taking military action in Syria, it became common for some who favored intervention to refer to something they called the “Iraq syndrome.” In general, this phrase meant that as a result of the ... |
CNN | Iraq's elections may accelerate its descent Washington Post IRAQ'S BEST days in the past decade have been its elections, and somewhat surprisingly, Wednesday was one of them. Though the country is sliding into civil war — the United Nations reported that 750 people were killed by political violence in April ... Opinion: Why Iraq elections can't fix chaos left behind by US Amid Iraq's Unrest, Maliki Campaigns as Strongman Iraq Election: Will there be change? |
AINA | 'Vicar of Baghdad' works for reconciliation in Iraq, Middle East Deseret News Take one look at the Rev. Canon Andrew White's life and you might say, "This man just doesn't know when to quit." The Anglican vicar of St. George's Church in Baghdad, Iraq, has seen nearly 1,300 of his 6,500 parishioners killed in the past decade ... Andrew White: Being Jesus in the Kill Zone |
Where's GOP outrage over 9/11 & Iraq war intelligence failures? AMERICAblog (blog) Jon Stewart does a masterful job showing how Lindsey Graham and Fox News didn't give a lick of “outrage” over the Bush administration intelligence failures that led to 9/11 and to the disastrous war in Iraq. Yet now, suddenly, the Republicans are ... |