Wall Street Journal | Kerry assures Iraqis of US support if they unite against militants CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Iraqi leaders Monday as radical Sunni militants continue their march toward Baghdad during the country's tensest time since the U.S. withdrawal of troops in 2011. "The future of Iraq depends ... Sunni Insurgents Capture More Territory in Western Iraq Insurgents in Iraq seize main border crossing with Jordan as Kerry arrives for ... Iraqi Insurgents Secure Control of Border Posts |
New York Times | Poll Finds Dissatisfaction Over Iraq New York Times Dissatisfaction with President Obama's conduct of foreign policy has shot up among both Republicans and Democrats in the past month, even though a slim majority supports his recent decision to send military advisers to Iraq to confront the growing ... Most Americans say Iraq war wasn't worth the costs: Poll GOP is again leading the call for action in Iraq Poll: Half say no Iraq obligation |
CNN | Dexter Filkins: Unfinished business in Iraq. New Yorker President Obama won the White House in part by promising to end the war in Iraq, and since then he placed his faith in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to help him do so. It was Maliki who would hold together the state that the Americans had helped build. Why the West must ignore Iraq's pleas for military intervention Rand Paul: Blame Dick Cheney for Iraq violence, not Obama Top Iraqi Cleric Calls for New Government |
TheBlaze.com | In Iraq's Sectarian Violence, a Show of Each Side's Worst New York Times BAGHDAD — Sectarian violence in Iraq on Monday showed both sides in the conflict at their brutal worst, as Iraqi police officers were reported to have killed scores of Sunni insurgent prisoners along a highway in the south, and militants in the north ... Iraq Preps for a Civil War Rematch John Kerry Issues Warning to Iraq Over Future: 'Existential Threat' Iraq at Risk Again: How Did We Get Here So Fast? |
New York Times | Relief Over US Exit From Iraq Fades as Reality Overtakes Hope New York Times He had gone to Iraq to note the end of an era, the departure of American troops from a country that had cost his own so much. Ebullient, he praised the troops, congratulated the generals, wished Iraqi leaders good luck and called President Obama to ... Obama: Threat from Iraq Militants Could Grow Obama's Disastrous Iraq Policy: An Autopsy Congress should make itself heard about US troops in Iraq |
Fox News | Paul vs. Cheney highlights divide over US foreign policy in Iraq, larger ... Fox News Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and fellow Republican and former Vice President Dick Cheney widened their divide Sunday over U.S. involvement in Iraq -- the latest in their sharp, public disagreement over American foreign policy. Paul, a potential 2016 ... Rand Paul: Ask Dick Cheney about Iraq War Cheney, Paul Trade Criticism Over Iraq War Rand Paul: 'I Don't Blame' Obama For What's Happening In Iraq |
Poll Shows No Consensus in US for Helping in Iraq New York Times The American public is divided over whether the United States is obliged to deal with the sectarian violence in Iraq and whether the troubles there are increasing the threat of terrorism domestically. The latest New York Times/CBS News poll also found ... |
Fox News | Sunni militants carve trail through Western Iraq Fox News BAGHDAD – Sunni militants have blitzed through the vast desert of western Iraq, capturing four towns and three border crossings and deepening the predicament of the Shiite-led government in Baghdad led by Nouri al-Maliki. The latest military victories ... |
Forbes | Iraq's Kurds Sell Oil To Israel, Move Closer To Independence Forbes Kurdish forces warned Baghdad about the impending assault on Mosul. Since ISIS swept into Iraq, the Kurds' peshmerga forces havce been serving as a bulwark against them, even exchanging artillery fire in recent days. Over the weekend, Kurdish Prime ... Uneasy Standoff in Iraq Between Kurds and ISIS The Iraq Crisis is Worse Than it Seems for the Kurds The Battle for Iraq (Dispatch 3) |
NBCNews.com | Anti-US Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Retakes Stage Amid Iraq Turmoil NBCNews.com The endless lines of men with fists raised in the air and armed with machine guns and rocket launchers rallied in Iraq's streets to send a warning of military might to the Sunni extremist fighters tearing through their country. But the thousands of ... |