Reuters | Amid unrest in Iraq, Americans blame US withdrawal more than its invasion Washington Post (blog) When it comes to the current violence in Iraq, Americans blame Iraq itself more than the United States' decision to go to war there, according to a new poll Friday from the Pew Research Center. But when it comes to America's culpability, there's ... Most Think the U.S. Has No Responsibility To Act in Iraq UN accuses Islamic State of executions, rape, child abuse in Iraq UN Accuses Islamic State of Executions, Rape, Forced Child Recruitment in Iraq |
Aljazeera.com | Iraq Christians told to convert or face death Aljazeera.com In response, the group says in the letter that Christians must either convert to Islam, pay a special tax on non-Muslims known as jiziya, or face death "as a last resort". Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, was overrun by the Islamic State group and ... Jihadist ultimatum sparks Christian exodus from Iraq's Mosul In Iraq, Syria, Militants Try to Govern as a State While Iraq burns, Isis takes advantage in Syria |
Wall Street Journal | Minorities in Iraq Follow Kurds in Pushing for More Autonomy Wall Street Journal Threats by Iraq's Kurds to break off and form an independent state are sparking calls by other ethnic minorities for more autonomy of their own amid the shifting political landscape. Minorities within the semiautonomous Kurdistan region in the north ... Iraq's president Talabani to return from medical exile amid crisis Hoshyar Zebari on Iraq, the Kurds and Declaring Independence Revisiting Kurdistan: 'If there is a success story in Iraq, it's here' |
McCain: Iraq War Might Not Have Happened Had I Won In 2000 TIME John McCain Discusses The Situation In Iraq At American Enterprise Institute Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) participates in a discussion on the unfolding violence in Iraq at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington on June 18 ... John McCain Says He Would Have Been 'Reluctant' To Invade Iraq Had He Won ... McCain: Iraq War Might Not Have Started if I Were President Would there have been fewer troops in Iraq if McCain won the presidency in 2000? |
Why Obama should send several thousand US troops back to Iraq Washington Post The solution to the violence in Iraq is political, not military. But if a suitable government can be formed in Baghdad, the United States has to consider a wide range of military options. And to be effective, America's troop presence in Iraq should ... |
Fox News (blog) | Iranian Commanders on Front Line of Iraq's Fight ABC News A powerful Iranian general has emerged as the chief tactician in Iraq's fight against Sunni militants, working on the front lines alongside 120 advisers from his country's Revolutionary Guard to direct Shiite militiamen and government forces in the ... Iraq: A nation on the brink How US must handle Iraq crisis Iraq withdraws its ambassador to Jordan |
Iraq Is Not Our War Anymore. Let It Be Iran's Problem. Daily Beast Back in the George W. Bush administration's darkest days occupying Iraq, I ran into a guy who was about as close to Bush as you could get without being Bush himself. We were at one of those Davos cocktail parties where you can barely hear what you are ... |
MiamiHerald.com | For Iraq, Debacle in Tikrit as Forces Walk Into Trap Set by Militants New York Times The Iraqi forces had apparently walked into a trap, and some soldiers β and many more of their untrained volunteer supporters β were either killed or badly wounded when the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria sprung it, according to accounts from two ... Weeks of combat in Iraq show Shiite militias have few offensive capabilities Iraq rebels storm town near Baghdad As Iraq's politicians fumble, Iran fears its own quagmire |
Rudaw | Maliki to Arab Nations: 'Do Not Allow Iraq's Division' Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region β Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who is fighting to stay in power against overwhelming Sunni and Kurdish opposition, warned Arab countries that Iraq's division would rumble across the region. βThe idea of dividing Iraq ... |
News Wrap: UN reports sharp rise of Iraq civilian deaths PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, the United Nations reported that between January and June, nearly 5,600 civilians were killed in Iraq. Sunni extremists have stepped up their fight against the Iraqi government since the beginning of the year. Also, the Obama ... |