Yahoo News | Iraq using info from new intelligence center to bomb Islamic State: official Yahoo News BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has begun bombing Islamic State insurgents with help from a new intelligence center with staff from Russia, Iran and Syria, a senior parliamentary figure said on Tuesday about cooperation seen as a threat to U.S. interests in ... Iraq uses intelligence center operated by Russia, Iran, Syria; White House alarmed Iraq Should Fear Russia's Help Iraq using info from new intelligence centre to bomb Daesh — official |
TIME | Hillary Clinton and Lincoln Chafee Tangle Over Iraq War Vote TIME Lincoln Chafee criticized Hillary Clinton for her vote to authorize the Iraq war back at the Democratic debate Tuesday, with the underdog saying he has been against the war since the beginning. “You're looking at someone who made that poor decision in ... RNC slams Clinton over supporting Iraq war in 2002 Republican National Committee Criticizes Hillary Clinton for Voting for GOP ... The Democratic Debate 2015: Bernie Sanders To Attack Hillary Clinton's Iraq ... |
The New York Review of Books (blog) | Iraq: The Clerics and the Militias The New York Review of Books (blog) Standing underneath the golden dome of the shrine of Imam Husayn ibn Ali in Karbala, Iraq, in mid-September, I couldn't help wondering what would happen if it were hit by a rocket, or damaged in an explosion. Even imagining such horrors seems wrong, ... |
USA TODAY | ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in convoy hit by airstrike, Iraq says CNN (CNN) Iraq's military claims its air force struck a convoy in western Anbar province that included ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The fate of Baghdadi is unknown, as he was "carried away in a vehicle," the military statement said. But nine ISIS ... Iraq says it bombed Islamic State leader's convoy Officials: ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi Alive; Likely Not Hit in Iraq Airstrikes Iraq IS: Military claims al-Baghdadi convoy hit |
The Nation. | Iraq and Afghanistan Have Officially Become Vietnam 2.0 The Nation. First came Fallujah, then Mosul, and later Ramadi in Iraq. Now, there is Kunduz, a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan. In all four places, the same story has played out: in cities that newspaper reporters like to call “strategically important ... The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy ... |
Rudaw | More than 1400 infected with cholera in Iraq Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq's health ministry said this week that more than 1,400 cases of cholera have been recorded nationwide, urging people to use clean water and wash fruit and vegetables before eating. “Up until the night of Monday, October 12 ... Cholera Outbreak Continues in Iraq |
Huffington Post | Crisis Brews Among Kurds In Iraq, Threatening Fight Against ISIS Huffington Post The situation threatens to distract the Kurds' attention from the battle against ISIS in Iraq and to damage the respect they have won in the West for their close cooperation with the U.S.-led coalition against the extremist group. Among the ministers ... "Iraq's Best Hope" is Gone Political Crisis Escalates in Iraq's Kurdistan Region As their power grows, Iraq's Kurds are fighting among themselves |
World Tribune | Strikes Hit ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, October 13, 2015 — U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials ... US: Islamic State targeted with 14 air strikes in Iraq and Syria Report: ISIL seizes US missiles in Iraq Report: Islamic State Seizes US Missiles in Iraq |
BBC News | China helps Iraq military enter drone era BBC News Iraq appears to have joined the small but growing group of countries operating armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - or drones. Video released by Iraq's military shows a fully armed Chinese-supplied CH-4 drone being inspected on the tarmac. Iraq debuts new Chinese CH-4 UAV Iraq defense ministry unveils new Chinese unmanned vehicle |
The Daily Star | Iraq forces taking back Ramadi Hamilton Spectator WASHINGTON — After months of preliminary skirmishes and hundreds of U.S. airstrikes, conditions are now right for Iraq to launch a decisive assault on Ramadi and reclaim the provincial capital from Islamic State fighters, a U.S. military official said ... Why the US and Iraq Need a Victory in Ramadi Iraq using new info center to bomb ISIS US to Iraq: Time for 'final push' into Ramadi |