BBC News | Iraq officials: car bombs across Iraq kill 56, wound dozens U.S. News & World Report BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of car bombings across Iraq Monday killed at least 56 people and wounded dozens as the government continued its efforts to combat extremism across the country. The largest bombing took place in the Shiite-majority town of ... Car bombings in Iraq claim more than 50 lives Iraq violence: More than 60 people killed in bombings Iraq car bombs kill 50, rare attack in south |
Yahoo News | Iraq militia boss says US not serious about fighting IS Yahoo News Najaf (Iraq) (AFP) - A top leader of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation paramilitary organisation said Monday that Baghdad had turned to Russia because the US-led coalition was not serious about fighting the Islamic State group. Iraq Militia Boss: US Not Serious About Fighting ISIS Consequences of the US Global War on Terror: Iraq Iraq's leading Shi'ite force would welcome Russian action against IS on Iraq soil |
AirForceTimes.com | Iraq would welcome Russian airstrikes against ISIS AirForceTimes.com The Iraqi government would welcome Russian airstrikes against Islamic State targets inside Iraq, although it has not formally asked the Russians for help, Air Force Times has learned. Russia recently began conducting airstrikes in Syria, but the U.S ... Top Diplomat: Iraq Welcomes Russian Airstrikes Against Islamic State Syria's Assad Stresses Importance of Alliance With Russia, Iran, Iraq Russia ready to launch airstrikes on ISIS targets in Iraq as well, but only if ... |
Newsweek | Did Biden Screw Up Iraq? Newsweek Vice President Joe Biden eats lunch with U.S. soldiers at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq on July 4, 2010. Biden became President Barack Obama's point person on Iraqi strategy, and worked closely with Iraqi officials and American political and military ... |
BBC News | Legacy of Iran-Iraq war lives on BBC News Thirty-five years ago, the longest war of the last century erupted. But what unfolded as a brutal eight-year confrontation between Iran and Iraq still resonates today. "On many sides, that war is still being fought, in a way, again and again," reflects ... |
Iraq fears a 'brain drain' as educated young people head to Europe Washington Post Meanwhile, in Iraq's camps for the displaced, many who have been forced to flee their homes because of Islamic State's advance say they are trapped — Europe is just a distant dream. Thousands of displaced people remain stranded in Iraq's Anbar ... |
War on Isis: Iraq seeks Sunni militia support for fight against Islamic State The Independent Insiders say there has been significant progress, with representatives from Saddam's former Baathist regime conceding for the first time that the Kurdistan region could have full autonomy within a future Iraq – a previous stumbling block as Sunni ... |
BBC News | Islamic State 'executes 70 Sunni tribesmen in Iraq' BBC News Seventy members of a Sunni Arab tribe opposed to Islamic State (IS) have been killed by the jihadist group in western Iraq, a tribal elder says. Sheikh Naeem al-Gaoud told the BBC that members of the Al Bu Nimr tribe were shot dead in the village of ... IS Group 'Kills Dozens Of Tribesmen' In Iraq Daesh executes 70 tribesmen in Iraq Anbar province ISIS executes 70 members of Sunni tribe in Iraq |
Power Line (blog) | Donald Trump's phony claim of prescience about the Iraq war Power Line (blog) Donald Trump rarely misses an opportunity to tout his early opposition to the war in Iraq. But how early did his opposition come? If it predated the invasion (and Trump had ample opportunity publicly to oppose intervention during the long build-up to ... |
Coalition Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL Targets in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, October 5, 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 ... |