New York Daily News | 'American Sniper' misfires in Iraq Washington Post BAGHDAD — It is not only in America that Clint Eastwood's Iraq war blockbuster “American Sniper” is proving controversial. After just a handful of sometimes rowdy screenings, the film has been pulled from Baghdad's only movie theater amid complaints ... Stasi: 'American Sniper' almost as controversial as Iraq war How Audiences In Iraq Are Reacting To American Sniper Answering for Iraq |
Fox News | Kurdish fighters in Iraq struggle to hold gains against ISIS Fox News 29, 2015: In this file photo, a Kurdish peshmerga fighter fires a weapon towards positions of the Islamic State group who are 500 meters or half a mile away, overlooking the strategic town of Sinjar, northern Iraq. While Islamic State fighters have ... Kurdish fighters in Iraq struggle to hold gains against IS |
Obama recommends anti-Iraq War book Politico Scott Walker, each of whom in recent days has mused publicly about sending ground troops to fight in Iraq and Syria. Coming at the end of an interview Sunday that touched on tensions with Russia and Iran, friction with China and America's ongoing ... |
Asharq Alawsat English | Can Iraq unite against ISIL? Aljazeera.com Iraq's prime minister has fired a warning at government and militia fighters who operate beyond the law. Speaking at a security summit in Baghdad, Haider al-Abbadi said criminals and outlaws responsible for kidnappings and killings were no less ... Iraq PM promises National Guard within six months Iraq: Security Remains Elusive - OpEd |
Al-Arabiya | Bodies of 25 Yazidis found in Iraq mass grave Al-Arabiya ISIS militants reportedly killed hundreds of members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north of the country. The militant group had also buried alive some of their victims, including women and children, Iraq's human rights ... Remains of 25 Yazidis found in Iraq mass grave Mass Grave of Yazidi ISIS Victims Discovered in Iraq Mass grave with 27 Yazidis killed by IS unearthed in Iraq |
Daily Mail | ISS images reveal fortifications and gun emplacements left by Iraq-Iran war Daily Mail An image taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station has revealed remnants of war from space. In the remarkable image, land fortifications and systems of gun emplacements from the Iraq-Iran war can clearly be seen. The photograph reveals ... |
JURIST | UN: more than 1375 people killed in Iraq this month JURIST [JURIST] The UN mission in Iraq said Sunday that at least 1,375 people have been killed in January due to violence amid the ongoing conflict [BBC backgrounder]. The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq [official website] found that out of those killed, ... At least 6106 Killed in Iraq during January UN Says Violence in Iraq Kills at Least 1375 in January UN: January was Deadliest Month in Iraq in Years |
CBS News | Armed with US weapons, infamous militia beating ISIS CBS News But these soldiers are not part of Iraq's National Army. Instead, they're volunteers with a Shiite Muslim militia known as the Badr Brigade. "Our guns all come from the Iraqi Defense Ministry," said Badr Brigade Commander Essam Yahya Hussein, who ran a ... Iraq calls on Shiite militias to beat back ISIS |
Fox News | AP names Rebecca Santana, news leader in Iraq and Pakistan, as Deep South ... Fox News In this Jan. 12, 2015 photo, Rebecca Santana poses for a picture, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Santana, a journalist who has excelled at reporting and leading The Associated Press' coverage from two of the most challenging places in the world, Iraq and ... |
Battle Cry, Iraq Huffington Post In fact, while paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne penetrated deep into Iraq in the 100-day campaign that followed, no American soldier would make it to the Iraqi capital -- not that time around, anyway. After the quick triumph of the Gulf War, the ... |