CNN | In Iraq's Tikrit, tensions flare over footage of death of an unknown soldier CNN Tikrit, Iraq (CNN) Two men in blue smocks were mopping up blood spilled in the main entrance to the Dijla Hospital south of Tikrit when we arrived there mid-morning Friday. The air shook with outgoing rockets and artillery roaring toward the center of ... |
CBS News | Iraqi Kurds say Islamic State used chlorine gas against them Reuters Peter Sawczak, spokesman for the Dutch-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said: “We have not had a request from Iraq to investigate claims of use of chemical weapons in Iraq, and the OPCW cannot immediately verify the claims.”. Iraqi group claims ISIS used chemical weapons Did ISIS use chlorine gas in Iraq attacks? Kurdish govt: ISIS 'used chlorine gas' in Iraq |
ABC News | Iraq Militia Leader Hails Iran's 'Unconditional' Support ABC News The U.S. has failed to live up to its promises to help Iraq fight Islamic State extremists, unlike the "unconditional" assistance being given by Iran, the commander of Iraq's powerful Shiite militias alleged Friday. In a battlefield interview near ... A Balancing Act as Iraq Claims Gains in Tikrit How Falling Oil Prices Are Hindering Iraq's Ability to Fight Islamic State Iraq claims first push into ISIS-held Tikrit |
Wall Street Journal | Despite booby traps, human shields ISIL near 'collapse' in Tikrit USA TODAY SALAHUDDIN PROVINCE, Iraq — Islamic State fighters killed the prominent leader of a Shiite militia in the battle of Tikrit on Saturday, but Iraqi officers said the dwindling band of extremists were in "total collapse." Iraqi government leaders ... For Now, Sectarian Calm in Liberated Iraq Town ISIS Has Lost 25 Percent of Territory It Once Held in Iraq, US Says Military Veterans Head to Iraq To Fight ISIS |
New York Daily News | Nelly performs in Iraq to support Kurdish soldiers New York Daily News In a first for an American artist, “Hot in Herre” rapper Nelly took to the stage Friday for a concert in Iraq to support ethnic Kurds. Prior to taking the stage, the “Country Grammar” rapper was welcomed to the Kurdistan region by Erbil Gov. Nawzad ... That time Nelly performed in Iraq Nelly Performs in Iraq to Support Victims of ISIS Nelly Performed in Iraq: Get the Details |
Washington Post | US soldier in Iraq wounded while in guard tower Washington Post It marks the first time that an American service member has been wounded by ground fire since the Pentagon sent troops to Iraq last year as part of an international effort to defeat the Islamic State militant group that swept through the country last year. U.S. soldier shot in Iraq is mission's first casualty US Suffers First Soldier Injury in Renewed Iraq Military Action American soldier wounded by ISIS gunfire in Iraq |
Did ISIS use chlorine gas in Iraq attacks? (+video) Christian Science Monitor The Kurdish region's Security Council said in a statement to Reuters that the peshmerga had taken soil and clothing samples after an Islamic State suicide bombing in northern Iraq in January. It said laboratory analysis showed "the samples contained ... |
NBCNews.com | In NH, Bush Pressed On Common Core; Says Wants Troops In Iraq NBCNews.com At his first public appearance in New Hampshire, Bush waded into the discussion of foreign policy, declining to weigh in in the Republican's letter to Iran and by saying he wanted to put a "small force" of U.S. troops back into Iraq. He also continued ... |
ABC News | Top US Military Official Repeatedly Warned Iraq About Troops' Conduct ABC News The U.S. has blocked aid to the un-named Iraqi units under the Leahy Law since American troops returned to Iraq in August and began supporting government forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters with airstrikes against ISIS jihadists, the senior official ... Good news: America's 'boots on the ground' in Iraq committing war crimes |
The Independent | John Prescott links Tony Blair's Iraq invasion with radicalisation of young ... The Independent The outspoken former deputy PM, who was recently appointed as an unpaid adviser with special responsibility for climate change by Labour leader Ed Miliband, said he believes Blair was wrong for invading Iraq in 2003. "They told us it wasn't regime change. |