Daily Mail | Navy SEAL Mike Day who was shot 27 times in Iraq is now training to run a half ... Daily Mail Mike Day is representing Carrick Brain Centers, where he was treated for PTSD eight years after surviving the brutal gunfight in Iraq; Eleven shots hit Day's body armor while another 16 wounded him; Day was able to walk himself to the medical ... Former Navy SEAL shot 27 times in Iraq now training for triathlon |
CBC.ca | Airstrikes Hit ISIL in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, March 29, 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 allies strike 14 targets in Iraq, one in Syria Canada's end game in Iraq, Syria Military airstrikes continue against ISIL in Syria and Iraq |
Foreign Policy (blog) | The US Is Providing Air Cover for Ethnic Cleansing in Iraq Foreign Policy (blog) The rest consisted of a consortium of Shiite militia groups operating under the banner of Hashd al-Shaabi, or the Population Mobilization Units (PMU), which was assembled in answer to a fatwah issued by Iraq's revered Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali ... Shiite Militias in Iraq Back Off Boycott Over US Strikes on ISIS US and coalition launch 18 air strikes against Isis in Iraq amid fight for Tikrit Iraq Resumes Offensive in Tikrit After US Airstrikes |
Boston Globe (subscription) | Wounded officer commanded respect in Iraq Boston Globe (subscription) As a platoon leader in a volatile region of Iraq known as the “Triangle of Death,” Army Ranger Lieutenant John Moynihan used to say there were two ways to be a leader: pull rank and force soldiers to follow, or earn their respect. He knew — and his ... Gelzinis: Ex-Ranger survives war in Iraq only to get shot back home Decorated Boston cop, Iraq veteran in coma after being shot in face |
Military.com | A History of Bad Blood Between Iraq's Shiite Militias, US troops Military.com For Americans who never served in Iraq, the image of the war promoted in such Hollywood productions as “American Sniper” has focused on the fight against Sunni insurgents from al-Qaida in Iraq, the forerunner of the Islamic State. But much of the ... |
Newsweek | US Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq Newsweek During and immediately after the first Gulf War, more than 200,000 of 700,000 U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Kuwait in January 1991 were exposed to nerve gas and other chemical agents. Though aware of this, the Department of Defense and CIA launched a ... |
Los Angeles Times | Bill would help Christians in Iraq threatened by Islamic State Los Angeles Times Two San Diego area congressmen are among the sponsors of a bill to rescue members of religious minorities threatened with violence by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria - possibly helping them join the large Middle Eastern immigrant community in ... |
Wall Street Journal | US, Iranian-Backed Shiite Militias Share Uneasily in Battle for Iraq's Tikrit Wall Street Journal TIKRIT, Iraq—Iranian-backed Shiite militias remained on the front lines of the battle to retake this strategic city from Islamic State days after the U.S. demanded they be sidelined as a condition for joining the fight with airstrikes. The U.S ... David Ignatius: Iranians overreached in campaign for Tikrit, Iraq 66 Killed across Iraq as US Carpetbombs Tikrit The Iraqi Army has killed as many as 67 ISIL Takfiri terrorists in the north ... |
Asharq Alawsat English | Iraq President: ISIS will soon be forced out of Iraq Asharq Alawsat English Sharm El-Sheikh, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Iraq continues its operations to retake the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and begins preparations for a long-awaited assault on Mosul, which is also under the control of the ... Islamic State Will Be Eliminated Within The Year, Iraqi President Says Iraq hopes to eradicate Daesh within year: President |
Rudaw | Proposed US bill: recognize Iraq's Kurds as 'partners' and arm them directly Rudaw The Kurdish cause, which includes aspirations of independence by Iraq's Kurds, has been getting more traction since the Peshmerga rose as a bulwark to ISIS expansion last summer. The Kurds have been working as a team with coalition forces, which have ... |