Los Angeles Times | Rules sometimes don't apply to war in Iraq, Marine jury told Los Angeles Times Lopez served with Hutchins in Hamandiya, Iraq, but was not part of the squad that later was charged with murder. Bouza was born in the Middle East and has made 10 deployments as a Marine to the region, including one to Iraq that concluded only weeks ... Military jury sentences US Marine convicted of Iraq murder to time served Marine convicted of murder goes home |
Telegraph.co.uk | Greek debt crisis is the Iraq War of finance Telegraph.co.uk Greek debt crisis is the Iraq War of finance. Guardians of financial stability are deliberately provoking a bank run and endangering Europe's system in their zeal to force Greece to its knees. The Parthenon in Athens Photo: ALAMY. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. |
Fox News | Charles Krauthammer: A new strategy for Iraq and Syria U-T San Diego It's time for a new strategy in Iraq and Syria. It begins by admitting that the old borders are gone, that a unified Syria or Iraq will never be reconstituted, that the Sykes-Picot map is defunct. We may not want to enunciate that policy officially ... Time for New Strategy in Iraq, Syria |
RealClearPolitics | Putin: I'm Concerned Syria Will End Up Like Libya And Iraq RealClearPolitics It is actually, people prefer not to talk about that, but who created the conditions, and how the conditions were created for terrorists to burst out of these territories, how after the invasion to Iraq, the authorities were destroyed, Saddam was ... |
Iraq chased Islamic State out of Tikrit. Getting residents back is still a battle. Washington Post TIKRIT, Iraq — Snaking past blackened shop fronts and shattered homes, buses ferried the first civilian residents back to Tikrit this week, an initial step toward reviving this city after Islamic State militants were expelled more than two months ago ... |
Salon | America's Iraq strategy is a trillion-dollar tragicomedy Salon Consider this recent headline: “U.S. to Ship 2,000 Anti-Tank Missiles To Iraq To Help Fight ISIS.” The accompanying article describes a Pentagon initiative to reinforce Iraq's battered army with a rush order of AT-4s. A souped-up version of the old ... Why Obama's Plan to Send Advisers to Iraq Will Fail Iraq denies Islamic State claim it shot down fighter plane US questions Iraq's commitment to fighting Islamic State |
Voice of America | Airstrikes Hit ISIL in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, June 19, 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 ... Military airstrikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq 24 airstrikes hit ISIL targets in Syria, Iraq - US |
Voice of America | Carter, Dempsey paint bleak picture of Iraq situation CNN Washington (CNN) America's two top defense officials presented a dismal outlook on the situation in Iraq Wednesday during testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, even addressing possible U.S. policy if the country's current borders ... Pentagon chief defends growing training program in Iraq — but acknowledges ... Few Good Men: US Says Iraqi Recruits in Short Supply US Military Leaders: Stronger Iraq Critical to IS Fight |
ABC Online | NBC news anchor Brian Williams blames ego for exaggerating Iraq war story ABC Online Fallen US anchorman Brian Williams says he was not trying to mislead people by exaggerating stories about his work, but that his ego drove him to make the mistakes that cost him his job on NBC's Nightly News. Williams, who will end a six-month, ... Brian Williams Loses Anchor Chair For Iraq Lie Brian Williams Dug Through 20 Years of Personal Reports to Find Every Lie |
Reuters | Netherlands extends military mission in Iraq by a year Military Times The Netherlands has four F-16 fighter jets taking part in a campaign of air strikes against IS fighters in Iraq and 130 troops training the Iraqi army. Their mandate has been extended to October 2016. The 450-strong Dutch contribution to the U.N. force ... Dutch govt extends military mission against IS group in Iraq, UN peacekeeping ... Dutch to extend Iraq military mission against Islamic State: PM |