The National Interest Online | The Ultimate 'What If': A World Where America Never Invaded Iraq The National Interest Online Every player of the popular video game Civilization knows to hit the save button before engaging in the risky, stupid invasion of foreign country. In the case of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, it became apparent after the first few months that the war was ... |
Politico | Who lost Iraq? Politico For a brief, happy — and misguided — moment, most Americans stopped thinking about Iraq. After withdrawing the last U.S. troops in 2011, President Barack Obama declared the country “sovereign, stable and self-reliant.” No such luck. Iraq plunged back ... Daily, Iraq inches closer to hunger Boost for minority in Syria, majority in Iraq Guest commentary: First Iraq incursion was stupid, but a second would be insane |
The Hill | Former Bush officials teaching course on Iraq War 'decision-making' The Hill Paul Wolfowitz and Scooter Libby, two key players in the George W. Bush administration, are teaching a course this fall on decision-making in the 2003 Iraq War. The course, titled "The War in Iraq: A Study in Decision-Making", will examine some "key ... Ex-Bush officials to teach course on decision-making in Iraq invasion |
Business Insider | ISIS is waging a 'water war' in Southern Iraq Business Insider REUTERS/Atef HassanAn Iraqi border police boat patrols in the marshes near the Iranian border in southeastern Iraq October 4, 2011. In the 1990s, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein drained the marshes of southern Iraq in order to punish the indigenous Shi ... IS 'Water War' Dries Marshes In Southern Iraq The Murder of the Mesopotamia Marshes |
The Daily Star | US, allies conduct air strikes in Syria, Iraq against Islamic State: US military Yahoo News WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies staged 17 air strikes against Islamic State positions in Syria and 10 strikes against the militant group in Iraq on Saturday, the U.S. military said. In Syria, nine of the air strikes hit Islamic ... US, allies conduct air strikes in Syria, Iraq against SIS |
Rudaw | The Islamic State Celebrates Its First Birthday TIME The Pentagon has adopted a go-slow approach, with its modest air campaign and turgid training schedule, in part to prod Iraq to do the fighting. That's fine, so long as you believe ISIS is a slow-growing tumor, confined to Iraq and Syria. But as last ... 21 US-led airstrikes target ISIS in Iraq and Syria New strategy for Iraq, Syria A simple solution to the Iraq Crisis |
Press TV | Inherent Resolve Airstrikes Continue in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, June 27, 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 Iraq capable of defeating ISIL terrorists: Academic Anti-ISIL Coalition Carries Out 17 Airstrikes in Iraq, Syria - CENTCOM |
Commentary Magazine | Iran's Nukes are Iraq's Moment of Truth Commentary Magazine Iranian influence in Iraq has grown greatly since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Shortly after I returned to Iraq in July 2003, I had driven with Iraqi friends down to see the marshes which Saddam Hussein had ordered drained in order to try to ... Iran Talks Bogged Down With Confusion on IAEA Monitoring |
UPI.com | Gunmen kill senior Iraqi oil official in Iraq's Kirkuk Reuters BAGHDAD Gunmen shot dead a senior oil official working for Iraq's state-run North Oil Company (NOC) on Sunday, police and company officials said. NOC's chief of operations, Saad al-Karbalaie, was killed in the northern oil city of Kirkuk. Gunmen forced ... Gunmen slay senior oil official in northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk |
US, Coalition Continue Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, June 28, 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 ... |