Military Times | US forces increasing Iraq footprint ahead of Mosul operation Military Times CAMP SWIFT, Iraq — Thirteen years ago, Chase Snow's father was among the American troops who moved into the Iraqi city of Mosul during the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. Now Snow, a U.S. Army specialist, is deployed in Iraq to help in ... British troops carrying gas masks are sent to Iraq In Iraq, 'all the pieces' are now in place to take Mosul back from the Islamic State Report: ISIS Issues Fatwa Against Breeding Cats in Mosul, Iraq |
Al-Monitor | Turkey's brash behavior riles Iraq Al-Monitor The warning called for summoning the Turkish ambassador, branding Turkish forces in Iraq as occupiers, prosecuting those responsible and denouncing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's pronouncements. It also called for reviewing trade and ... Politics|US Set to Open a Climactic Battle Against ISIS in Mosul, Iraq Iraq requests UN emergency meeting on Turkish troops in north Iraq, Turkey summon each other's ambassadors in protest |
Aljazeera.com | Iraq: Three bomb attacks in Baghdad kill 10 - News from Al Jazeera Aljazeera.com ISIL claims responsibility for biggest attack, in which bomber targeted Shia pilgrims marking holy month of Muharram. |
Los Angeles Times | Trump says he opposed the Iraq war from the start. He did not. Los Angeles Times Donald Trump stated falsely in Sunday night's debate that he opposed the Iraq war from the start. He supported it. Months before the 2003 U.S. invasion, Trump told shock-jock Howard Stern that he supported the invasion. “Yeah, I guess so,” Trump ... |
Washington Post | Reality Check Quick Takes: Can Trump appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Clinton? CNN Trump was on the record as supportive of the Iraq War as early as a month before Congress voted to authorize military force in Iraq and even soon after the invasion. He didn't express his outright opposition to the war until more than a year later, in ... Fact Check: Yes, Trump's Iraq War claim has been debunked Fact: Trump supported the war in Iraq before he opposed it AP FACT CHECK: Trump on support for Iraq war |
Forbes | Disorder In OPEC Ranks? Iraq To Increase Oil Output Forbes However, Iraq could increase its oil production despite OPEC's recent announcement. Iraq's oil minister, Jabar Ali al-Luaibi, has urged oil and natural gas producers operating in the country to continue increasing output for the rest of the year and in ... Iraq says it wants to increase oil output despite Opec cut deal |
BBC News | Iraq War allegation 'put me through hell' BBC News Lord Dannatt, Gen Sir Mike Jackson and Gen Sir David Richards say the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) is stopping the military from working effectively. One soldier, "John", whose name has been changed and voice disguised, says his life was made ... |
Los Angeles Times | In Iraq, punishing family ties to Islamic State and compensating victims of the violence Los Angeles Times The Iraqi army general spoke calmly with tribal leaders in the oil town of Qayyarah, while delivering his message in no uncertain terms. The military had received reports of several homes being destroyed — blown up, actually — because some residents ... |
Kurdish Politician Who Vanished in Turkey Turns Up in Iraq New York Times ISTANBUL — A Kurdish politician who had been missing from southeastern Turkey since May resurfaced in Iraq on Friday after months of speculation that the Turkish authorities had detained him. The politician, Hursit Kulter, 33, a provincial leader of ... |
Foreign Policy (blog) | The Mess Obama Left Behind in Iraq | Foreign Policy Foreign Policy (blog) Is it right to blame the president for the rise of the Islamic State? Well, it's not wrong. By James TraubJames Traub is a contributing editor at Foreign Policy, ... |