Washington Post | The pre-war intelligence on Iraq: Wrong or hyped by the Bush White House? Washington Post Donald Trump's staff dismissed U.S. intelligence conclusions that Russia actively interfered in the presidential election by noting the flawed intelligence cited by the Bush administration in making the case for invading Iraq nearly 14 years ago. An ... |
CNBC | Iraq's future is so bright some investors are wearing shades—and taking the 'long view' CNBC As Iraq's government battles against terrorists, a few investors aren't entirely deterred from seeing opportunities in the war-weary country, which has yet to ascend to formal emerging market status. Some are taking a "long view" that calibrates ... |
Slate Magazine | How Donald Trump Is Repeating the Mistakes of Iraq Slate Magazine Trump thinks the intelligence agencies screwed up in Iraq by imagining a conspiracy that wasn't there. His argument is that you should assume they're making the same mistake now about Russia. But that's not what postwar investigations of the Iraq ... Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House US|Russian Hackers Acted to Aid Trump in Election, US Says |
Hutchinson News | UN agency says 35000 children have fled Iraq's Mosul Hutchinson News FILE -- In this Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 file photo, Yousef Oday, 10, who was wounded in the eye by Islamic State militants, is treated by doctors at a clinic in Zahra district in Mosul, Iraq. With little electricity and no running water, Mosul doctors ... 'Worse Than A Nuke': Hottest Warzone In Iraq Might Get A Bibilical Bath Iraq tries to reassure over gruelling Mosul campaign Will Liberated Areas in Iraq Become Incubators for ISIS? |
Telegraph.co.uk | Only conviction in IHAT Iraq abuse probe is one of its own investigators Telegraph.co.uk A civilian investigator searching for evidence of criminal abuses in a “witch hunt” against British troops in Iraq was charged and convicted after pretending to be a policeman to get on to a military base. The incident means that the only conviction ... |
Iraq and the art of war Aljazeera.com As Iraqi forces fight an all-out battle to reclaim Mosul, taken by ISIL in 2014, we speak to two of Iraq's most distinguished artists about the ongoing bloodshed and destruction in the country, home to what is considered one of the oldest civilisations ... |
STRATFOR | A Different Battle in Iraq STRATFOR Discontent is growing among the Iraqi people after years of austerity measures, but between stagnant oil prices and the conditions of Iraq's World Bank and International Monetary Fund loans, there is no end in sight to the spending cuts. Iraq, whose ... In Photos: The Destruction of Iraq Heritage Sites by ISIS Carter Thanks US, Coalition Troops for Counter-ISIL Work in Iraq Mosul doctors struggle to save civilians on Iraq front line |
Yahoo News | ISIS Fights For Land In Syria, Iraq Yahoo News Airstrike campaigns in Iraq and Syria have pitted the violent Islamic State group against the U.S. and other global leaders. But more than two years after ISIS announced it's so-called caliphate in the Middle East, the civilian death toll in the region ... Obama and Erdogan Move ISIS Terrorists from Iraq to Syria, to Weaken Assad Process of Squeezing Militants Out of Iraq Into Syria Evident - Kremlin Palmyra and four other hot spots where Isis is still a potent force in Syria and Iraq |
Reuters | Iraq to abide by OPEC cut, expects output growth in future Reuters VIENNA Iraq is committed to cutting its production to comply with a global pact to support prices, the country's oil minister said, adding he was nevertheless confident OPEC's No. 2 producer has the potential to boost its output in coming years. Iraq ... |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Will Trump Stay or Go in Iraq? Foreign Policy (blog) Trump's strong condemnation of the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 is now well established. During his presidential campaign, he repeatedly opined that it “may have been the worst decision” in American history. In Trump's telling, the Iraq war ... |