Wall Street Journal | Iraq Officials Face Monumental Task of Rebuilding Ramadi Wall Street Journal BAGHDAD—When Iraq's prime minister holds a meeting on Monday to discuss the monumental task of rebuilding the recently liberated city of Ramadi, officials will encounter a grim pattern: Each time Islamic State is uprooted, the battles and the group's ... Mass Grave Found in Ramadi, Iraq, After ISIS Driven From City Deadly IS attack on Iraq ex-US Camp Speicher base IS jihadists kill 12 in raid on Iraq police trainees |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Wisconsin Guard members prepare to return to Iraq Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sixty-six Wisconsin Army National Guard members stand during a sendoff ceremony in Madison Monday morning. The Wisconsin soldiers volunteered for the new unit assigned to the 101st Airborne as part of the first-ever Army initiative to integrate ... Utah Guard unit prepares to deploy to Iraq 53 Utah Guard Intelligence Soldiers Deploy to Iraq Wisconsin Army unit heading to Iraq |
Newser | Scientists Racing Back to Iraq to Save History Newser "The sad fact is, there is very little one can do to prevent deliberate vandalism by well-armed fanatics," archaeologist Jane Moon told the BBC in April after returning from Iraq to Britain. The Neanderthal site, Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan, has ... Archaeologists Return to Neanderthal Cave as ISIS Pushed from Iraq |
Fair Observer | IS Attacks Troops in Western Iraq, Killing 11 ABC News Islamic State militants attacked Iraqi troops and allied tribal fighters outside the western town of Haditha on Monday, killing at least 11 and wounding dozens, officials said. Haditha councilman Khalid Suleiman said 30 troops were wounded in the ... Setting the Stage for Effective US-Iraq Counterterrorism |
Iraq Holds First National Beauty Pageant In 40 Years NPR Renee Montagne talks to newly crowned Miss Iraq Shaima Qassem. It's the first time such a contest has been held in Iraq in four decades. She looking forward to competing in the Miss World pageant. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: The Miss World 2016 ... |
Sputnik International | Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, January 4, 2016 — 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 leads 25 strikes against ISIS in Iraq US-Led Coalition Against Daesh Launches 25 Airstrikes in Iraq, 1 in Syria Military strikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq |
Yahoo News | Two Sunni mosques bombed, muezzin killed in Iraq Yahoo News Hilla (Iraq) (AFP) - Blasts rocked two Sunni mosques in central Iraq Monday, amid fears of renewed sectarian strife following Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric, police and medics said. As thousands demonstrated against the Gulf ... 2 Iraq mosques hit; terrorists slay 11 in attack on soldiers |
Iraq's Kurds to continue exporting crude in 2016 Salt Lake Tribune Irbil, Iraq • Authorities in Iraq's cash-strapped Kurdish region will withhold delivery of oil to the central government and export crude independently in 2016 to ensure revenue amid a global price slump, according to a senior lawmaker in the territory ... |
Stars and Stripes | Despite dangers, military continues use of burn pits in Iraq Stars and Stripes During the bulk of wartime operations in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001, the military relied on hundreds of large, open-air pits to burn solid waste, exposing personnel working the pits and others living nearby to toxic smoke. In 2009, the Department ... |
Mintpress News (blog) | British Soldiers May Face Prosecution For War Crimes In Iraq Mintpress News (blog) The head of an independent UK unit tasked with investigating allegations of torture and unlawful killing in Iraq has said that British soldiers could face prosecution for crimes including murder, according to an interview published Saturday in The ... Iraq War: Investigating alleged crimes committed by our soldiers is no witch-hunt Ban foreigners from claiming legal aid to hound UK Iraq War veterans Iraq Atrocities: The UK's “Independent” Inquiry |