USA TODAY | Iraq girds for biggest ISIL battle yet USA TODAY Iraq's U.S.-backed military is building a ground force and conducting operations in preparation for the largest confrontation yet with the Islamic State — the battle to retake Mosul. The fight is still months away, but Iraqi ground forces and ... Bracing for what could be Iraq's bloodiest battle yet US Envoy: Operation to Take Mosul, Iraq from Islamic State 'Already Underway' Iraq is broke. Add that to its list of worries. |
Daily Beast | Pro-Cruz Pastor Shot By Iraq War Vet Six Times And Lives Daily Beast Odom is an Iraq War veteran, and records show that his awards include an Iraq Campaign Medal (which are given to service members who serve in Iraq in direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom), a Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, and a Global War on ... |
Newsweek | More Than 31000 Pregnant Women Under Islamic State Rule In Iraq and Syria Newsweek Last week, footage surfaced of an ISIS orphanage in Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, being used as a training site for the next generation of jihadis. The three-minute-long video, released by ISIS's Ninawa (Nineveh) Province in northern Iraq, shows ... |
Hot Air | Video: Did Bush lie about Iraq? An error occurred. Hot Air As Peter Allen once sang, Everything old is new again — including the claim that George W. Bush lied about Iraq to get us into a war. Last month, Donald Trump revived the allegations as an attack on Jeb Bush, whose candidacy was already fading out of ... Did Bush Really Lie About Iraq? Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist's Fact-Checks the Claim. |
Voice of America | US Conferred With Iran Before Iraq Invasion, Book Says New York Times WASHINGTON — Senior American officials held confidential talks with Iran about Iraq's future in advance of the United States-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, and secured a promise that the Iranian military would not fire at United States ... Ex-ambassador: US Met Secretly With Iran Before 2003 Iraq Invasion |
Task & Purpose | The Information War That The US Lost In Iraq Task & Purpose As an Army reservist and public affairs officer, Alvarez deployed to Iraq in mid-2004 to serve as the chief public affairs officer for Multinational Security Transition Command–Iraq. In this capacity, he served as then-Lt. Gen. David Petraeus' personal ... |
New York Times | Iraq Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens at Checkpoint Near Babylonian Ruins New York Times On Saturday, Brett McGurk, President Obama's envoy to the coalition fighting the Islamic State, said at a news conference in Baghdad that the Islamic State was losing the battle with forces aligned against it in both Iraq and Syria, and that the ... Iraq: senior UN official condemns Hilla bombing, deplores continuing loss of life |
ABC News | Iraq: Death Toll From Sunday's Suicide Attack Climbs to 61 ABC News Civilians and security forces gather as municipality workers remove destroyed vehicles at the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Hillah, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 6, 2016. The suicide bomber rammed his ... |
Reuters | Coalition Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, March 7, 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 targets Islamic State in Syria, Iraq with 18 strikes: statement US targets Islamic State in Syria, Iraq with 18 strikes Military strikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq |
USA TODAY | Latest ISIL bombing kills scores in Iraq USA TODAY The Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, has carried out scores of suicide bombings against Iraq's security forces and the country's Shiite Muslim majority. Hillah is in the mainly Shiite south, far from the main action in the government's war ... Iraq suicide bombing kills 47, hurts dozens Weekend Bombing in Iraq Kills 61, Injures 95 Dozens die in Iraq suicide bombing |