The Intercept | Donald Trump Ridiculed Iraq War Position Held By His VP Pick, Mike Pence The Intercept During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has made the decision to go to war in Iraq a major foreign policy litmus test, concluding that Hillary Clinton was “trigger-happy” for supporting what he called a “disaster.” But his apparent vice ... Trump sticks to false statement that he opposed Iraq war from the start |
International Monetary Fund | Iraq Gets $5.34 Billion IMF Loan to Support Economic Stability International Monetary Fund The IMF has approved a three-year, $5.34 Billion loan for Iraq focused on implementing economic and financial policies to help the country cope with lower oil prices and ensure debt sustainability. The loan will be provided under the Stand-By ... UPDATE 1-Iraq to cut 2016 spending, take on billions in foreign debt Iraq to cut 2016 spending, take on billions in foreign debt - memo Iraq receives first $634 million payment from IMF |
U.S. News & World Report | As Obama's Term Ends, U.S. Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq Are Not U.S. News & World Report Iraq, for example, has witnessed the continual slow trickle of U.S. advisers and special operations troops back into training bases and combat operations. Carter's announcement this week in Baghdad that the U.S. will deploy 560 additional troops raises ... |
The Guardian | Troops' families sent body armour to Iraq during war, says MP The Guardian The Tory MP Sir David Amess said Tony Blair deserved an Oscar for the way he reacted to the publication of the Chilcot report, by saying he would make the same decision again to take the UK to war in Iraq. Amess said Blair should be held to account for ... Blair justified Iraq War with 'discredited' child mortality data US-UK Dirty War: 'Latin American-style' Death Squads in Iraq Revealed Through Chilcot Iraq War did not have to happen, and certainly not when it did |
CNN | US working to confirm it killed top ISIS leader, again CNN U.S. warplanes targeted senior ISIS operative Omar al-Shishani in Iraq in the past few days, some four months after the coalition first thought it had killed him in Syria, according to two U.S. officials. The United States is still trying to confirm ... ISIS says senior commander "Omar the Chechen" was killed in Iraq ISIS says its 'minister of war' killed in Iraq, despite reports he died in Syria Iraq: ISIL says Omar al-Shishani killed in air strike |
Aljazeera.com | US signs military aid deal with Iraq's Kurdish fighters Aljazeera.com The United States has signed a deal with the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq to provide the Kurds with further military and financial support in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group. A senior Pentagon ... |
The Hill (blog) | As Britain tries to learn from Iraq mistakes, so should the U.S. — by privatizing the VA The Hill (blog) The British government issued Wednesday the long-awaited Chilcot report, harshly criticizing the U.K.'s decision to join the United States' 2003 invasion of Iraq. The ensuing Iraq war “cost the lives of 179 British troops and, at the time of the ... |
Heartbreaking Image of Burned Girl Captures Agony of Iraq ABC News The ISIS suicide attack, one of the deadliest bombings since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003, occurred in a mostly Shiite district in Baghdad during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan — during which ISIS urged its followers to bring pain to ... |
The Guardian | Angela Eagle says voting for Iraq war does not put her on Labour right The Guardian Angela Eagle has admitted she regrets her vote to support the Iraq war, but said it was outrageous of her rivals for the Labour leadership to use that decision 13 years ago to paint her as on the right of the party. Eagle, the former shadow business ... Angela Eagle accuses BBC interviewer of pandering to 'Corbynista meme' during Iraq War questioning |
Defense One | In Iraq, the 'Real Mystery' Is What Comes After ISIS Defense One U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Monday that the United States will deploy 560 more troops to Iraq, bringing the total upwards of 4,600 as preparations get underway to recapture Mosul from the self-proclaimed Islamic State. It comes as Iraqi ... After ISIS: Iraq gets ready for a civil war |