Northwest Arkansas News | 'Long And Bloody Insurgency' Is The Grim Future Facing Operations In Iraq Daily Caller ISIS has it's roots in the now defunct al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI). AQI was a guerilla terrorist organization that had refuge among Iraq's disaffected Sunni population, and after the U.S. withdrawal in 2010 wreaked havoc across Iraq. This havoc spread into ... Suicide bomber kills 14 in Iraq Iraq finally bans fake bomb detectors after July 3 blast Iraq bans fake bomb detectors - after biggest suicide attack in 13 years |
New York Times | Middle East|As ISIS Loosens Grip, US and Iraq Prepare for Grinding Insurgency New York Times A return to guerrilla warfare in Iraq, while the United States and its allies still combat the Islamic State in Syria, would pose one of the first major challenges to the next American president, who will take office in January. American public opinion ... ISIS Kills US Soldiers, Destroys Military Plane In Iraq? Pentagon Responds To Claims Of Islamic State Attack 5000 to 10000 Islamic State fighters in Mosul, Iraq; some expected to relocate Pentagon refutes claims that ISIS downed US plane in Iraq |
Aljazeera.com | Iraq's Yazidis living in fear on Mount Sinjar Aljazeera.com Her family was among the hundreds of thousands who fled as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) swept across northern Iraq's Sinjar region in August 2014 and captured the town of the same name. Civilians rarely escape the group's notorious ... |
Washington Post | The force leading the Iraq army's fight against ISIS went from 'dirty division' to golden boys Washington Post FALLUJAH, Iraq — Iraq's counterterrorism forces, known as the Golden Division, were once so loathed that they were nicknamed the “Dirty Division.” They were accused of running secret prisons and carrying out extrajudicial killings. Some lawmakers ... |
WTVD-TV | 82nd Airborne commander shares views on Iraq before taking on new role at the Pentagon WTVD-TV He said the decision to send in more troops to Iraq is the right call if it means the U.S.-backed forces will be able to take back control of the city of Mosul, explaining why he thinks it's important. Clarke also shared his view on the role of the U.S ... |
Center for Research on Globalization | The Secret US-UK Airwar Against Iraq Center for Research on Globalization The Chilcot Inquiry, set up to look into the British role in the war in Iraq, reported on July 6, and although it was overshadowed by the political fallout from the Brexit vote to leave the European Union, received a largely favorable reception from ... 10000 Sign Petition to Hold Tony Blair Accountable for Iraq War British Iraq War report is damning for former PM Tony Blair 10000 sign petition to 'hold Tony Blair to account' over Iraq war |
The Detroit News | Why send more troops to Iraq? - Detroit News The Detroit News Without a clear national security rationale, military intervention stops being a tool of foreign policy. |
The Globe and Mail | Bush and Blair carry on unpunished for the crimes of the Iraq War The Globe and Mail The invasion of Iraq never was about Saddam or his fictional weapons of mass destruction. Saddam had nothing whatever to do with 9/11 or al-Qaeda and had no WMDs. Look, if I knew that, how could Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair not have known? What did they ... |
Middle East Eye | Iraq's year zero: How the free market failed Iraq's economy Middle East Eye With the implementation of neoliberal policies likely to put further strain on Iraq's poorest, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has provided Iraq with a loan of $5.34 billion on condition of shrinking the government. In wake of this news, Moody's ... |
UN News Centre | United Nations News Centre - Security Council extends mandate of ... UN News Centre The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for another year, until 31 ... |