Foreign Policy (blog) | To destroy ISIS in Iraq, start with the desired end state and work backwards Foreign Policy (blog) In the case of Iraq, this realistic U.S. end state should focus on stability. It would entail an Iraq which is mostly free from Islamic extremists, is not a puppet of Iran, and is an adequate U.S. partner with some marginally acceptable form of ... |
Reuters | Iraq's Sunni militias recruit mid-teens to fight Islamic State Reuters DEBAGA CAMP, Iraq Iraqi tribal militias are recruiting youths in their mid-teens from a camp for displaced people to fight in the battle to push Islamic State out of Mosul, the camp's manager and a rights group said. At least seven under the age of 18 ... Top US General: Iraq 'on Track' to Retake Mosul from Islamic State HRW: Iraq militias recruiting children from civilian camps |
Sputnik International | Six Years Later: Is Iraq Free From US Campaign of Endless War? Sputnik International The US combat mission in Iraq officially ended six years ago, but did America ever really leave? Radio Sputnik's Loud & Clear speaks with British parliamentarian and renowned anti-war activist George Galloway about the history of US involvement in Iraq ... |
Iraq Fast Facts KITV Honolulu 1924 - The new Constitutional Assembly of Iraq meets to consider the Anglo-Iraq treaty. The treaty would compel Iraq to honor all agreements made by Great Britain previously, including oil concessions. In order to compel Iraq to accept the treaty ... |
Voice of America | IS Fighters Fleeing Iraq Leave Carnage Behind Voice of America As Islamic State fighters are being routed from cities and towns across Syria and Iraq, they increasingly leave behind carnage, causing major damage to local economies and devastating people they already have traumatized. A VOA reporter this week ... |
Breitbart News | Nancy Pelosi Memo: Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Created Islamic State Breitbart News NEW YORK – An internal Democratic Party memo allegedly hacked from Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)'s personal computer and posted by purported hacker Guccifer 2.0 seems to agree with Donald Trump's sentiments that the policies of Hillary Clinton and Barack ... |
Breitbart News | Thousands Buried in 72 Islamic State Mass Graves in Iraq, Syria Breitbart News Between 5,200 and 15,000 known victims are buried in some of the mass graves scattered across Iraq and Syria by Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists, the Associated Press (AP) has found through exclusive interviews, satellite photos, and research. “Of ... Mass graves of ISIS victims discovered across Iraq and Syria Up to 15000 Isis victims buried in mass graves in Syria and Iraq – survey Horrific survey unveils 72 ISIS mass graves across Syria, Iraq |
Insightcrime.org | Mexico Suffers More Deaths Than War-Torn Iraq, Afghanistan Insightcrime.org Data from the 2016 Global Peace Index Report indicates that Mexico's internal conflict led to approximately 33,000 deaths in 2015, a figure higher than those of war-torn countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan. The Institute for Economics and Peace ... |
Common Dreams (press release) | Iraq War Architect Wolfowitz Putting His 'Hopes' in Clinton Presidency Common Dreams (press release) The 72-year-old deputy secretary of defense under President George W. Bush and cheerleader for the illegal 2003 invasion of Iraq told Politico that Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump are "both so far from what I believe in." Yet ... |
Reuters | Iraq on track to retake Mosul this year, US general says Reuters WASHINGTON Iraq is on track to meet its objective of retaking the city of Mosul from Islamic State later this year, should Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi choose to go forward as planned, the head of the U.S. military's Central Command said on Tuesday ... Iraq's opportunity in the battle for Mosul Watch coalition airstrikes level a factory producing ISIS' most dangerous weapons near its biggest city Down another key minister, Iraq continues Mosul push |