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President Trump Just Told The CIA The U.S. Should Have Stolen ... - Huffington Post Sat, 21 Jan 2017 22:20:23 GMT

Huffington Post

President Trump Just Told The CIA The U.S. Should Have Stolen ... Huffington Post WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump told the CIA on Saturday that the so-called Islamic State probably would never have existed if the United States had ... Trump on Iraq: 'We should have kept the oil.' - The Boston GlobeThe Boston Globe Trump tells CIA employees he may invade Iraq to take their oil ...AMERICAblog (blog) all 4 news articles »

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Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Syria and Iraq, January 21, 2017 - eNews Park Forest Sat, 21 Jan 2017 15:10:40 GMT

Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Syria and Iraq, January 21, 2017 eNews Park Forest SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)—January 21, 2017. On Jan. 20, Coalition military forces conducted 26 strikes consisting of 49 engagements against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, Coalition military forces conducted 22 strikes consisting of 28 ... and more »

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Who's tracking casualties in Iraq? A California high school teacher - Los Angeles Times Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:15:15 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Who's tracking casualties in Iraq? A California high school teacher Los Angeles Times Joel Wing, a high school social studies teacher in Oakland, was at home working on his MacBook Air one recent afternoon when he saw troubling news out of Baghdad. The United Nations had just released its estimate for the number of soldiers and other ...

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Trump Goes to CIA to Attack Media, Lie About Crowd Size, and Suggest Stealing Iraq's Oil - Foreign Policy (blog) Sat, 21 Jan 2017 22:29:15 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)

Trump Goes to CIA to Attack Media, Lie About Crowd Size, and Suggest Stealing Iraq's Oil Foreign Policy (blog) At one point, Trump regurgitated parts of his stump speech about how the United States “should have kept the oil” after invading Iraq. “Maybe we'll have another chance,” he added. Aside from being physically impossible to sequester billions of barrels ... and more »

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Iraqi Kurdish fashionistas make a splash - BBC News Sun, 22 Jan 2017 01:04:54 GMT

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Iraqi Kurdish fashionistas make a splash BBC News Conflict and militancy may be first things that occur to many about Iraq, but a group of young fashion-conscious Kurds are hoping to help project a brighter, more optimistic image - and perhaps effect social change along the way. The group calls itself ... A baby named Trump and admiration for a new US president in northern IraqWashington Post all 12 news articles »

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'I've been to Afghanistan and Iraq, but main security incident I experienced was in Belfast' - Irish Times Sat, 21 Jan 2017 00:00:18 GMT

Irish Times

'I've been to Afghanistan and Iraq, but main security incident I experienced was in Belfast' Irish Times “In 2013, I visited Iraq. We toured the northern Kurdish part including Erbil, Duhok, Mosul and Sulaymaniyah. In Sulaymaniyah, I was able to visit Iraq's first museum, housed at Amna Suraka – a complex notorious for being a killing zone and 'house of ...

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650-mile trench stakes out claim for bigger Kurdish territory in Iraq - The Guardian Fri, 20 Jan 2017 09:11:23 GMT

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650-mile trench stakes out claim for bigger Kurdish territory in Iraq The Guardian Mounds of earth have been heaped above a trench gouged out of the ground along about 650 miles (1,050km) of northern Iraq, which before the war with Islamic State was in Arab hands. The berm runs from Sinjar, in the north-west, to Khanaqin, near the ... Iraq Military: Troops Have 'Full Control' of Eastern MosulNew York Times Photos show 'weaponised commercial drones' in IraqBBC News As caliphate crumbles, Islamic State lashes out in IraqReuters Yahoo News -Business Insider all 241 news articles »

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Losing in Iraq, Islamic State seeks to shore up Syria presence - Reuters Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:01:08 GMT

Reuters

Losing in Iraq, Islamic State seeks to shore up Syria presence Reuters It underlines the residual strength of Islamic State even after its loss of a cluster of cities in Iraq and half of Mosul, and points up the challenges facing U.S. President Donald Trump in the war he has vowed to wage against the group. The jihadists ... The Iraq pitBluefield Daily Telegraph Carter says more US troops will not fix Iraq or SyriaAlbert Lea Tribune Iraq slowly untangles Islamic State's bureaucratic legacyThe Indian Express Iraq Oil Report -Breitbart News -Iraqi News all 98 news articles »

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Obama's legacy in Iraq | TheHill - The Hill (blog) Fri, 20 Jan 2017 15:46:04 GMT

The Hill (blog)

Obama's legacy in Iraq | TheHill The Hill (blog) OPINION | Obama's dubious legacy in Iraq may ultimately offer policymakers in Washington the warning they need to avoid mistakes made over the past eight ... U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Videos | Carter, Dunford Honor Obama at Farwell CeremonyDepartment of Defense High-Risk List - SIGARSIGAR all 109 news articles »

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Iraq recalls ambassador to Portugal after failed immunity for sons - Rudaw Fri, 20 Jan 2017 15:40:44 GMT

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Iraq recalls ambassador to Portugal after failed immunity for sons Rudaw Iraq's Ambassador Saad Mohammed Ridha to Portugal (left) meets with then-Porteguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva in 2015. Photo: Presidency of Portugal. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The Iraqi ambassador to Portugal, Saad Mohammed Ridha, has ...