The Atlantic | Why Iraq Needs the Oil - The Atlantic The Atlantic Taking it, as Donald Trump has mused about doing, is not only illegal—it would tear the country apart. Kurdish 'Hipsters' Showing Iraq as You've Never Seen It Before (PHOTOS) |
Marine Corps Times | Meet ISIS' worst nightmare: A Marine who grew up in Iraq Marine Corps Times “America is my home, but Iraq is my homeland,” Cpl. Ali J. Mohammed said in a Marine Corps news story. “My biggest motivation right now is to help drive these extremist groups out of my homeland, and being able to do that as a United States Marine is ... This story about an Iraqi refugee becoming a US Marine may be the Pentagon's 'Twitter rebellion' against Donald Trump |
The Independent | Iraq says Donald Trump's threat to seize the country's oil makes no sense The Independent No one knows how seriously to take President Donald Trump's threat to seize Iraq's oil. Doing so would involve extraordinary costs and risk confrontation with America's best ground partner against Isis, but the President told the CIA this weekend ... As Trump muses about seizing Iraq oil, energy experts say it makes no sense Iraq is worried that Donald Trump says he may re-invade to take their oil How Trump's Speech to the CIA Endangered America |
Coalition launches 28 strikes in Syria, Iraq Kuwait News Agency WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (KUNA) -- The US-led coalition against the so-called Islamic State (IS) launched 28 air strikes in Syria and Iraq Tuesday, the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in its daily report Wednesday. |
Huffington Post | Trump's Talk On Terror And Iraq Has Experts Worried About A Coming Backlash Huffington Post The next day, he told an audience of cherry-picked supporters and some CIA staff that previous administrations should have stolen oil from Iraq. The U.S. could still do so, Trump suggested, raising the specter of a renewed confrontation between Iraqi ... |
Reuters | Rowboats and missiles in war of attrition on Iraq front line Reuters MOSUL, Iraq Iraqi rapid response forces take up positions on the roof of a house as their Islamic State enemies plot their next move along the front line between east and west Mosul. Sometimes the militants row small boats across the Tigris River at ... Iraqi PM Vowes Trump Will Not Take Iraq's Oil as He Promised Iraq: Hundreds of families leave camps for Mosul return The Fate of Iraq's Indigenous Communities |
Department of Defense | Iraq: East Mosul Free of IS Control Voice of America “This is a monumental achievement for not only the Iraqi security forces and sovereign government of Iraq, but all Iraqi people,” said Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, the commanding general of the international counter-IS coalition in Iraq. Townsend ... Iraq Announces Liberation of Eastern Mosul Iraq declares eastern Mosul 'fully liberated' from ISIS PM Abadi says Iraq's oil is for Iraqis, in reaction to Trump |
Universe.byu.edu | Inspiring Iraq War veteran to visit BYU Universe.byu.edu Blaisdell served as a platoon sergeant within the Bravo Company of the First Battalion during the war in Iraq. All junior cadets in the ROTC were assigned to read “Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death” in ... |
Middle East Eye | A not-so-historic settlement: Iraq's post-IS vision runs into trouble Middle East Eye A political reconciliation plan, spearheaded by the leader of Iraq's Islamic Supreme Council Ammar al-Hakim, promises to heal Iraq and unite its warring factions. Named the 'historic settlement,' the initiative is built on the central areas around ... |
Gulf Business News | Trump May Suspend Some Immigration From Iraq and 6 Other Countries: Sources ABC News President Donald Trump is set to unveil executive actions on immigration -- one of his central campaign promises -- and could move to suspend some immigration from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, either temporarily or "indefinitely ... Trump expected to order refugee, visa ban for Iraq, Iran, Yemen Exclusive: Trump expected to sign executive orders on immigration |