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Oftentimes when the U.S. superpower intervenes in the business of other nations, after U.S. troops withdraw, the American people lose interest and the country disappears from the consciousness of the public.
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Kurdish region has begun to sell oil independently of the central government, a move that is exacerbating divisions in the country as it struggles to turn back Islamic State militants.
The people of Iraq are increasingly blaming the United States for the spread of ISIS in their country, a Wall Street Journal report reveals.
On June 13th, Greg Jaffe and Missy Ryan of the Washington Post reported what should have been big news (though it was hardly noted).
Analysts Warn Comments May Demoralize Baghdad
Iraqi forces fire on Saudi jets
Botched Mideast intervention still defines those jockeying for political power in the US
Iraqi Shi'ite officials are blaming Sunni refugees from the Anbar Province for the recent round of bombings tearing through the capital city of Baghdad, saying they are providing cover for ISIS to smuggle explosives in.
Unfortunately, in the 24/7/365 media age, fear mongering has never been easier. The around-the-clock cable news coverage of an extremely rare event -- a co-pilot's alleged mass murder of passengers aboard one of 40 million flights worldwide annually
Portrayals of the Iraq War look a little different from Iraq.
As Congress mulls America's war with the Islamic State terror group, more than 4,000 Fort Carson soldiers prepared Thursday to leave for Kuwait, where they will take over as America's largest ground force in the troubled region.
Pentagon Says Attacks 'Ineffective' So Far.
al-Saadi is deeply pessimistic saying Iraq's military lacks weapons, equipment and battle-ready troops and complained that U.S. air support was erratic. Both the military and the government remain riddled with corruption, he said.
According to The New York Times, Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, the commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East, is trying to figure out why the brutal Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is such a dynamic force in Iraq and
Those Approved Likely Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Joint Chiefs: 350 Troops Already Stationed in Anbar Province.
"There was a concerted campaign on the part of the Bush administration to connect Iraq in the public mind with the horror of the Sept. 11 attacks. That campaign succeeded," said Levin, who cited opinion polls from that time showing many Americans bel
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi revealed Sunday the existence of 50,000 fictitious names on the military rolls, indicating efforts by the U.S. to help rid the security forces of financial corruption during the Iraq War failed.
Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's finance minister called for deep-rooted reforms to stamp out corruption in a military that collapsed in the face of an Islamic State advance, as he prepares to spend nearly a quarter of the 2015 budget on defense.
From Carter to the Islamic State, 35 Years of Building Bases and Sowing Disaster.
You Americans have left my country of Iraq broken and splintered. I long for the days under Saddam Hussein.
Iraq will need about 80,000 troops to retake the terrain it lost to IS, a top US general said yesterday.
The Pentagon is considering sending U.S. troops to fight beside Iraqi soldiers as they take on more complex missions in the battle against Islamic State militants, according to Gen. Martin Dempsey, the nation's top military officer.
Iraq
In a dramatic post-election surge, President Obama is doubling the number of U.S. troops in Iraq to 3,000 and asking Congress for $5.6 billion for the war against the so-called Islamic State, officials said denying "mission creep."
Britain is preparing to send troops back to Baghdad to support a US-led mission to help the Iraqi security forces in their fight against Islamic State.
Back in the 1990's, journalists used to joke, "Of course we know Iraq has chemical weapons. We have the delivery receipts to prove it!"
How can 500 rogue jihad fighters take a city from the hands of 30 thousand American trained soldiers in just three short days? That seems to be the question plaguing the Pentagon after ISIS stormed Mosul, taking Iraq's second largest city as th
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