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A rejuvenated al-Qaeda-affiliated force asserted control over Fallujah, raising its flag over government buildings and declaring an Islamic state in one of the most crucial areas that U.S. troops fought to pacify before withdrawing from Iraq two year
1,180 Killed in December, Capping a Grim Year
I was commenting on the thread The Guardian: "I worked on the US drone program. The public should know what really goes on", and another person suggested I write DP original about my experiences.
I was commenting on the thread The Guardian: "I worked on the US drone program. The public should know what really goes on", and another person suggested I write DP original about my experiences.
Experts Doubt Move Will Halt Soaring Violence
The United States is quietly rushing dozens of Hellfire missiles and low-tech surveillance drones to Iraq to help government forces combat an explosion of violence by a Qaeda-backed insurgency that is gaining territory in both western Iraq and neighb
Militants in Iraq targeted Christians in 3 separate Christmas Day bombings in Baghdad, killing at least 37 people. In one attack, a car bomb went off near a church in the capital’s southern Dora neighborhood, killing 26 people and wounding 38
In Baghdad, a sticky bomb killed two people and wounded seven more on a bus in the Waziriya neighborhood.
Al Qaeda militants are bombing strategic targets in parts of western Iraq as they seek to wreak havoc on security, bent on establishing an Islamic emirate.
Sectarian Killings Still on the Rise in Iraq
Ambassador Offers Help to Curb 'Unrest'
The International Business Times reported Friday that the Department of Veterans Affairs had stopped releasing the number of non-fatal casualties of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, thus concealing what the paper called a “grim milestone” of 1 million
October was Iraq’s deadliest month since April, 2008. In those five and a half years, not only has there been no improvement in Iraq’s security situation, but things have gotten much worse. More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq last month,
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Death Toll Continues to Rise
The United States has likely reached a grim but historic milestone in the war on terror: 1 million veterans injured from the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The bloodiest year since 2008 has left many Iraqis terrified of leaving their homes for fear of being killed by bombs or kidnapped.
The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) Global Terrorism Database – part of a joint government-university program on terrorism - is hosted at the University of Maryland.
Blackwater and other trigger-happy “contractors” or “mercenaries” that worked or still work for the CIA and the U.S. government were and are simply government armed forces. The organization chart looks different than the U.S. Army, because
Recently, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that they had agreed on key provisions of a security arrangement that could allow some American forces in Afghanistan to remain after the NATO combat mission end
A senior official from former President Bush's administration is saying American troops went into Iraq because the US was looking for a fight. "The only reason we went into Iraq, I tell people now, is we were looking for somebody’s ass to kick. Afgha
A close look at who's behind the increase in sectarian violence in Iraq
The United States brought new manslaughter charges on Thursday against four former Blackwater Worldwide security guards for a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that prosecutors said killed 14 unarmed civilians.
Part of American Exceptionalism is never having to admit when your government kills hundreds of thousands of people.
First came the fireball, then the screams of the victims. The suicide bombing just outside a Baghdad graveyard knocked Nasser Waleed Ali over and peppered his back with shrapnel.
Baghdad once again suffered a series of coordinated bombings. Today’s mostly occurred during a 40-minute window.
The mineral wealth and relative security of Iraqi Kurdistan has created a haven for foreign investment. Now, the region’s historical richness is making it a haven for foreign archeologists who are swarming into the region in unprecedented numbers.
That chance is now fading for Hassan and many others who worked for the American military. As they face increased violence here, they find themselves trapped in a glacially paced visa program set up for Iraqis that will expire at the end of Sept
I said, "We're going to war with Iraq? Why?" He said, "I don't know." He said, "I guess they don't know what else to do."
The U.S. knew Hussein was launching some of the worst chemical attacks in history -- and still gave him a hand.
