Maliki Moves Against 'Coup,' US Backs Ouster
• http://news.antiwar.comTanks Roll Through Streets of Baghdad as Maliki Deploys Forces.
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Obama Calls Iraq "Long Term Project"; US Bombs Its Own Weapons;...
• http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comObama Calls Iraq "Long Term Project"; US Bombs Its Own Weapons; "These People Are Coming Here" Says Senator Graham.
Washington Threatens The World ? Paul Craig Roberts
• http://www.paulcraigroberts.orgThe consequence of Washington's reckless and irresponsible political and military interventions in Iraq, Libya, and Syria has been to unleash evil.
U.S. "Humanitarian" Bombing of Iraq: A Redundant Presidential Ritual
• https://firstlook.org, By Glenn GreenwaldU.S. "Humanitarian" Bombing of Iraq: A Redundant Presidential Ritual
Washington Opened The Gates Of Hell In Iraq: Now Come The Furies
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, By David StockmanThe late, great critic of the American Imperium, Chalmers Johnson, popularized the salient concept of "blowback".
The United States' Biggest "Allies" Are Funding ISIS
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph WatsonSaudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar & Turkey all back terror group
US Sends Humanitarian Bombs to Iraq as it Warns Russia Against Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine
• Lew Rockwell blogUS Ambassador to the UN, warned Russia, as US humanitarian bombs fell on Iraq, that further intervention in Ukraine, including under the pretense of delivering humanitarian aid, would be viewed as "an invasion of Ukraine."
Iraq: US Launches Air Strikes on Islamic State Militants Killing 'Hundreds'
• http://www.ibtimes.co.ukThe US military has launched air strikes against militants of the Islamic State in northern Iraq, according to the Pentagon.
Sneaking Back Into Iraq
• http://original.antiwar.comIn the name of "humanitarianism," no less!
Airstrikes Begin: U.S. Navy Planes Drop Bombs on ISIS Forces
• NBC NewsThe United States dropped laser-guided bombs on ISIS artillery in Iraq on Friday, the Pentagon said ? the beginning of airstrikes threatened a day earlier by President Barack Obama.
Obama authorizes renewed airstrikes in Iraq
• Associated PressPresident Obama authorized US airstrikes in northern Iraq Thursday night, warning they would be launched if needed to defend Americans from advancing Islamic militants and protect civilians under siege. His announcement threatened a renewal
ISIS Marches On (And The Saudis Are Getting Nervous)
• http://www.zerohedge.comDestroying Iraq's Cultural Heritage.
Report: US to Give Air Support, Arms to Iraqi Kurds
• antiwar.comOfficials Had Previously Downplayed Chances of Arming Kurds
Maliki Sends Iraqi Air Force to Help Kurds Combat ISIS
• the wireThe commander in chief of the armed forces has issued orders to the leadership of the air force and the army's aviation units to provide air support to Peshmerga forces," Iraqi army spokesman Qassem Atta said in a statement, the BBC reported.
ISIS Executes Hundreds in Tikrit Massacre
• http://news.antiwar.com, Jason DitzMany Soldiers Among the Slain Captives.
Iraq is already splitting into three states
• http://www.usatoday.com, Jim MichaelsEver since U.S. forces invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, the U.S. government has worried that Iraq would splinter into three states
US judge orders theft of Kurdish oil from tanker off Texas at behest of Iraq
• ReutersActing on a request from the central government in Iraq, a U.S. judge has signed an order telling the U.S. Marshals Service to seize a cargo of oil from Iraqi Kurdistan aboard a tanker off the Texas coast, court filings showed on Tuesday.
A nation in peril - Iraq's struggle to hold together
• http://news.yahoo.com, Dominic EvansBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Salman Khaled has already lived through Baghdad's sectarian disintegration; with Iraq now splintering into Shi'ite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish regions, he says this time the survival of the country is at stake.
ISIS enforces female circumcision
• BAS NewsThe Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) group is asking all families in Mosul to circumcise their daughters or face severe punishment.
Iraq: The Cost of Building a Failed State
• http://www.cato.org, Steve H. Hanke"Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other." - Thomas Jefferson
With ISIS Now Controlling 35% Of Syria And Most Of Its Oil Fields, ....
• zerohedge.comRemember when the extremist Al Qaeda spinoff ISIS (or, now known as Islamic State following the formation of its own caliphate in the middle of Iraq and Syria) was still a "thing" two weeks ago?
How America's Policies Sealed Iraq's Fate
• http://original.antiwar.com, Dahr Jamail and Tom EWho even knows what to call it?
Could a Brain Scan Protect U.S. Troops from Insider Attacks?
• http://cdn.defenseone.com, Patrick TuckerA Pentagon report, revealed by The New York Times over the weekend, showed that the American troops working alongside Iraqi forces were at risk of harm from Sunni extremists who had infiltrated the Iraqi Army (and, perhaps, from the pro-Iranian Shiit
ISIS Militants Captured 52 American-Made Artillery Weapons That Cost $500,000 Each
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Jeremy BenderISIS militants may be in a position to pummel other cities in Iraqi army control after capturing American-made weapons the group seized from the Iraqi military, Mitchell Prothero reports for McClatchy DC.
How Saudi Arabia Helped Isis Take Over the North of Iraq
• http://www.unz.com, Patrick CockburnA speech by an ex-MI6 boss hints at a plan going back over a decade.
Blowback in Iraq
• http://www.unz.com, Kelley VlahosThe Petraeus Legacy Comes Home.
Brief Iraq Parliament Meeting Ends Without Deal on Govt
• http://news.antiwar.com, Jason DitzSandstorm Kept Kurdish MPs from Attending.
Heavy fighting rages over town north of Baghdad
• Associated PressGovernment forces and allied Sunni tribal fighters battled to dislodge militants from a small town north of Baghdad on Monday, while two car bombs in the capital killed at least seven people, officials said.
Iraqi Kurdish leader in Turkey amid independence moves
•The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region will meet Turkish leaders on Monday as Ankara keeps a close eye on moves for an independent Iraqi Kurdistan amid the chaos in its conflict-torn neighbor.
Iraq Will Solve Itself When We Leave It Alone
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Justin PavoniPresident Obama recently sent a small contingent of American troops back into Iraq in order to support a weak and corrupt Iraqi regime that has been losing territory to a group of rebel fighters known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS
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